maSakaH [ maS-vun ] 1 A mosquito, gnat; sarvaM Kalasya caritaM maSakaH karoti H. 1. 81 ; Ms. 1. 85. 2 A particular disease of the skin. 3 A leather water-bag. 4 N. of a district in Śākadvīpa inhabited by Kṣatriyas. Comp. — kuwiH -wI f. , — varaRaM a whisk for scaring away mosquitos. — harI a mosquito-curtain.