Māsalu [reading uncertain] only instrumental māsalunā Miln 292, Trenckner says (note page 428): "m. is otherwise unknown, it must mean a period shorter than 5 months. Cf. Sanskrit māsala." — Rh.D. ( Q.K.M. II 148) translates "got in a month," following the Sinhalese gloss. The period seems to be only a little shorter than 5 months; there may be a connection with catu in the word.