Pashcanmukha, Paścānmukha: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Paścānmukha can be transliterated into English as Pascanmukha or Pashcanmukha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Pashchanmukha.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryPaścānmukha (पश्चान्मुख).—adj. or subst., also °mukhīkṛta, adj. (Sanskrit id. in meaning turned back, so Lalitavistara 319.19, or turned towards the west, so Sukhāvatīvyūha 62.7 °mukhībhūtvā), perhaps fig. (made) inferior, surpassed outdone: bahava śatasahasra paścān- mukhā bodhisattvā kṛtāḥ Lalitavistara 421.22 (verse), sc. by Śākya- muni's ‘turning the wheel of the law’ (? or simply turned back, stopped, without attaining Buddhahood ? Foucaux, however, renders sont, ensuite, devenus muets, as if reading [Page338-b+ 71] paścān mukā = mūkā, m.c.; no such reading is recorded in Lefm., nor in Calcutta (see LV.), which glosses parāṅmukhā ity arthaḥ; Tibetan phyir ni bsñil ba, according to Jäschke (Tibetan-English Dictionary) banished, exiled); Maitreyo…ekena galaparityāgena paścānmukhīkṛtaḥ Divyāvadāna 481.5, Māhārāṣṭrī was outdistanced by a single sacrifice of his own throat (on the part of a previous incarnation of Śākya- muni). In Śikṣāsamuccaya 167.6 paścānmukho nivartya seems to mean turning backward (on the religious path), and 167.8 paścān- mukham akārṣam, I made a retrograde movement (on the same).
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Paścānmukha (पश्चान्मुख) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Paccāhutta.
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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Starts with: Pashcamukhashrita.
Ends with: Purvapashcanmukha.
Full-text: Paccahutta.
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