The Sanskrit term Mṛtyunāśana can be transliterated into English as Mrtyunasana or Mrityunashana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: Shodhganga: Iconographical representations of Śiva

Mṛtyunāśana (मृत्युनाशन) or Mṛtyunāśanāgama refers to one of upāgamas (supplementary scriptures) of the Vijayāgama which is one of the twenty-eight Siddhāntāgama: a classification of the Śaiva division of Śaivāgamas. The Śaivāgamas represent the wisdom that has come down from lord Śiva, received by Pārvatī and accepted by Viṣṇu. The purpose of revealing upāgamas (e.g., Mṛtyunāśana Āgama) is to explain more elaborately than that of mūlāgamas (e.g., Vijaya-āgama) and to include any new idea if not dealt in mūlāgamas.

Source: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra Tantra

Mṛtyunāśana (मृत्युनाशन) refers to “that which destroys death”, according to the Svacchanda-tantra.—Accordingly, [verse 7.223-224]—“He should visualize a white, very dense, unctuous amṛta, which destroys death (mṛtyunāśana) and himself [when he is] flooded and filled with it He should visualize his entire body flooded with nectar entering through the openings and apertures of his channels, which are set in the stem of the lotus”.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mṛtyunāśana (मृत्युनाशन).—the drink of immortality, ambrosia.

Derivable forms: mṛtyunāśanam (मृत्युनाशनम्).

Mṛtyunāśana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mṛtyu and nāśana (नाशन).

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

Mṛtyunāśana (मृत्युनाशन):—[=mṛtyu-nāśana] [from mṛtyu > mṛ] n. ‘d°-destroying’, the nectar of immortality, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

[Sanskrit to German]

Mrityunashana in German

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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: Nasana, Mrityu.

Full-text: Vijayagama.

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