The Sanskrit term Muṣṭitā can be transliterated into English as Mustita or Mushtita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Muṣṭitā (मुष्टिता) [=Muṣṭi?] refers to “secrecy (of teachers)”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “How then, son of good family, does the Bodhisattva who has attained memory never forget? Son of good family, the Bodhisattva attains memory (dhāraṇī) by purifying his memory. What then is the purification of memory? Son of good family, there are thirty-two purifications of memory. What are the thirty-two? [...] (13) no secrecy of teachers (anācārya-muṣṭi) concerning religion; (14) giving the gift of religion without a view to profit; (15) hearing on the basis of the root of insight; (16) practicing fundamentally according to the dharma; [...]”.

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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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Muṣṭitā (मुष्टिता).—[muṣṭi + tā], in dṛḍha- (vb. dṛṃh), f. Firmness of grasp, [Johnson's Selections from the Mahābhārata.] 12, 30.

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

Muṣṭitā (मुष्टिता):—[=muṣṭi-tā] [from muṣṭi > muṣ] f. firmness of grasp, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Mushti, Ta.

Starts with: Mushtitacetas.

Ends with: Dridhamushtita.

Full-text: Dridhamushtita, Mushti.

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