maśī (11629)

maśī
Entry 11629, Page 420, Col. 2

(maSI, maSI)
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.)