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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

momuha : (adj.) dull; silly; bewildered.

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

Momūha, (adj.) (intens. -redupl. formation fr. moha & muh) dull, silly, stupid, infatuated, bewildered (cp. Cpd. 83³) D. I, 27; A. III, 164 sq.; Sn. 840, 841, 1120; Nd¹ 153 (=manda), 192; Nd² 521 (=avidvā etc.); Pug. 65. (Page 542)

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Momuha (मोमुह).—(= Pali momūha; compare momugha, once in ŚB), confused, bewildered, deluded: a-momuha- jātīyaḥ Bodhisattvabhūmi 9.20; na momuha-jātīyasya 157.2; manda- momūha-tā state of being dull and deluded, 372.14.

Momuha can also be spelled as Momūha (मोमूह).

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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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Full-text: Momuhatta, Muyhati, Manda, Jatiya.

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