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Pali
Etymology
musā (“lying”) + vāda (“speech”)
Noun
musāvāda m
- 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)
Descendants
- → Burmese: မုသား (mu.sa:, “lying”)