masculine · moha 1 · moha 2
moha , nt. ( Skt. only masc. ), delusion : LV 258.12 ( vs ) satyam idaṃ moham anyad iti mūḍhāḥ, foolishly thinking, ‘this is true, all else is delusion’ (is -m ‘ Hiatustilger ’? for moha anyad? but next is unambiguous); LV 372.5 ( vs ) mohānī ( m.c. for °ni).
stupidity; delusion
Moha [from muh, see muyhati; cf. Sanskrit moha and Vedic mogha] stupidity, dullness of mind and soul, delusion, bewilderment, infatuation D III 146, 175, 182, 214, 270; Vin IV 144, 145; Snp 56, 74, 160, 638, 847; Vibh 208, 341, 391, 402; Pp 16; Tikap 108, 122, 259. — Defined as "dukkhe aññāṇaṃ etc., moha pamoha, sammoha, avijj'ogha etc.," by Nidd II §99 and Vibh 362; as "muyhanti tena, sayaṃ vā muyhati, muyhana-mattaṃ eva vā tan ti moho" and "cittassa andha-bhāva-lakkhaṇo, aññāṇalakkhaṇo vā" at Vism 468. — Often coupled with rāga and dosa as one of the 3 cardinal affects of citta, making a man unable to grasp the higher truths and to enter the Path: see under rāga (and Nidd II page 237, sub voce rāga where the wide range of application of this set is to be seen). Cf. the 3 fires: rāg'aggi, dos'aggi, moh'aggi It 92; D III 217 also rāga-kkhaya, dosa°, moha° Vibh-a 31 f. — On combination with rāga, lobha and dosa see dosa 2 and lobha. — On term see also BMPE 33, 362, 441; Cpd 16, 18, 41, 113, 146. — See further D I 80 (samoha-cittaṃ); Nidd I 15, 16 (with lobha and dosa); Vv-a 14; Pv-a 3. — amoha absence of bewilderment Vibh 210 (+ alobha, adosa; as the 3 kusala-mūlāni: cf. mūla 3), 402 (the same, as kusala-hetu). — Cf. pa°, sam°. -antara (personal) quality of bewilderment (literal having m. inside) Snp 478 (taken by commentary as "cause of m.," i.e. °kāraṇa, °paccaya Pj II 411; cf. antara = kāraṇa under antara I 2 b.); -ussada quality of dullness Nidd I 72, 413; -kkhaya destruction of infatuation Vibh 73; Vibh-a 51; -carita one whose habit is infatuation Nett 90 (+ rāgacarita and dosacarita); -tama the darkness of bewilderment Ps I 1; -dhamma anything that is bewildering or infatuating Snp 276; -pāruta covered or obstructed by delusion Pv IV 3 34 ; -magga being on the road of infatuation Snp 347; -salla the sting of bewilderment Nidd I 59. {487}
【陽】 愚蠢，迷惑。~kkhaya,【陽】 無知的破壞。~carita,【形】 愚蠢的習慣。~tama,【陽】 無知的黑暗。~nīya, ~neyya,【形】 導致糊塗的。
(masc, masc, from muyhati) illusion; delusion; misapprehension delusion Construction: √muh > moh + *a
(masc, masc, from muyhati) deception; deluding stupidity Construction: √muh > moh + *a