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    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    p. 21, col. 3.
    adhi-mukta mfn. (√ muc), inclined, propense, Buddh.
    p. 21, col. 3.
    confident, ib.
    p. 1310, col. 2.
    also ‘intent on’, Divyāv.
    p. 1310, col. 2.
    adhi-mukta m. a partic. Samādhi, Kāraṇḍ.

    Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

    p. 24, col. 2.
    adhimukta 1. Adj. s. u. 1. muc mit adhi.

    — 2. m. ein best. samādhi, Kāraṇḍ. 52, 15.

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    p. 13, col. 2.
    adhimukta (Pali adhimutta), ppp. of adhimucyate,

    (1) zealous about, actively interested in or devoted to (a) non-

    religious objects (loc., or in cpds.): yathādhimuktavāṇijāṃ

    Mv iii.289.12, referring to 15 ff. tatra ye rūpādhimuktā

    vāṇijā (the merchants whose interests were centered in forms,

    i.e. the objects of sight) te rūpehi lobhitā, ye śabdā-

    dhimuktā vāṇijā te manojñagītavāditaśabdehi lobhitā (etc.,

    with other objects of sense); kimadhimuktā jaṭilā? jaṭilā

    khalu jaṭilādhimuktā Mv iii.424.4, what do jaṭila-ascetics

    like? They like jaṭila-ascetics, of course (with this thought

    Buddha surrounds himself with 1000 magically created

    jaṭila-ascetics and visits the jaṭila Uruvilvā-Kāśyapa);

    the family into which a Bodhisattva must be born in his

    last existence must be kriyādhimuktaṃ…tyāgādhimuk-

    taṃ fond of activity, of liberality LV 24.5--6; Mv i.198.3;

    ii.1.13 (LV adds dānādhimuktaṃ; Mv i.198.3 adds vratā-

    dhimuktaṃ); (b) religious objects (with loc., or perh. acc.):

    devā ca namasyanti yo yādṛśam asmiṃ adhimukto Mv

    iii.77.19 (read with ms. B), and they worship the gods,

    whosoever which (god), being devoted to him; śūnyatam

    adhimukta-m (corr. adhimukta, prob. so read, or take m

    as hiatus-bridger) ānimittaṃ (corr. °ttāṃ) vicarati RP

    16.13 (vs), he lives with his mind centered on emptiness,

    causelessness; usually in cpds., -dharmādhimukta zealously

    devoted to dharma Mvy 854; śraddhādhi° Divy 49.18 (= Pali

    saddhādhimutta, both of Vakkali); pravrajyādhi° Divy

    302.23 ff.; pradānādhi° Jm 23.6; -buddhadharmādhi°

    Samādh 19.3; often modifying sattva, creatures, yathā-

    dhimukta-sattva-, creatures according to their inclinations,

    LV 35.8; creatures are often described as nānādhimukta,

    having inclinations towards various objects, SP 71.8; 318.1;

    the Bodhisattva is śubhādhimukta, inclining towards ex-

    cellent things, LV 141.8; common folk are hīnādhimukta

    SP 113.9; 114.4; or lūhādhimukta LV 264.4 (of certain

    gods; misrendered by Foucaux devoted to (the Bodhisattva)

    in wretched condition, but it means having inclinations to

    petty things; these gods tried to persuade the Bodhisattva

    to let them restore his strength magically); Av i.285.5

    (of evil monks); (2) ppp. periphrastic, (was) changed

    magically, Divy 393.18, see under adhimucyate (2).