Shucimukhi, Sucimukhī, Śucimukhī, Sucimukhi: 5 definitions
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Shucimukhi 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.
The Sanskrit term Śucimukhī can be transliterated into English as Sucimukhi or Shucimukhi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shuchimukhi.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaŚucimukhī (शुचिमुखी).—Companion maid of Prabhāvatī, daughter of Vajranābha. (See under Prabhāvatī V).
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA Paribbajika.
She once saw Sariputta in Rajagaha eating his meal, which he had begged from house to house, leaning against a wall. Sucimukhi asked him why he looked downwards while eating. When Sariputta disclaimed doing so, she asked him, respectively, why he ate looking upwards, towards the four quarters, between the four quarters. He denied the truth of all her statements, and then explained to her his reason for his denial. He lived neither by such low arts as divination, nor by star gazing, going errands, or palmistry.
Sucimukhi understood, and went about Rajagaha praising the blamelessness of Sakiyan monks. S.iii.238f.; SA.ii.253.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraŚucimukhī (शुचिमुखी) is the name of a Brahmacariṇī according to the mentioned in the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter VI. Accordingly, “Śāriputra entered the city to beg his food; when he had obtained it, he sat down against a wall to eat. Then a Brahmacariṇī named Tsing mou (Śucimukhī) came to see Śāriputra and asked him...”.
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: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śucimukhī (शुचिमुखी):—[=śuci-mukhī] [from śuci > śuc] f. Name of a female flamingo, [Harivaṃśa]
2) [v.s. ...] the plant Sanseviera Zeylanica, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
3) Sūcīmukhī (सूचीमुखी):—[=sūcī-mukhī] [from sūcī-mukha > sūcī > sūc] f. a female bird, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
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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)
Partial matches: Mukhi, Shuci.
Full-text: Pindapata.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 1 - The Śucimukhī-sūtra < [Chapter VI - The Great Bhikṣu Saṃgha]
Part 3 - Explanation of the word Bhikṣu < [Chapter VI - The Great Bhikṣu Saṃgha]
The Life of Sariputta (by Nyanaponika Thera)
Samyutta Nikaya < [Part IV - Discourses Of Sariputta]
Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 19 - The Eight Abdominal affections (udara-roga) < [Sutrasthana (Sutra Sthana) — General Principles]
Chapter 30 - The therapeutics of Gynecic Disorders (yoni-vyapad-cikitsa) < [Cikitsasthana (Cikitsa Sthana) — Section on Therapeutics]
Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
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Classification of diseases in the Caraka-Saṃhitā < [Chapter 4 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Caraka-saṃhitā)]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)