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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

pamuñcati : (pa + muc + ṃ-a) lets loose; emits; liberates.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Pamuñcati, (pa+muñcati of muc) 1. to let loose, give out, emit Sn. 973 (vācaṃ; =sampamuñcati Nd¹ 504); J. I, 216 (aggiṃ).—2. to shake off, give up, shed Dh. 377 (pupphāni). Perhaps also in phrase saddhaṃ p. to renounce one’s faith, although the interpretation is doubtful (see Morris, J. P. T. S. 1885, 46 sq. & cp. Dial. II. 33) Vin. I, 7=D. II, 39=S. I, 138 (C. vissajjati, as quoted KS p. 174).—3. to deliver, free Sn. 1063 (kathan kathāhi=mocehi uddhara etc. Nd² 407^a), 1146 (pamuñcassu=okappehi etc. Nd² 407^b).—Pass. pamuccati to be delivered or freed S. I, 24, 173; Sn. 80, 170 sq. (dukkhā); Dh. 189 (sabbadukkhā), 276 (fut. pamokkhati), 291 (dukkhā), 361.—pp. pamutta (q. v.).—Caus. pamoceti to remove, liberate, deliver, set free S. I, 143, 154, 210; Th. 2, 157 (dukkhā); Cp. II. 7⁵; III, 10³ sq. Caus. II. pamuñcāpeti to cause to get loose DA. I, 138. (Page 417)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Full-text: Pamutta, Pamuncanta, Pamuncita, Pamunci, Pamoceti, Pamuccati, Pamuncitva, Pamunciya, Pamokkha, Saddha.

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