musāvāda

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 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

Declension table of "musāvāda" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	musāvādo	musāvādā
Accusative (second)	musāvādaṃ	musāvāde
Instrumental (third)	musāvādena	musāvādehi or musāvādebhi
Dative (fourth)	musāvādassa or musāvādāya or musāvādatthaṃ	musāvādānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	musāvādasmā or musāvādamhā or musāvādā	musāvādehi or musāvādebhi
Genitive (sixth)	musāvādassa	musāvādānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	musāvādasmiṃ or musāvādamhi or musāvāde	musāvādesu
Vocative (calling)	musāvāda	musāvādā

Descendants

• → Burmese: မုသား (mu.sa:, “lying”)