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   1) mogha (p. 542)

Mogha Mogha (adj.) [the Vedic mogha for the later Sk. moha, which is the P. noun moha; fr. muh. BSk. mohapuruṣa e. g. at AvŚ ii.177; MVastu iii.440] empty, vain, useless, stupid, foolish D i.187 (opp. to sacca), 199; Sn 354; Dh 260 (˚jiṇṇa grown old in vain; C. expls as tuccha -- jiṇṇa DhA iii.388); DhA i.110 (patthanā a futile wish); PvA 194. — Opp. amogha S i.232; J vi.26; DhA ii.34 (˚ŋ tassa jīvitaŋ: not in vain).
    -purisa a stupid or dense fellow Vin iv.126, 144.