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maśī or ( Mironov ) maśi , f. (= Skt. maṣi, see below), prob. soot , but acc. to Tib. ( du ba ) and Chin. on Mvy smoke : maśīr ( Mir. maśir) api na prajñāyate Mvy 5254 , foll. by chāyikam ( q.v. ) api …; in same context spelled maṣi (= Skt. , and Pali masi); (of the earth, burned by fire) maṣir api an prajñāyate, tad yathāpi nāma sarpiṣo vā tailasya vāgninā dahyamānasya na maṣir na chāyikā prajñāyate … Śikṣ 246.9—11 ; similarly Mv ii.325.9 , on which see chāyikā . (Both edd. of Mvy cite v.l. maśiram.)