Mrityu, Mṛtyu: 34 definitions
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Mrityu has 33 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Mṛtyu can be transliterated into English as Mrtyu or Mrityu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Mratyu.
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[Deutsch Wörterbuch]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMṛtyu (मृत्यु):—
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMṛtyu (मृत्यु):—m. —
1) Tod ; Pl. Todesarten. mrtyu m. Tod durch , Adj. den Tod durch — findend. —
2) personificirt als Todesgott. Gilt für einen Sohn Adharama’s Brahman’s , Kali’s oder der Māyā , führt die Patronymica Prādhavaṃsana und Sāṃparāyaṇa , erscheint unter den 11 Rudra , als Vyāsa im 6ten Dvāpara , als Lehrer u.s.w. Ausnahmsweise auch f. —
3) * der Liebesgott —
4) ein best. Ekāha —
5) das 8te astrol. Haus. —
6) der 17te astrol. Yoga. —
7) mṛtyorharaḥ und mṛtyorvikarṇabhrāse Namen von Sāman.
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 (+133): Mrityubandhu, Mrityubhanguraka, Mrityubhaya, Mrityubhita, Mrityubhritya, Mrityubija, Mrityucinha, Mrityuda, Mrityudanda, Mrityudara, Mrityudaya, Mrityudevate, Mrityudevi, Mrityuduta, Mrityudvara, Mrityugandanta, Mrityughna, Mrityuhanta, Mrityuhara, Mrityuhetave.
Ends with (+18): Akalamrityu, Akutomrityu, Amrityu, Apamrityu, Asannamrityu, Atimrityu, Atimrityumrityu, Balamrityu, Bhartrimrityu, Chandamrityu, Dhruvamrityu, Edemrityu, Hatamrityu, Janmamrityu, Jaramrityu, Jivanamrityu, Kalamrityu, Mahamrityu, Marmrityu, Mithyamrityu.
Full-text (+266): Apamrityu, Mrityunjaya, Mrityubhanguraka, Vishamrityu, Paramrityu, Mrityumjayastotra, Mrityumjayadhyana, Mrityumjayavidhana, Mrityumjayavidhi, Mrityumjayatvaprakarana, Mrityumjayavidhanapaddhati, Mrityumjayamanasa, Mrityumjayatantra, Mrityumjayapaddhati, Mrityumjayastotravidhana, Mrityumjayadihomavidhi, Mrityuphala, Mrityumjayakokila, Mrityumjayatirtha, Mahamrityumjayamantra.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 2.4.21 < [Chapter 4 - The Liberation of Vatsāsura]
Verse 5.8.22 < [Chapter 8 - The Killing of Kaṃsa]
Verse 6.10.5 < [Chapter 10 - In the Description of the Gomatī River, the Glories of Cakra-tīrtha]
Rudra-Shiva concept (Study) (by Maumita Bhattacharjee)
42. Number of Rudra < [Chapter 5 - Rudra-Śiva in the Purāṇic Literature]
9. Rudra in the Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa < [Chapter 3 - Rudra-Śiva in the Brāhmaṇa Literature]
2. Rudra-Śiva in the Upaniṣadic Literature < [Chapter 4 - Rudra-Śiva in the Post-Brāhmaṇic Literature]
Isopanisad (Madhva commentary) (by Srisa Chandra Vasu)
Isha Upanishad (by Swami Nirvikarananda)
Chandogya Upanishad (Madhva commentary) (by Srisa Chandra Vasu)
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