Missaka
Missaka,(adj.n.) [fr.missa] 1.mixed,combined J.II,8 (phalika° rajata-pabbata mountain of silver mixed with crystal); VbhA.16 (lokiya-lokuttara°); usually °-,like °āhāra mixed food DhA.II,101; °uppāda mixed portents,a main chapter of the art of prognosticating (cp.Bṛhat-Saṁhitā ch.86:miśrak’âdhyāya) Miln.178; °bhatta=°āhāra SnA 97; Mhbv 27.-- 2.(m.) an attendant,follower; f.missikā DhA.I,211 (Sāmāvati°).‹-› 3.(nt.) N.of a pleasure grove in heaven (lit.the grove of bodily union),one of the 3:Nandana,M.,Phārusaka J.VI,278; Vism.424.-- 4.(pl.missakā) a group of devas,mentioned at D.II,260 in list of popular gods (cp.missa 2 and missakesī).(Page 533)