mās मास् mā́s n. = māṃs, flesh, meat, [RV.] mā́s m. (√ 3. mā; pl. instr. mādbhís, [RV.]; loc. māssu, [PañcavBr.], māsú, [TS.]) the moon, [RV.] (cf. candra- and sūrya-mās) a month, [ib.] &c. &c. [cf. Gk. μήν, μήνη; Lat. Mēna, mensis; Slav. měsecǐ; Lith. mėnů, mėnesis; Goth., mêna; Germ. mâno, mâne, Mond; Angl.Sax. môna; Eng. moon 1.] māsa मास mā́sa m. (or n., [Siddh.]) the moon (see pūrṇa-m°) a month or the 12th part of the Hindū year (there are 4 kinds of months, viz. the solar, saura; the natural, sāvana; the stellar, nākṣatra, and the lunar, cāndra; the latter, which is the most usual and consists of 30 Tithis, being itself of two kinds as reckoned from the new or full moon, cf. [IW. 179]; for the names of the months see [ib.] [173 n. 3]), [RV.] &c. &c. (māsam, for a month; māsam ekam, for one month; māsena, in the course of a month; māse, in a month = after the lapse of a month) a symbolical N. for the number ‘twelve’, [Sūryas.] māsya मास्य mfn. a month old, [Pāṇ. v, 1, 81] (cf. dvi-, pañca-m° &c.) māsādi मासादि (ibc.) the beginning of a month māsīkṛ मासीकृ māsī-√ kṛ P. -karoti, to turn into months, [Sūryas.] māsīna मासीन mfn. monthly, [Gobh.] one month old, [Pāṇ. v, 1, 81.] māsūra मासूर mf(I)n. (fr. masūra) lentil-shaped, [Suśr.] made of lentils, [Bhpr.] māsadhā मासधा māsa—dhā ind. by the month, monthly, [AitBr.] māsaka मासक m. a month, [Sūryas.]; [Śatr.] māsala मासल m. a year, [L.] māsana मासन n. the seed of Vernonia Anthelminthica, [L.] māsara मासर mā́sara n. a partic. beverage (a mixture of yeast, grapes, &c. with the water in which rice and millet have been boiled), [KātyŚr.]; [Mahīdh.] on [VS. xix, 1] (accord. to [Sāy.] on [TBr.] ‘m. the meal of slightly parched barley mixed with sour milk or buttermilk’; accord. to [L.] ‘m. rice-gruel’). māsika मासिक mf(I)n. relating to or connected with a month (see māgha-m°) monthly (i.e. ‘happening every month’, or ‘lasting for a month’ or ‘performed within a month’ &c.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. payable in a month (as a debt), [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 47], Sch. engaged for a month (as a teacher), [ib.] [v, 1, 80], Sch. dedicated to a partic. month (as an oblation), [ib.] [iv, 2, 34], Sch. n. (with or scil. śraddha) a partic. Śrāddha or oblation to deceased ancestors performed every new moon, [Mn. v, 140] &c. māsurī मासुरी f. a beard, [L.] māsānta मासान्त m. the end of a month, day of new moon, [Lāṭy.] māsabhāj मासभाज् māsa—bhā́j mfn. partaking of a month, [ŚBr.] māsaśas मासशस् māsa—śás ind. month by month, for months, [Br.]; [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.] māsajña मासज्ञ māsa—jña m. ‘knowing months’, a species of gallinule, [L.] māsādhipa मासाधिप m. the regent or planet presiding over a month, [Sūryas.] māsāhāra मासाहार mfn. taking food only once a month, [R.] māsaphala मासफल māsa—phala mf(A)n. having results in, a month, [VarBṛS.] māsadeya मासदेय māsa—deya mfn. to be paid in a month (as a debt), [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 43], Sch. māsajāta मासजात māsa—jāta mfn. a month old, [Pāṇ. ii, 2, 5], Sch. māsalokā मासलोका māsá—lokā (māsá-), f. N. of partic. bricks, [ŚBr.] māsamāna मासमान māsa—māna m. a year, [L.] māsapāka मासपाक māsa—pāka mfn. maturing or producing results in a month, [VarBṛS.] māsatālā मासताला māsa—tālā f. pl. (prob.) those parts of a calf skin from which the parchment stretched at the end of drums is made, [MBh.] māsatama मासतम māsa—tama