musāvāda

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀫𑀼𑀲𑀸𑀯𑀸𑀤 (Brahmi script)
  • मुसावाद (Devanagari script)
  • মুসাৰাদ (Bengali script)
  • මුසාවාද (Sinhalese script)
  • မုသာဝါဒ or မုသႃဝႃၻ (Burmese script)
  • มุสาวาท or มุสาวาทะ (Thai script)
  • ᨾᩩᩈᩣᩅᩤᨴ (Tai Tham script)
  • ມຸສາວາທ or ມຸສາວາທະ (Lao script)
  • មុសាវាទ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄟𑄪𑄥𑄂𑅇𑄂𑄘 (Chakma script)

Etymology

musā (“lying”) +‎ vāda (“speech”)

Noun

musāvāda m

  1. telling lies
    • c. 500 BC, Gautama Buddha, Aṅguttara Nikāya, Pañcasīlāni; republished in Sangharakshita, Sangharakshita Complete Works, Windhorse Publications, 2019, →ISBN, Appendix: The Five Precepts:
      Musāvādā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi
      I observe the precept of abstaining from speaking untruthfully.
    • c. 50 BC, Petavatthu; republished in Prof. Minayeff, Petavatthu, London: Pali Text Society, 1888, page 6:
      8. Sapathañ ca maṃ kāresi paribhāsāpayi ca maṃ
      sāhaṃ ɡhorañ ca sapathaṃ musāvādaṃ abhāsissaṃ.
      8. She both made me swear an oath and had me reviled. And I myself told a lie under that terrible oath.

Declension

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Descendants
  • → Burmese: မုသား (mu.sa:, “lying”)
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