Edamuka, Eḍamūka, Eḍamūkha, Eda-muka, Eda-mukha, Edamukha: 9 definitions
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraEḍamūka (एडमूक) refers to the “assembly of dumb sheep” and represents one of the four types of saṃghas (assemblies) according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter VI. Accordingly, “what is the assembly (saṃgha) of dumb sheep (eḍamūka)? This assembly does not violate the precepts but its faculties are dull (mṛdvindriya) and it lacks wisdom (prajñā). It is unable to discern the beautiful and the ugly, the light and the heavy, that which is sinful (āpatti) and that which is not sinful (anāpatti). If there is some business in the saṃgha where two people are arguing, it is not capable of cutting through the question and remains silent without saying a word like a white sheep that cannot make a sound until it is butchered”.
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryEḍamūka (एडमूक).—a.
1) deaf and dumb; cf. अनेडमूक (aneḍamūka).
2) wicked, perverse.
Eḍamūka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms eḍa and mūka (मूक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryEḍamūka (एडमूक).—adj. (compare eḍaka-mūka; = Pali eḷamūga), stupid (lit. dumb) as a sheep (this, not deaf and dumb, seems to be the regular meaning in Pali and [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit], see Critical Pali Dictionary s.v. an-elamūga, an-eḷa°, and e.g. Miln. 251.1—2 dup- paññā jaḷā eḷamūgā mūḷhā dandhagatikā janā): Mahāvyutpatti 7684 = Tibetan lug ltar (sheep-like) lkug pa (dumb, also stupid); Chin. also dumb, dumb like sheep, but Japanese deaf and dumb; it must be admitted the Japanese editor's view gets some support from the next word in Mahāvyutpatti, hasta- saṃvācakaḥ (see saṃvācaka); Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 113.2 eḍamūkajā- tīyā(ḥ) prajñāparihīṇās; °ka-saṃgha Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya iii.116.18, 21; Śikṣāsamuccaya 51.6 dhanva-(= dhandha-, q.v.)-gatiṃ jaḍaiḍa- mūka-gatiṃ; 284.1 dha- (erasure, read nva for ndha)- jaḍa-eḍamūka-jātīyāḥ. Sanskrit lexicons seem to have ab- stracted from this [compound] an adj. eḍa, deaf, assuming that the [compound] means deaf and dumb; and in some late texts (see Schmidt, Nachtr.), perhaps by direct borrowing from lexx., this usage is actually found in literature. Did Mahāvyutpatti also know this interpretation? Sheep are proverbially stupid in other countries than India.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryEḍamūka (एडमूक).—mfn.
(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) 1. Deaf and dumb. 2. Wicked, perverse. E. eḍa deaf, and mūka dumb.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Eḍamūka (एडमूक):—[=eḍa-mūka] [from eḍa] m. deaf and dumb, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] blind, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] wicked, perverse, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryEḍamūka (एडमूक):—[eḍa-mūka] (kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) a. Deaf and dumb; wicked, perverse.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusĒḍamūka (ಏಡಮೂಕ):—
1) [noun] a man who is unable to hear and speak; a deaf and dumb man.
2) [noun] a stupid man.
3) [noun] a blind man.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Eda, Mukha, Muka, Eta.
Full-text: Anedamuka, Edakamuka, Anela, Eda, Samvacaka, Samgha, A, Jada.
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