Mucchati [murch, an enlargement of Vedic mūr to get stiff (as in mūra stupid, dull, cp. Gr. mwro/s; Sk. mūrakha foolish). Used in 2 senses, viz. (a) to become stiff & (b) (Caus.) to harden, increase in tone, make louder. From (a) a fig. meaning is derived in the sense of to become dulled or stupid, viz. infatuated, possessed. <-> See also Lüders in K.Z. xlii.194 a. How far we are justified to connect Dhtp 216 mū & 503 mu ("bandhane") with this root is a different question. These 2 roots seem to be without connections. -- mūrch itself is at Dhtp 50 defined with "mohe"] 1. (spelt muccati) to become stiff, congeal, coagulate, curdle Dh 71; DhA ii.67. -- 2. to become infatuated D iii.43 (majjati+). -- 3. only in Caus. muccheti to make sound, to increase in tone Jii.249 (vīṇaŋ); iii.188 (id.). -- pp. mucchita.