Pāli Dictionary
general
extreme; excessive; very great; superior; intense (as adverb: extremely; very much)
SN 35.87
seyyathā'pi, āvuso, balavā puriso tiṇhena sikharena muddhani abhimattheyya, evam'eva kho, āvuso, adhimattā vātā muddhani ūhananti.
AN 10.51
tena, bhikkhave, bhikkhunā tesaṃ'y'eva pāpakānaṃ akusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ pahānāya adhimatto chando ca vāyāmo ca ussāho ca ussoḷhī ca appaṭivānī ca sati ca sampajaññañ'ca karaṇīyaṃ.
(as noun) excess; super-abundance; preponderance
Part of speech
noun · feminine
Root
mā5measure
general
excess; super-abundance; extreme degree
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