Sammurchana, Sammūrchana: 5 definitions
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Sammurchana has 4 English definitions available.
Alternative spellings of this word include Sammurchhana.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSaṃmūrchana (संमूर्छन):—(wie eben) n.
1) das Sichballen, Sichverdichten, Sichanhäufen: vāyorvāyusaṃmūrchanaṃ nānātvaliṅgam [KAṆ. 2, 1, 14.] matsyādayaḥ saṃmūrchanodbhavāḥ [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1356.] = abhivyāpti [Amarakoṣa 3, 3, 6.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1517.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 197.] [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna 215.] = ucchrāya [Medinīkoṣa] —
2) Verlust der Besinnung (moha) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa]
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: Sam, Murchana.
Starts with: Sammurchanodbhava.
Full-text: Sammurchanodbhava, Sammucrchane, Vayunanatva, Murch.
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Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
Verse 2.35 - Birth by pontaneous generation (sammūrcchana-janma) < [Chapter 2 - Category of the Living]
Verse 2.45 - The gross body (audārika) < [Chapter 2 - Category of the Living]
Verse 2.50 - Neuter-sex (napuṃsaka) < [Chapter 2 - Category of the Living]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
5. The four ‘vilokanas’ and the entry into the womb < [Part 4 - The Bodhisattva in the Abhidharma system]