Alternative spellings of this word include Shochita.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

socita : (pp. of socati) mourned; grieved.

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

Socita, (nt.) (fr. socati) grief Th. 2, 462. (Page 724)

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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

Śocita (शोचित).—nt. (not in Sanskrit as noun; Pali socita may be so interpreted, kiṃ socitena Therīg. 462), grief: iha… śocita-paridevitāna paryantaṃ Lalitavistara 372.21 (verse).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śocita (शोचित).—mfn.

(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Sorrowful, afflicted. E. śuci to grieve, causal v., kta aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śocita (शोचित):—[(taḥ-tā-taṃ) a.] Afflicted.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Śocita (शोचित) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Soia, Sociya.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Shocitavya, Socitabba, Socitatta.

Ends with: Anushocita.

Full-text: Anushocita, Sociya, Soia, Socati.

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