माष्ट (mASTa)
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Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
Englishmāṣṭa and māṣṭaka, nt., also in mss. maṣṭa(ka), and with ṭh for ṭ, seems to mean something like construction, product, contrivance, ingenious device
usually in comp. with prec. yantra-(yanta-, janta-, jantra-): Mv 〔ii.475.7 ff.〕, many times
in 〔476.3〕 māṣṭakāni alone, but v.l. jantra-m°
seems to refer esp. to toys: (antaḥpurasya arthāye) nānāprakārāṇi janta-māṣṭa-(mss. maṣṭa-, °ṭha-)daṇḍakāni kriyanti, krīḍāpanakāni ca vividhāni ca jantamāṣṭakāni kriyanti, vījanakāni pi jantamāṣṭāni kriyanti 〔475.7—8〕
āsandikā pi jantamāṣṭa-pādakā 9, etc.
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