musāvāda

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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musā (lying) +‎ vāda (speech)

Noun

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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

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  • Burmese: မုသား (mu.sa:, lying)