The Sanskrit term Mṛṇālavalaya can be transliterated into English as Mrnalavalaya or Mrinalavalaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)

Mṛṇālavalaya (मृणालवलय) refers to “lotus-fibre bracelets”, mentioned in verse 3.41 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “from him whose mind is at ease, (who is) moist with sandal [...]—(and) [...] beautiful women (who), possessed of lotus-fibre bracelets [viz., mṛṇālavalaya] (and) radiant with full-blown lotuses, (are) like moving water-lilies: (these) take away the weariness”.

Note: The phrase “mṛṇālavalayāḥ kāntāḥ protphullakamalojjvalāḥ”—“beautiful women possessed, of lotus-fibre bracelets (and) radiant with full-blown lotuses” has been rendered freely by “chuṅ-ma gdu-bu pad-rtsa ’dra padma rgyas-pa lta-bur mdzes”—“women beautiful as full-blown lotuses in their lotus-fibre-like bracelets”, with the simile of the second line having been extended to the whole stanza.—bde-rtsa (for pad-rtsa) in C is a corruption.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mṛṇālavalaya (मृणालवलय).—[neuter] bracelet of lotus-fibres.

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

Mṛṇālavalaya (मृणालवलय):—[=mṛṇāla-valaya] [from mṛṇāla > mṛṇ] m. or n. a l°-f° as a bracelet, [ib.],

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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: Mrinala, Valaya.

Full-text: Mrinalangada, Nigada.

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