Sammurcchita, Saṃmūrcchita, Sammūrcchita, Sam-murcchita: 2 definitions
Introduction:
Sammurcchita 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Sammurchchhita.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgricultureSammūrcchita (सम्मूर्च्छित) refers to “being unconscious”, according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, “Merely upon the Garuḍa’s uttering this Vajra Beak dhāraṇī, eighty times ten million million hundred thousand great Nāga kings fell with their faces downwards, with perspiring bodies, blazing bodies, being unconscious (sammūrcchita), rolling on the ground [and said,] ‘greatly ferocious great dhāraṇī-mantrapadas had been uttered’ ...[”.
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: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Saṃmūrcchita (संमूर्च्छित) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Saṃmucchia.
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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Partial matches: Murcchita, Sam.
Full-text: Murcchita, Sammucchia, Murch.
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