The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

muni"); Miln 90 (munibh!va "munihood," meditation, self -- denial, abrogation); DhA iii.521 (munayo=
moneyya -- pa&ipad!ya maggaphala' patt! asekha -- munayo), 395 (here expld with ref. to orig. meaning
tu*h"bh!va "state of silence" =mona). -- II. The Com. & Abhidhamma literature have produced several
schedules of muni -- qualities, esp. based on the 3 fold division of character as revealed in action, speech &
thought (k!ya˚, vac"˚, mano˚). Just as these 3 are in general exhibited in good or bad ways of living
(˚sucarita' & ˚duccarita'), they are applied to a deeper quality of saintship in k!ya -- moneyya,
vac"moneyya, mano -- moneyya; or Muni -- hood in action, speech & thought; and the muni himself is
characterised as a k!ya -- muni, vac"˚ & mano˚. Thus runs the long exegesis of muni at Nd2 514a= Nd1 57.
Besides this the same chapter (514b) gives a division of 6 munis, viz. ag!ra -- muni, anag!ra˚ (the
bhikkhus), sekha˚,
-- 539 --
asekha˚ (the Arahants), pacceka˚ (the Paccekabuddhas), muni˚ (the Tath!gatas). -- The parallel passage to
Nd2 514a at A i.273 gives a muni as k!ya -- muni, v!c!˚ & ceto˚ (under the 3 moneyy!ni).
Mummura
Mummura [*Sk. murmura, lit. crackling, rustling; cp. Lat. murmur=E. murmur, Gr. mormu/rw to rustle,
Ohg. murmur0n & murmul0n=Ger. murmeln; all to Idg. *mrem, to which Sk. marmara: see P. mammara &
cp. murumur!] crackling fire, hot ashes, burning chaff J ii.134.
Muyhati
Muyhati [Vedic muhyati, muh; defn Dhtp 343: mucch!- ya'; 460: vecitte; cp. moha & momuha] to get
bewildered, to be infatuated, to become dull in one's senses, to be stupified. Just as r!ga, dosa & moha form
a set, so do the verbs rajjati, dussati, muyhati, e. g. Miln 386 (rajjasi rajjan"yesu, dussan"yesu dussasi,
muyhase mohaniyesu). Otherwise rare as finite verb; only DhsA 254 (in defn of moha) & Sdhp 282, 605
(so read for mayhate). -- pp. m()ha & muddha1.
Muyhana
Muyhana (nt.) [fr. muyhati] bewilderment, stupefaction, infatuation DA i.195 (rajjana -- dussana -- m.).
Muraja
Muraja [cp. Epic. & Class. Sk. muraja, Prk. murava: Pischel, Prk. Gr. § 254] 1. a small drum, tambourine J
v.390; Vv 353 (=bheri VvA 161); 8418 (=mudinga VvA 340); SnA 370. -- 2. a kind of girdle Vin ii.136.
Murumur!
Murumur! (indecl.) [onomat. to sound root m%, see mammara & mummura] the grinding, crackling sound
of the teeth when biting bones, "crack"; in phrase m. ti kh!dati to eat or bite up to bits J i.342; v.21 (of a
Yakkhin", eating a baby).
Murumur!peti
Murumur!peti=murumur!yati J ii.127; iii.134; v.196 (˚etv! kh!dati).
Murumur!yati
Murumur!yati [Denom. fr. murumur!] to munch, chew, bite up with a cracking sound J iv.491.