Mohacitta, Moha-citta: 2 definitions
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Mohacitta means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Mohachitta.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāMohacitta (मोहचित्त) or Samohacitta refers to a “thought (full) of bewilderment”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Son of good family, how does the knowledge (jñāna) of the Bodhisattva becomes like open space? (1) Having pervaded the thoughts of all beings by knowledge, he knows the impassioned thought of all beings truly as it is, as an impassioned thought; (2) he knows the thought full of aversion truly as it is, as a thought full of aversion; (3) he knows the thought full of bewilderment truly as it is, as a thought full of bewilderment (samohacitta—api samohaṃ cittaṃ); (4) he knows the thought full of impurity truly as it is, as a thought full of impurity; (5) he never deviates from the nature of the dharma which is without desire, and teaches the dharma for other beings so that they overcome their desire;
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMohacitta (मोहचित्त):—[=moha-citta] [from moha] n. Perplexity of mind (?), [Buddha-carita xiii, 49 ](some read moha-citram, others cittamoham).
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Ends with: Pramohacitta, Samohacitta.
Full-text: Pramohacitta, Moha Mula Citta, Acchata, Kshana, Citta.
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Patthana Dhamma (by Htoo Naing)
Chapter 7 - Adhipati paccayo (or predominence condition)
Chapter 13 - Upanissaya paccayo (or decisive support condition)
A Manual of Abhidhamma (by Nārada Thera)
Immoral Consciousness < [Chapter II - Mental States]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
IV. Results of the Nine Notions < [Part 1 - The nine notions according to the Abhidharma]
Part 3 - Patience in regard to the Buddhadharma < [Chapter XXV - Patience Toward the Dharma]