saṃmukham (16352)

saṃmukham
Entry 16352, Page 581, Col. 2

(saMmuKam, saMmuKam)
saṃmukham¦, adv. and postpos. (cf. prec.; used in Skt. in somewhat similar but, it seems, not quite identical ways), (1) adv., in personal presence, without dependent noun: replacing adj. saṃmukha, q.v., with gāthā, as in ābhiḥ sārūpyābhir gāthābhiḥ °kham (note position, which is very exceptional but significant, proving that saṃmukham has no dependent) abhiṣṭutya SP 162.8; bhagavantaṃ °kham ābhir gāthābhiḥ…161.4; 166.4, and similarly 166.12; 170.6; 172.15; LV 361.14; 362.19; 364.17; Mv iii.343.14 (read with mss.); Sukh 7.9; Bhaga- vatā (in Av Ānandena) sārdhaṃ °khaṃ…kathāṃ vyatisārya Divy 70.10; 619.1; Karmav 29.17; Av i.229.2; saṃmukhaṃ me bhadanta Bhagavato 'ntikāc chrutaṃ °kham udgṛhītam Divy 206.28, from the Lord in person I heard and received; the position of saṃmukham in this Divy passage seems to prove that it is a pure adv., without dependent, also in bhagavato 'ntikāt °khaṃ śrutvā SP 69.7, and (with slight variations) 70.12; 100.2; 222.9; doubtless so interpret also śāstu saṃmukhaṃ śāṇaṃ pāṃśukūlaṃ pratigrahe Mv iii.54.15 (repetition 16), (Kāśyapa) received from the Teacher (prob. abl., śāstu) face to face a robe…; (2) postpos. with gen., in the presence (of): so prob. (cf. s.v. saṃmukhā 1) bhagavato saṃmu- khaṃ pratiśrutvā °khaṃ pratigṛhītvā (so with 1 ms., Senart em. wrongly) Mv ii.257.15, having heard and accepted it in the Lord's own presence (but possibly from the Lord, in his presence, as in Divy 206.28 above); bahudharmaḥ śruto 'smābhir lokanāthasya saṃmukhaṃ SP 70.3 (vs); naigamajānapadānāṃ ca °kham evaṃ saṃśrāvayet 108.8 (prose); me…°kham 342.1 (vs), in my presence; (3) with a verb of giving, to, with loc. or gen.: dadanti dānāni… jineṣu °kham SP 13.11 (vs), they give gifts to the Jinas; virtually same phrase with jināna °kham 13.14, and suga- tāna °kham 13.16 (vss).