masculine
buffalo
a buffalo
Mahisa, Mahīsa, Mahiṃsa [cf. Vedic mahiṣa, an enlarged form of mahā; the Pāli etymology evidently to be connected with mahā + īś, because of mahīsa > mahiṃsa] a buffalo. — mahisa: D I 6 (°yuddha b.-fight), 9; Ja III 26 (vana° wild b.); Mhv 25, 36 (Text māhisaṃ). — mahīsa Ja VI 110. — mahiṃsa Vism 191, and in proper name mahiṃsaka-maṇḍala the Andhra country Ja I 356, cf. Mahiṃsaka-raṭṭha Vibh-a 4; as Mahisa-maṇḍala at Mhv 12, 29. Note: The Pāli popular etymology is propounded by Buddhaghosa as "mahiyaṃ setī ti mahiso" (he lies on the ground, that is why he is a buffalo) As 62.
【陽】 水牛。~maṇdala,【中】 摩醯沙慢陀羅國(國名,現在印度 的邁索爾市 (Mysore))。
(masc, masc) buffalo buffalo Construction: mahiṃsa > mahisa