mf(I)n. forming or completing a month, [Pāṇ. v, 2, 57.] māsabhukti मासभुक्ति māsa—bhukti f. the (sun's) monthly course, [BhP.] māsadvaya मासद्वय māsa—dvaya n. two months māsanāman मासनामन् māsa—nāman n. the name of a month, [MānŚr.] māsapūrva मासपूर्व māsa—pūrva mfn. earlier by a month, [Pāṇ. i, 1, 30], Sch., māsastoma मासस्तोम māsa—stoma m. N. of an Ekāha, [ŚāṅkhŚr.] māsatraya मासत्रय māsa—traya n. three months māsatulya मासतुल्य māsa—tulya mfn. equal to a month or to a number of months, [MW.] māsikānna मासिकान्न n. food offered monthly to deceased progenitors, [Mn. xi, 157.] māsādhipati मासाधिपति m. id. (°tya n.), [VarBṛS.] māsāvadhika मासावधिक mfn. happening in the period of a month at the latest, [Daś.] māsacārika मासचारिक māsa—cārika mfn. practising anything for a month, [ib.] māsakālika मासकालिक māsa—kālika mfn. lasting or available for a month, monthly, [MBh.] māsiśrāddha मासिश्राद्ध māsi-śrāddha n. (fr. loc. of 2. mās + ś°) a Śrāddha or oblation to deceased ancestors performed every month, [ĀpGṛ.] māsopavāsa मासोपवास or māsopavā°saka, m. fasting for a month, [AgP.] māsādhipatya मासाधिपत्य n. māsāpavarga मासापवर्ग mfn. lasting a month at the most, [ŚrS.] (-tā f. -tva n., [KātyŚr.], Sch.) māsārdhamāsa मासार्धमास m. pl. months and fortnights, [Hir.] māsadarpaṇa मासदर्पण māsa—darpaṇa m. N. of wk. māsamīmāṃsā मासमीमांसा māsa—mīmāṃsā f. N. of wk. māsanirṇaya मासनिर्णय māsa—nirṇaya m. N. of wk. māsapramita मासप्रमित māsa—pramita mfn. measured by months, occurring once in a month (as new moon), [VarBṛS.] (cf. [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 28], Sch.) māsapraveśa मासप्रवेश māsa—praveśa m. the beginning of a month māsavartikā मासवर्तिका māsa—vartikā f. a species of wagtail (= sarṣapī), [L.] māsopavāsin मासोपवासिन् mfn. one who fasts for a month, [MBh.] māsurakarṇa मासुरकर्ण m. patr. fr. masurakarṇa, g. sivādi. māsānumāsika मासानुमासिक mfn. performed or occurring every month, monthly, [Mn. iii, 122], māsikārthavat मासिकार्थवत् māsikārtha-vat mfn. happening or being done every month, [Viṣṇ.] māsikaśrāddha मासिकश्राद्ध māsika—śrāddha n. = prec. n. māsopavāsaka मासोपवासक māsopavāsa or māsopavā°saka, m. fasting for a month, [AgP.] māsopavāsinī मासोपवासिनी f. a lascivious woman, procuress, [L.] māsādinirṇaya मासादिनिर्णय māsādi—nirṇaya m. N. of wk. māsāpavargatā मासापवर्गता māsāpavarga—tā f., [KātyŚr.], Sch. māsabhāvādhyāya मासभावाध्याय māsa—bhāvādhyāya m. N. of wk. māsasaṃcayika माससंचयिक māsa—saṃcayika mfn. having provisions for a month, [Mn. vi, 18.] māsatrayāvadhi मासत्रयावधि māsa—trayāvadhi ind. for the space of three months, [Kathās.] māseśvaraphala मासेश्वरफल māseśvara-phala n. N. of wk. māsādibhāvaphala मासादिभावफल māsādi—bhāva-phala n. N. of wk. māsāpavargatva मासापवर्गत्व māsāpavarga—tva n., [KātyŚr.], Sch. māsadvayodbhava मासद्वयोद्भव māsa—dva°yodbhava m. a species of rice ripening within two months, [L.] māsāgnihotravāda मासाग्निहोत्रवाद māsāgnihotra-vāda m. N. of wk. māsapraveśānayana मासप्रवेशानयन māsa—prave°śānayana n. N. of wk. māsapraveśasāriṇī मासप्रवेशसारिणी māsa—praveśa—sāriṇī f. N. of wk. māsikaśrāddhanirṇaya मासिकश्राद्धनिर्णय māsika—śrāddha—nirṇaya m. N. of wk. māsikaśrāddhapaddhati मासिकश्राद्धपद्धति māsika—śrāddha—paddhati f. N. of wk. māsikaśrāddhaprāyoga मासिकश्राद्धप्रायोग māsika—śrāddha—prāyoga m. N. of wk. māsaśivarātryudyāpana मासशिवरात्र्युद्यापन māsa—śiva-rātry-udyāpana n. N. of wk. māsaśivarātrivratakalpa मासशिवरात्रिव्रतकल्प māsa—śiva-rātri-vrata-kalpa m. N. of wk.