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					Mora,[the contracted,regular P.form of *Sk.mayūra,viâ *ma-ūra›mora.See also Geiger,P.Gr.§ 27 & Pischel,Prk.Gr.§ 166.-- Vedic only mayūrī f.pea-hen] a peacock J.II,275 (°upasevin,see C.on this passage); VI,218,497; PvA.142; DhA.I,394.A peacock’s tail (sometimes used as a fan) is denoted in var.terms in cpds.,as mora-kalāpa DhA.I,387; --piccha Vin.I,186; --piñcha Vin.II,130; --pīñja PvA.142,176; VvA.147; --sikali (?) KhA 49; --hattha Vv 3344 (=mayūra-piñjehi kataṁ makasa-vījaniṁ); Pv III,117.Perhaps also as morakkha “a peacock’s eye” at VbhA.63 (morakkhaka loha,a kind of copper,grouped with pisācaloha).It is more likely however that morakkha is distorted fr.*mauryaka,patronymic of mura,a local (tribal) designation (cp.murala),then by pop.etym.connected with mora peacock.With this cp.Sk.moraka “a kind of steel” BR.(Page 542)