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संमिञ्जयति (saMmiJjayati)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
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saṃmiñjayati (= Pali °jeti, also written samiñjeṭi
connected with un-minj-, ni-miñj-, and prec. and next
in mss. and edd. also written samiñj-, but incorrectly, see below), bends back, draws in, contracts, parts of the body, esp. the arms
always assoc. with its opposite prasārayati (Skt.), extends: saṃmiñjitaṃ (vā) bāhuṃ (in Mv oftener °tāṃ … bāhāṃ) prasāraye(t, once °yeya) prasāritaṃ (vā, or ca) bāhuṃ (the noun may be omitted
Mv oftener °tāṃ … bāhāṃ) saṃmiñjaye(t) Mv 〔i.55.1, 14〕
〔56.8〕
〔iii.425.15, 22〕
〔450.16〕
Mmk 〔3.26〕
Divy 〔473.6〕
Waldschmidt, Kl. Skt. Texte 4, 〔65.20〕 (Śakrapraśnasūtra, acc. to 〔p. 5〕, ms. saṃmiñcita, but text prints saṃmiñj°)
〔157.18〕 (Mahāsamāj.)
(yato care yato tiṣṭhe yato āse yato śaye, so Senart em., ) yato saṃmiñjaye kāyaṃ yato kāyaṃ prasāraye Mv 〔iii.422.(16—)17〕 (so Senart, em., but prob. rightly), in a description of a bhikṣu, whenever he draws in or extends (any member of) his body. Leumann, Album Kern 〔393 f.〕, adopts an earlier suggestion of Kernʼs and derives from sam-vṛj-. He rightly distinguishes this verb from Pali sam-iñjati (Dhp. 〔81〕, na samiñjanti paṇḍitā), is moved, is perturbed
cf. BHS iñjate. But when Leumann states that this sam-iñjati, in its Pali mg., is also found in BHS, I fear that he was speaking carelessly. The only cases of sam-iñj- which I have noted are shown by association with forms of prasār- to be false readings for saṃmiñj-
such cases also occur in Pali (PTSD). The only ‘confusion’ shown by BHS in this sept consists in the erroneous writing of samiñj- for saṃmiñj- (which Leumann also recognizes). Leumannʼs etym. seems to me at least more plausible than any other, including that of Lüders (s.v. samarjana). That double mm (or ṃm), not single m, is the only correct form is proved by un-miñj- and nimiñj-, neither of which occurs in Pali
Leumann considers them (as he must according to his etymology) secondarily abstracted from saṃ-miñj-. I have found no trace of the sept elsewhere.