The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Mucchañcikat! (˚añji˚) is probably the correct reading for puñcikat!. -- We find puñcikat! at Dhs 1136,
1230; Vbh 351, 361 (v. l. pucchañji˚); DhsA 365; mucchañci˚ at Nd1 8 & Nd2 p. 152; pucchañji˚ at VbhA
477. The meaning is "agitation," as seen from expln of term at DhsA 365 ("wagging of a dog's tail,"
puccha' c!leti), and VbhA 477 ("l!bhan' âl!bhanaka -- &h!ne vedhan! kampan! n"cavuttat!"). -- The etym.
expln is difficult; we may take it as a (misunderstood) corruption of *mucch -- angi -- kata i. e.
mucch!+anga+k% "being made stiff -- of -- limbs," or "swoon." Psychologically we may take "swoon" as
the climax of agitation, almost like "hysterics." A similar case of a similar term of swooning being
interpreted by Bdhgh as "wavering" (cal) is chambhitatta "paralysis," expld as "sakalasar"ra calana'" at DA
i.50. -- The expression mucchañcikat! reminds us of the term ka&ukañcukat!.
Mucch!
Mucch! [fr. m(rch] 1. fainting, swoon PvA 174. -- 2. in- fatuation A ii.10 (k!ma˚). Sn 328; Dhs 1059.
Mucchita
Mucchita [pp. of mucchati] 1. fainted, swooning, in a faint J i.243; DhA ii.112; PvA 62, 174, 258. -- 2.
distraught, infatuated S i.61, 204; A i.274; D iii.46 (a˚); It 92; J iii.432; v.274 (C. for pagiddha & gadhita).
Cp. pa˚.
Mujjati
Mujjati [The P. form of the Sk. majj] to sink, dive, be submerged Dhtp 70 (mujja=mujjana). Only in cpds.
um˚ & ni˚.
Muñcati
Muñcati [Vedic muñcati; muc, to release, loosen; with orig. meaning "strip off, get rid of," hence also
"glide" as in Lith. m(kti to escape, Ags. sm(gan to creep, Ger. schmiegen to rub against. See further
connections in Walde, Lat. Wtb., s. v. emungo. The Dhtp 376 expls by mocane, Dhtm 609 id.; 631: moce;
765: pamocane] I. Forms. The 2 bases muñc˚ & mucc˚ are differentiated in such a way, that muñc˚ is the
active base, and mucc˚ the passive. There are however cases where the active forms (muñc˚) are used for
the passive ones (mucc˚), which may be due simply to a misspelling, ñc & cc being very similar. -- A.
Active. pres. muñcati J i.375; iv.272; v.453; Vv 6418; pot. muñcetha Dh 389; imper. muñca Dh 348; ppr.
muñcanto Sn 791; aor. muñci J v.289; Mhvs 19, 44; pl. muñci'su J iv.142; ger. muñciya Mhvs 25, 67;
mutv! J i.375; & muñcitv! ibid.; PvA 43; inf. muñcitu' D i.96. -- Caus. II. muñc!peti D i.148. -- B.
Passive. pres. muccati Sn 508; ppr. muccanto J i.118; imper, sg. muccassu Th 2, 2; pl. muccatha DhA ii.92;
pot. muñceyya Pv ii.26; PvA 104; Dh 127; fut. muccissati J i.434 (where also muñcissati in same sense);
DhA i.105; iii.242; PvA 53, 105; also mokkhasi Vin i.21=S i.111; pl. mokkhanti Dh 37; aor. mucci('su) S
iii.132; iv.20; J ii.66; inf. muccitu' Th 1, 253; DhA i.297. -- Caus. moceti & moc!peti (q. v.). -- pp. mutta. -
- II. Meanings. 1. to release, deliver (from=abl.), set free (opp. bandhati) Sn 508 (sujjhati, m., bajjhati); S
iii.132 (citt!ni mucci'su their hearts were cleansed), Th 2, 2 (muccassu); Dh 127 (p!pakamm!, quoted at
PvA 104); Pv ii.26; PvA 53 (niray' ûpapattito muccissati), 105; DhA i.297 (dukkh! muccitu -- k!ma
desirous of being delivered from unpleasantness; v. l. muñc˚); ii.92 (dukkh!). 2. to send off, let loose,
drop, give J iv.272 (sara' an arrow); Vism 313 (dhenu vacchakassa kh"ra -- dh!ra' m.); Mhvs 25, 63
(phalaka'). -- 3. to let out of the yoke, to unharness, set free D i.148 (satta usabhasat!ni muñc!peti); PvA
43 (yogg!ni muñcitv!). 4. to let go, emit, send forth (light) J v.289 (obh!sa' muñci); Mhvs 19, 44
(rasmiyo). -- 5. to send forth (sound); to utter, emit (words etc.) J i.375 (v!ca'); Vv 6418 (m!l! m.
ghosa'=vissajjenti VvA 281). 6. (from 4 & 5 in general) to undertake, to bestow, send forth, let loose
on Dh 389: "na br!hma*assa pahareyya nâssa muñcetha br!hma*o," where DhA iv.148 supplements veran
na muñcetha (i. e. kopa' na kareyya). In this case vera' muñcati would be the same as the usual vera'
bandhati, thus opposite notions being used complementarily. The interpretation "give up" (enmity) instead
of "undertake" is possible from a mere grammatical point of view. L. v. Sohroeder (Worte der Wahrheil)
trsls "noch stürzt der Priester auf den Feind"! -- 7. to abandon, give up, leave behind Dh 348 (muñca, viz.