Mishrana, Miśraṇa: 13 definitions

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Mishrana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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.

The Sanskrit term Miśraṇa can be transliterated into English as Misrana or Mishrana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Misran.

In Hinduism

Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)

Source: archive.org: Hindu Mathematics

Miśraṇa (मिश्रण, “mixing”) is another name for Saṃklita (“addition”) which represents one of the twenty operations (logistics) of pāṭīgaṇita (“science of calculation which requires the use of writing material—the board”), according to Pṛthudakasvāmī’s commentary on the Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta by Brahmagupta, a Sanskrit treatise on ancient Indian mathematics (gaṇita-śāstra) and astronomy from the 7th century.—The Hindu name for addition is saṃkalita (‘made together’). Other equivalent terms commonly used are [e.g., miśraṇa (mixing)] [...]. The word saṃkalita has been used by some writers in the general sense of the sum of a series.

Ganitashastra book cover
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Ganitashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, gaṇitaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

miśraṇa (मिश्रण).—n S Mingling or mixing. 2 In arithmetic. Addition.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

miśraṇa (मिश्रण).—n Mingling or mixing. Addition (in arithmetic).

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Miśraṇa (मिश्रण).—[miśr-lyuṭ]

1) Mixing, blending, combining.

2) (In arith.) Addition.

Derivable forms: miśraṇam (मिश्रणम्).

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

Miśraṇa (मिश्रण).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) 1. Mixing, uniting. 2. (In arithmetic,) Addition. E. miśra to mix, aff. lyuṭ .

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

Miśraṇa (मिश्रण).—[neuter] mixing, uniting.

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

1) Miśraṇa (मिश्रण):—[from miśr] n. mixing, mixture, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra] (cf. vāṅ-m)

2) [v.s. ...] addition, [Colebrooke]

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

Miśraṇa (मिश्रण):—(ṇaṃ) 1. n. Mixing; addition.

[Sanskrit to German]

Mishrana 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

Miśraṇa (मिश्रण) [Also spelled misran]:—(nm) a mixture; blend; combination; [miśrita] mixed; blended; combinded; complex.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Miśraṇa (ಮಿಶ್ರಣ):—

1) [noun] something made by mixing of different ingredients; a mixture.

2) [noun] the act of mixing different things together.

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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

[«previous next»] — Mishrana in Nepali glossary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Miśraṇa (मिश्रण):—n. 1. mixing; 2. a mixture; 3. Chem. compound; 4. an alloy; 5. an adulteration;

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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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