The Sanskrit term Mṛduka can be transliterated into English as Mrduka or Mriduka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Mṛduka (मृदुक) refers to a “sweet voice”, according to  the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 40.—Accordingly: The Buddha utters the lion’s roar. He is like the king of the lions (siṃharāja). [...] The Buddha-lion is very similar. [...] When the lion roars, his voice is rough and unpleasant and nobody likes to hear it because it brings fear of saṃsāra. When the Buddha roars, his voice is sweet (mṛduka): those who hear it do not tire of it and everybody is deeply happy. It is heard everywhere at a distance and can bring two kinds of happiness: i) the happiness of a rebirth among the gods and ii) the happiness of nirvāṇa. [...]

context information

Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mṛduka (मृदुक).—a. Soft, gentle.

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

Mṛduka (मृदुक).—f. °kī (compare also next), adj. (= Pali muduka, Sanskrit mṛdu; adv. °kaṃ recorded [Boehtlingk and Roth] once from Lāṭy ŚS.), soft: °kāna paṭṭāna (gen. pl.) Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 89.5 (verse); -śayane °ke Lalitavistara [Page438-b+ 71] 42.15 (verse); paryaṅke…°ke Divyāvadāna 559.14 (verse); subtle (? so Régamey; Tibetan phra mo, which may have this meaning), °kī saṃjñā Samādhirājasūtra 22.27; (relatively) slight, ineffective, of paripāka, religious maturation, and abhyāsa, practice: Bodhisattvabhūmi 87.4, 6 f.; adv. °kaṃ: bodhisattvavimokṣaṃ sūkṣma- mṛdukaṃ (easily and lightly) pratyalabhata Gaṇḍavyūha 308.12.

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Mṛdukā (मृदुका).—(compare prec.), name of an Apsaras: Kāraṇḍavvūha 3.13.

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

Mṛduka (मृदुक).—[adjective] soft, gentle, [neuter] [adverb]

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

1) Mṛduka (मृदुक):—[from mṛd] mfn. soft, tender, [Saddharma-puṇḍarīka]

2) Mṛdukā (मृदुका):—[from mṛduka > mṛd] f. Name of an Apsaras, [Kāraṇḍa-vyūha]

[Sanskrit to German]

Mriduka in German

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Mridukam, Mridukantaka, Mridukarman, Mridukarshnayasa.

Ends with: Amriduka, Parimriduka.

Full-text: Mridukam, Amriduka, Ovayati, Kacilindika, Lakshana.

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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

Act 5.4: The softening of the earth makes beings joyful < [Chapter XIV - Emission of rays]

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Act 5.1: The Buddha shakes the trisāhasramahāsāhasralokadhātu in six ways < [Chapter XIV - Emission of rays]

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A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)

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