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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).