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mohassa

moha

masc dat sg of moha (noun); masc gen sg of moha (noun)

1. illusion; delusion; misapprehension; lit. confusion
2. deception; deluding; lit. confusion

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• moha — root · confusion, delusion
  From √muh "to be bewildered, confused". The mental obscuration that conceals the nature of reality in Buddhist doctrine, one of the three roots of evil (alongside lobha "greed" and dosa "hatred").

Etymology. Root √muh meaning "to be confused or bewildered"; the sense is the state of mental confusion and obscuration that blocks clear perception. Related to Sanskrit moha. The concrete imagery is internal fog or cloudiness of mind.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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