Moha
Moha，[fr．muh，see muyhati； cp．Sk．moha & Vedic mogha] stupidity，dullness of mind & soul，delusion，bewilderment，infatuation D．III，146，175，182，214，270； Vin．IV，144，145； Sn．56，74，160，638，847； Vbh．208，341，391，402； Pug．16； Tikp 108，122，259．-- Defd as “dukkhe aññāṇaṁ etc．，moha pamoha，sammoha，avijj’ogha etc．，” by Nd2 99 & Vbh．362； as “muyhanti tena，sayaṁ vā muyhati，muyhana-mattaṁ eva vā tan ti moho” and “cittassa andha-bhāva-lakkhaṇo，aññāṇalakkhaṇo vā” at Vism．468．-- Often coupled with rāga & dosa as one of the 3 cardinal affects of citta，making a man unable to grasp the higher truths and to enter the Path：see under rāga （& Nd2 p．237，s．v．rāga where the wide range of application of this set is to be seen）．Cp．the 3 fires：rāg-aggi，dos-aggi，moh-aggi It．92； D．III，217 also rāga-kkhaya，dosa°，moha° VbhA．31 sq．-- On combn with rāga，lobha & dosa see dosa2 and lobha．-- On term see also Dhs．trsl．§§ 33，362，441； Cpd 16，18，41，113，146．-- See further D．I，80 （samoha-cittaṁ）； Nd1 15，16 （with lobha & dosa）； VvA．14； PvA．3．--amoha absence of bewilderment Vbh．210 （+alobha，adosa； as the 3 kusala-mūlāni：cp．mūla 3），402 （id．，as kusala-hetu）．-- Cp．pa°，sam°．
--antara （personal） quality of bewilderment （lit．having m．inside） Sn．478 （taken by C．as “cause of m．，” i．e．°kāraṇa，°paccaya SnA 411； cp．antara= kāraṇa under antara I 2 b．）．--ussada quality of dullness Nd1 72，413．--kkhaya destruction of infatuation Vbh．73； VbhA．51．--carita one whose habit is infatuation Nett 90 （+rāgacarita & dosacarita）．--tama the darkness of bewilderment MA 1．--dhamma anything that is bewildering or infatuating Sn．276．--pāruta covered or obstructed by delusion Pv IV．334．--magga being on the road of infatuation Sn．347．--salla the sting of bewilderment Nd1 59．（Page 543）