Mishri, Miśrī, Misrī: 11 definitions

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Mishri means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, 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.

The Sanskrit term Miśrī can be transliterated into English as Misri or Mishri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Miśrī (मिश्री).—A popular name given to the commentary written by मैरवमिश्र (mairavamiśra) on the Paribhaasendusekhara in popular use by grammarians.

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar
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Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Miśrī (मिश्री).—A serpent. This serpent also was among those serpents which came to take away the soul of Balabhadrarāma to Pātāla at the time of his death. (Śloka 15, Chapter 4, Mausala Parva).

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia
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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)

Misri in the Hindi language is the name of a plant identified with Eulophia dabia (D.Don) Hochr. from the Orchidaceae (Orchid) family having the following synonyms: Eulophia campestris, Eulophia rupestris, Eulophia faberi. For the possible medicinal usage of misri, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs
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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

Marathi-English dictionary

miśrī (मिश्री).—f ( H from A) Sugarcandy.

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

miśrī (मिश्री).—f Sugarcandy.

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

Miśṛ (मिशृ).—[ (-lakṣaṇa), corruption for miṇḍha, q.v.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Miśrī (मिश्री):—[from miśr] in [compound] for miśra.

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

Miśrī (मिश्री):—Adv. —

1) mit kara vermischen mit (Instr.). [Mahīdhara] zu [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 7,10.] —

2) mit bhu sich vermischen , sich verschlingen , sich vermischen mit (Instr. ; auch geschlechtlich) , zusammentreffen (Blicke).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung
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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

Misri in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) sugarcandy; —[ki dali]a sweet thing; —[gholana] to give rise to sweet feelings; to talk sweet..—misri (मिसरी) is alternatively transliterated as Misarī.

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary
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Kannada-English dictionary

Miśri (ಮಿಶ್ರಿ):—

1) [noun] sugar cast into flat pieces; candied sugar.

2) [noun] a species of radish.

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Misri (ಮಿಸ್ರಿ):—[noun] = ಮಿಶ್ರಿ [mishri].

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus
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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

Misrī (मिस्री):—n. sugar candy;

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary
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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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