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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

mucchati : (mucch + a) becomes unconscious or infatuated; faints.

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

Mucchati, (murch, an enlargement of Vedic mūr to get stiff (as in mūra stupid, dull, cp. Gr. mwrόs; Sk. mūrakha foolish). Used in 2 senses, viz. (a) to become stiff & (b) (Caus.) to harden, increase in tone, make louder. From (a) a fig. meaning is derived in the sense of to become dulled or stupid, viz. infatuated, possessed. ‹-› See also Lüders in K. Z. XLII. 194 a. How far we are justified to connect Dhtp 216 mū & 503 mu (“bandhane”) with this root is a different question. These 2 roots seem to be without connections.—mūrch itself is at Dhtp 50 defined with “mohe”) 1. (spelt muccati) to become stiff, congeal, coagulate, curdle Dh. 71; DhA. II, 67.—2. to become infatuated D. III, 43 (majjati+).—3. only in Caus. muccheti to make sound, to increase in tone J. II, 249 (vīṇaṃ); III, 188 (id.).—pp. mucchita. (Page 535)

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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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Ends with: Pamucchati, Sammucchati, Samucchati.

Full-text: Much, Mucchita, Mucchanta, Mucchi, Mucchitva, Mucchiya, Mucchana, Samucchati, Tintinati, Adhimuccita.

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