Pāli Dictionary

adhimutta1

adhiprefixmucroottasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

muc2release; free

Synonyms

vimutta

mind

  • inclined toward; intent on; resolved on

  • MN 105

    ṭhānaṃ kho pan'etaṃ, sunakkhatta, vijjati yaṃ idh'ekacco purisapuggalo ākiñcaññ'āyatana-adhimutto assa.

  • Dhp 226

    sadā jāgaramānānaṃ, ahoratt'ānusikkhinaṃ, nibbānaṃ adhimuttānaṃ, atthaṃ gacchanti āsavā.

  • accustomed to; habituated to; firmly established or dedicated to

  • AN 6.55

    yo so, bhante, bhikkhu arahaṃ khīṇ'āsavo vusitavā katakaraṇīyo ohitabhāro anuppattasadattho parikkhīṇabhavasaṃyojano samma'd'aññāvimutto, so cha ṭhānāni adhimutto hoti

adhimutta2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Adhimutta, name of an arahant thera, a Brahmin of Sāvatthī who became a monk and author of a verse in the Theragāthā (v. 114)

  • Adhimutta, name of another arahant thera, author of a set of verses in the Theragāthā (vv. 705–725)

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Adhimutta
Person

  • A brahmin of Sāvatthi who, disillusioned with brahmanical learning, entered the Order after hearing the Buddha teach at Jetavana and became an Arahant.

Thag 16.1
Adhimutta2
Other

  • An alternate name for Atimuttaka, also applied to a discourse taught to Ānanda on the ten powers of a Tathāgata.

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