The Sanskrit term Mārutāśana can be transliterated into English as Marutasana or Marutashana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Mārutāśana (मारुताशन).—A soldier of Subrahmaṇya. (Śloka 62, Chapter 45, Śalya Parva).

Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and places

Mārutāśana (मारुताशन) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. IX.44.57) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Mārutāśana) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mārutāśana (मारुताशन).—a snake.

Derivable forms: mārutāśanaḥ (मारुताशनः).

Mārutāśana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms māruta and aśana (अशन).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mārutāśana (मारुताशन).—mfn.

(-naḥ-nā-naṃ) Fasting, feeding on air. E. māruta the wind, and aśana who eats.

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

1) Mārutāśana (मारुताशन):—[from māruta] mfn. feeding on w° or air (alone), fasting, [Mahābhārata]

2) [v.s. ...] m. a snake, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] Name of one of Skanda’s attendants, [Mahābhārata]

4) [v.s. ...] of a Dānava, [Harivaṃśa]

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

Mārutāśana (मारुताशन):—[mārutā+śana] (naḥ-nā-naṃ) a. Fasting.

[Sanskrit to German]

Marutashana 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: Asana, Maruta, Marutta.

Full-text: Apakvashin.

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