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संक्षूयते (saMkSUyate)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
saṃkṣūyate, pres. pple. °yamāno (mss. a few times saṃkṣu°, or saṃkṣa°), attacking (trying to shake?), or the like, of some hostile action by Māra against the Bodhisattva: Māro pāpīmāṃ duḥkhī bodhisattvaṃ °yamāno mahā-ūhasitaṃ ūhase Mv 〔ii.268.12—269.19〕, twelve times. Senartʼs etym. (Vedic root sku-, skū-) is unconvincing. Is there connexion with AMg. (saṃ)chuhai, the etym. of which is disputed? Cf. Hindi chūnā, Nep. chunu, touch, meddle with
Turner, Nep. Dict. s.v. chunu discusses the difficult sept
Skt. kṣubh- may be directly or indirectly involved.