Mahamrityunjaya, Mahāmṛtyuṃjaya, Mahāmṛtyuñjaya, Mahamrityumjaya, Maha-mrityunjaya, Maha-mrityumjaya: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Mahāmṛtyuṃjaya and Mahāmṛtyuñjaya can be transliterated into English as Mahamrtyumjaya or Mahamrityumjaya or Mahamrtyunjaya or Mahamrityunjaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstraMahāmṛtyuñjaya (महामृत्युञ्जय) is the name of an Ayurvedic recipe defined in the fourth volume of the Rasajalanidhi (chapter 2, dealing with jvara: fever). These remedies are classified as Iatrochemistry and form part of the ancient Indian science known as Rasaśāstra (medical alchemy). However, as an ayurveda treatment, it should be taken twith caution and in accordance with rules laid down in the texts.
Accordingly, when using such recipes (e.g., mahā-mṛtyuñjaya-rasa): “the minerals (uparasa), poisons (viṣa), and other drugs (except herbs), referred to as ingredients of medicines, are to be duly purified and incinerated, as the case may be, in accordance with the processes laid out in the texts.” (see introduction to Iatro chemical medicines)
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.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation1) Mahāmṛtyuñjaya (महामृत्युञ्जय) or Mahāmṛtyuñjayamantra is the name of a mantra that is chanted during Dhārāpūjā, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.1.14:—“ after performing the regular worship of Śiva, with great devotion in accordance with prescribed rules, the devotees shall pour water in a continuous stream (jaladhārā). This Dhārā worship [viz., Dhārāpūjā] is very efficacious in delirium due to fever (jvarapralāpa). At that time [...] Mahāmṛtyuñjaya-mantra, [... etc.,] shall be repeated. The Dhārā worship [viz., Dhārāpūjā] is very excellent in regard to flourishing series of pleasures. [...]”.
2) Mahāmṛtyuñjaya (महामृत्युञ्जय) is the name of a Vedic mantra, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.38.
Accordingly, as Śukra said to Dadhīca:—“Dear Dadhīca, after worshipping Śiva the lord of everyone, I am going to tell you the highly potential Vedic mantra Mahāmṛtyuñjaya:
“We worship the three-eyed lord Śiva, the lord of the three worlds, the father of the three spheres, the lord of the three guṇas. Lord Śiva is the essence, the fragrance of the three tattvas, three fires, of every thing that is trichotomised, of the three worlds, of the three arms and of the trinity. He is the nourisher. In all living beings, everywhere, in the three guṇas, in the creation, in the sense-organs, in the Devas and Gaṇas, he is the essence as the fragrance in a flower. He is the lord of Devas. [...]”.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMahāmṛtyuṃjaya (महामृत्युंजय).—a kind of drug.
Derivable forms: mahāmṛtyuṃjayaḥ (महामृत्युंजयः).
Mahāmṛtyuṃjaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and mṛtyuṃjaya (मृत्युंजय).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mahāmṛtyuṃjaya (महामृत्युंजय):—[=mahā-mṛtyuṃ-jaya] [from mahā-mṛtyu > mahā > mah] mn. (with lauha) (?) ‘conquering gr° death’, a [particular] drug, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a sacred text addressed to Śiva (also ya-mantra m.), [Catalogue(s)]
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Mrityunjaya, Maha, Jaya.
Starts with: Mahamrityumjaya Mantra, Mahamrityunjayamantra.
Full-text (+2): Mahamrityumjaya, Mahamrityumjaya Mantra, Mrityupasha, Sarvabhuta, Pushtivardhana, Tridha, Tridiva, Tribahu, Tritattva, Trivahni, Indriya, Trailokya, Trimandala, Mritasanjivani, Amareshvara, Mahamrityunjayamantra, Sugandhi, Dharapuja, Triguna, Trideva.
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Lalitopakhyana (Lalita Mahatmya) (by G.V. Tagare)
Sanskrit sources of Kerala history (by Suma Parappattoli)
Appendix 1 - Sanskrit Works bearing on Kerala History
15. Short Poems describing Kerala history < [Chapter 4 - Traces of Historical Facts from Sandesha Kavyas and Short poems]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 4: Iatrochemistry (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Treatment for fever (70): Mahamrityunjaya rasa < [Chapter II - Fever (jvara)]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 38 - The dialogue between Kṣuva and Dadhīca < [Section 2.2 - Rudra-saṃhitā (2): Satī-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 14 - Directions for the worship of Śiva < [Section 2.1 - Rudra-saṃhitā (1): Sṛśṭi-khaṇḍa]
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