Pāli Dictionary

pamuñcati

paprefixmucrootṃ-asuffix

Part of speech

verb

Root

muc2release; free

Synonyms

pātukaroti, muñcati, upadaṃseti, ossajati, parimoceti

doctrine

  • frees; liberates; releases (esp. from suffering)

  • Snp 5.6

    passām'ahaṃ devamanussaloke, akiñcanaṃ brāhmaṇam'iriyamānaṃ, taṃ taṃ namassāmi samantacakkhu, pamuñca maṃ sakka kathaṃkathāhi.

general

  • lets loose; emits; utters, speaks (a word)

  • Snp 4.16

    cudito vacībhi satim'ābhinande, sabrahmacārīsu khilaṃ pabhinde, vācaṃ pamuñce kusalaṃ n'ātivelaṃ, janavādadhammāya na cetayeyya.

  • sheds; drops; gives up

  • Dhp 377

    vassikā viya pupphāni, maddavāni pamuñcati, evaṃ rāgañ'ca dosañ'ca, vippamuñcetha bhikkhavo.

  • shows; displays

  • MN 26

    apārutā tesaṃ amatassa dvārā, ye sotavanto pamuñcantu saddhaṃ, vihiṃsasaññī paguṇaṃ na bhāsiṃ, dhammaṃ paṇītaṃ manujesu brahme'ti.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

pamuñcaiti
  1. pamuñcapamuñcati

    frees; liberates; releases (esp. from suffering)

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

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