Miliha, Mīḷha: 3 definitions
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Miliha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Marathi. 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.
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Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarymīḷha : (nt.) excrement; dung.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryMīḷha, (pp. of mih, Vedic mehati to excrete water, i.e. urine, only with ref. to the liquid; Sk. mīḍha=Lat. mictus, pp. of mingo, to urinate. Cp. Av. maēƶaiti to urinate, meƶ urine; Gr. o)mixeίn & o)/mixma id.; Ags. mīgan to ur.; in Ohg. mist & Ags. miox the notion refers more to the solid excrement, as in Pāli.—A related root *meigh to shed water is found in megha, cloud (watershedder), q. v. for further cognates) excrement M. I, 454 =III, 236 (°sukhaṃ vile pleasure); A. III, 241, 242; Th. 1, 1152; J. II, 11; VI, 112; Vv 5211 (with ref. to the gūthaniraya); Pv III, 45 (=gūtha PvA. 194); DhA. II, 53 (°ṃ khādituṃ).
—kūpa pit of excr. , cesspool Pgdp 22. (Page 534)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarymilhā (मिल्हा).—m The name of a bird of the baka kind. 2 Applied to a religious hypocrite or sanctimonious dissembler. See vakadhyānī or bakavratī.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Milihaka.
Ends with: Sahasramiliha, Svarmiliha.
Full-text: Sallitta, Sahasramiliha, Milihaka, Midha, Megha.
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