Adhimuktika, Adhimuktikā: 6 definitions

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Adhimuktikā (अधिमुक्तिका).—A pearl-shell.

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Adhimuktika (अधिमुक्तिक).—(-adhimuktika) (once °taka, probably by error; to prec. plus -ka; = Pali -adhimuttika; in both Pali and [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] used only ifc. [bahuvrīhi]), having a zealous interest (adhi- mukti) in…: hīnādhi° (generally with sattvāḥ) Mahāvyutpatti 2448; Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 109.2; 110.7; Lalitavistara 248.14; 289.10; Sukhāvatīvyūha 71.14; lūkhādhi° (= hīnādhi°) Mahāvastu ii.313.9; adharmādhi° Lalitavistara 257.21; nānādhi° Mahāvastu iii.321.1; anekādhi° 2; udārādhi° Lalitavistara 439.3; Gaṇḍavyūha 94.17 (text °muktak°, corr. 2d ed.); Sukhāvatīvyūha 7.5; audārādhi° Gaṇḍavyūha 534.20 (see audāra); -buddhadhar- mādhi° Samādhirājasūtra 19.2 (°muktikena, v.l. °muktena).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Adhimuktika (अधिमुक्तिक):—[=adhi-muktika] [from adhi-mukta] m. Name of Mahā-kāla, [Buddhist literature]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adhimuktika (अधिमुक्तिक):—m.

(-kaḥ) A name of Mahākāla (q. v.), according to the mythology of the Buddhists. E. adhimukti, taddh. aff. kan(?).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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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.

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