Mritapa, Mṛtapā, Mrita-pa, Mṛtapa: 7 definitions
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Mritapa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Mritapa has 5 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Mṛtapā and Mṛtapa can be transliterated into English as Mrtapa or Mritapa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMṛtapa (मृतप):—(mṛta + 2. pa) m. Leichenwächter [Mahābhārata 13, 2583] (= śmaśānādhikārin [Scholiast][?). Rāmāyaṇa 1, 59, 18 (61, 19 Gorresio] = śavavastrādihārin [Scholiast] in der ed. Bomb.). cāṇḍālamṛtapāḥ [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 4, 10,] [Scholiast]
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Mṛtapā (मृतपा):—(mṛta + 4. pā) m. dass.; Nomen proprium eines Asura [Mahābhārata 1, 2669.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMṛtapa (मृतप):—m. Leichenwächter.
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Mṛtapā (मृतपा):—m. Nomen proprium eines Asura.
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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Starts with: Mritapatnikadhana, Mritapatnikadhananirnaya, Mritapatra.
Ends with: Amritapa.
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