adjective · missa 1 · missa 2
mixed; combined
Missa (adjective) [original past participle of miś, cf. Vedic miśra. Sanskrit miśrayati, mekṣayati; Greek μίγνυμι and μίσγω; Latin misceo, mixtus; Anglo-Saxon miscian = mix; Old High German miskan. — Dhātup 631 "sammissa"] 1. mixed (with: —°); various Vin I 33 (kāsa°, jatā° etc. = a mixture of, various); Thag 143; Ja III 95, 144 (udaka-paṇṇa° yāgu); Pv I 9 2 (missā kiṭakā). neuter missaṃ as adverb "in a mixed way" Vism 552 = Vibh-a 161 (+ dvidhā). 2. accompanied by (—°), having company or a retinue, a title of honour in names, also as polite address [cf. Sanskrit miśra and ārya miśra] Ja V 153 (vocative feminine misse), 154 (feminine missā). 3. missa° is changed to missī in combination with kr̥ and bhū (like Sanskrit), thus in missī-bhāva (sexual) intercourse, literally mixed state, union Ja II 330; IV 471; V 86; Vibh-a 107; and missī-bhūta mixed, coupled, united Ja V 86 (= hatthena hatthaṃ gahetvā kāya-missībhāvaṃ upagata commentary). Cf. sam.° -kesī (feminine) "mixed hair," epithet of a heavenly maiden or Apsaras Vv 60 14 (explained at Vv-a 280 as "ratta-mālādīhi missita-kāsavaṭṭī"). The m. missa-kesa occurs as a term for ascetics (with muṇḍa) at Vism 389.
(adj, adj, from misseti) mixed; mingled; combined; plaited (with) mixed, combined Construction: √miss + a
(adj, adj, from misseti) various; different kind of; mixture of mixed, combined Construction: √miss + a