Lujjati: 4 definitions

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Lujjati 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.

In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Buddhist Information: A Survey of Paramattha Dhammas

The Pali term lujjati, to be broken up, has been associated in meaning with "loko", the world.

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

lujjati : (luj + ya) breaks up; falls apart.

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

Lujjati, (Pass. of ruj, corresponding to Sk. rujyate. Dhtp 400 gives luj as sep. root with meaning vināsa. See rujati) to be broken up, to break (up), to be destroyed; to go asunder, to fall apart A. I, 283=Pug. 32 (here equal to “be wiped out, ” but it is unnecessary to assume, as Kern, Toev. s. v. lujjati does, a by-form of luc, luñcati. The Pug. C. 215 explains by “nassati”); Vin. I, 297; II, 123; S. IV, 52 (in etymologizing interpretation of loka: “lujjati kho loko ti vuccati”; quoted at Nd2 550 on Sn. 1119); Th. 1, 929.—Cp. olujjati, palujjati.—pp. lugga. (Page 584)

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Lujjati (लुज्जति).—(MIndic), °jyati, °te (= Pali lujjati; not recorded in Prakrit [Paia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo] or [Ardha-Māgadhī Dictionary]; = Sanskrit rujyate; see also pra-lu°, vi-lu°), is broken: °jyamānaṃ Mahāvastu ii.356.9 (verse; v.l. pra-lu°) = iii.280.15 (verse; here Senart lujja° with v.l.); lujjanti, v.l. lujyanti (pres. pple. loc.; Senart em. °te) Mahāvastu ii.371.3; lujjamānaṃ, v.l. lujy°, ii.371.13, 17, and repeated below; lujje (aor.) ii.412.11; lujyata iti lokaḥ (etymologizing) Mahāvyutpatti 3061; lujyante Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 256.7. See lugna.

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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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