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muyhati

Muyhati

to get bewildered to be infatuated, to become dull in one’s senses, to be stupified. Just as rāga, dosa & moha form a set, so do the verbs rajjati, dussati, muyhati, e.g. Mil.386 (rajjasi rajjanīyesu, dussanīyesu dussasi muyhase mohaniyesu). Otherwise rare as finite verb only Dhs-a.254 (in def n of

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to get bewildered to be infatuated, to become dull in one’s senses, to be stupified. Just as rāga, dosa & moha form a set, so do the verbs rajjati, dussati, muyhati, e.g. Mil.386 (rajjasi rajjanīyesu, dussanīyesu dussasi muyhase mohaniyesu). Otherwise rare as finite verb only Dhs-a.254 (in defn of moha) & Sdhp.282, Sdhp.605 (so read for mayhate)
pp mūḷha & muddha1.

Vedic muhyati, muh; defn Dhtp.343: mucchāyaṃ; 460: vecitte; cp. moha & momuha

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