Marmara: 13 definitions

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Marmara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi, biology. 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.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Marmara (मर्मर) refers to “hissing (sounds)”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.43 (“Description of Śiva’s wonderful sport”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated to Nārada: “Thus addressed by you the delighted Menā stared at the lord with joy; the lord Īśāna of wonderful features and of wonderful attendants. Immediately the army of Śiva came there consisting of wonderful arrays of Bhūtas, Pretas and Gaṇas. Some were in the form of violent gusts of wind, producing hissing sounds (marmara-svana) with waving flags. Some had crooked faces. Others were deformed. [...]”.

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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.

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Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Marmara in Papua New Guinea is the name of a plant defined with Codiaeum variegatum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Oxydectes variegata Kuntze (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Botanical Cabinet (1824)
· Proc. Fla. State Hortic. Soc., (1962)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis
· Contributions from the United States National Herbarium (1905)
· De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen (1824)
· Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië (1825)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Marmara (मर्मर).—a. [mṛ-aran muṭ ca]

1) Rustling (leaves, garments &c.); तीरेषु तालीवनमर्मरेषु (tīreṣu tālīvanamarmareṣu) R.6.57;4.73;19.41; मदोद्धताः प्रत्यनिलं विचेरुर्वनस्थलीर्मर्मरपत्रमोक्षाः (madoddhatāḥ pratyanilaṃ vicerurvanasthalīrmarmarapatramokṣāḥ) Kumārasambhava 3.31.

2) Murmuring.

-raḥ 1 A rustling sound.

2) A murmur.

3) A kind of garment.

-rā Coarse ground meal.

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

Marmara (मर्मर).— (a reduplicated form based on an imitative sound), m. The rustling sound of cloth, or dry leaves, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 6, 57 (at the end of a comp. adj.); of the wind, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 2, 165 (roaring).

— Cf. [Latin] murmurare; [Old High German.] murmuron; etc.

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

Marmara (मर्मर).—[adjective] & [masculine] rustling, murmuring.

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

1) Marmara (मर्मर):—mfn. (onomatopoetic) rustling (as leaves or garments), murmuring, [Kālidāsa; Rājataraṅgiṇī]

2) m. a rustling sound, murmur, [Raghuvaṃśa]

3) a kind of garment, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) Marmarā (मर्मरा):—[from marmara] f. coarse ground meal, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) Marmara (मर्मर):—cf. [Greek] μορμύρω; [Latin] murmurare; [German] murmeln; [English] murmur.

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

Marmara (मर्मर):—(raḥ) 1. m. The rustling sound of dry leaves. f. () Sort of pine.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Marmara (मर्मर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Mammara.

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Marmara 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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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Marmara (मर्मर):—(nm) marble; rustling: —[dhvanī] rustling noise; [marmarī] made of marble.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Marmara (ಮರ್ಮರ):—[noun] a sound produced by shaking leaves (as by a current of air) or by walking on dry leaves.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Marmara (मर्मर):—n. → मरमर [maramara ] 2. rustling sound;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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