The Sanskrit term Ācāryamuṣṭi can be transliterated into English as Acaryamusti or Acaryamushti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Acharyamushti.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Ācāryamuṣṭi (आचार्यमुष्टि) refers to “secrecy of teachers”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “How then, son of good family, does the Bodhisattva who has attained memory never forget? Son of good family, the Bodhisattva attains memory (dhāraṇī) by purifying his memory. What then is the purification of memory? Son of good family, there are thirty-two purifications of memory. What are the thirty-two? [...] (13) no secrecy of teachers (an-ācāryamuṣṭi) concerning religion; (14) giving the gift of religion without a view to profit; (15) hearing on the basis of the root of insight; (16) practicing fundamentally according to the dharma; [...]”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Ācāryamuṣṭi (आचार्यमुष्टि).—m. or f. (= Pali ācariya-muṭṭhi), close- fistedness of a teacher, keeping things (particularly instruc- tion) back from pupils: Mahāvyutpatti 6525 = Tibetan slob dpon gyi dpe mkhyud (so also Tibetan on Kāśyapa Parivarta) a teacher's refusing to lend books; Lalitavistara 179.12 °ṭi-vigato (preceded by: dharma- dānenāmatsaraḥ); Kāśyapa Parivarta 1.4 dharmācāryamuṣṭim, compare 1.11 (verse) ācāryamuṣṭiṃ…dharme; Bodhisattvabhūmi 41.28 na ca pareṣām °ṭiṃ karoti; 106.18 nācāryamuṣṭiṃ dharmeṣu karoti; 363.14.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ācāryamuṣṭi (आचार्यमुष्टि):—[=ācārya-muṣṭi] [from ācārya > ā-cāra] f. ‘a teacher’s closed hand’, constraint, force, [Mahā-vyutpatti]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Mushti, Acarya.

Ends with: Anacaryamushti.

Full-text: Mushti.

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