The Sanskrit term Mṛgākṣī can be transliterated into English as Mrgaksi or Mrigakshi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Mrigakshi in India is the name of a plant defined with Citrullus colocynthis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cucumis colocynthis L. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Index Seminum [Goettingen] (1833)
· The Gardeners Dictionary (1754)
· Garcia Orta, Sér. Bot. (1976)
· Species Plantarum
· Linnaea (1838)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Mrigakshi, for example pregnancy safety, chemical composition, diet and recipes, extract dosage, side effects, health benefits, have a look at these references.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mṛgākṣī (मृगाक्षी).—a fawn-eyed or deer-eyed woman; त्वय्यासन्ने नयनमुपरिस्पन्दि शङ्के मृगाक्ष्याः (tvayyāsanne nayanamuparispandi śaṅke mṛgākṣyāḥ) Meghadūta 97.

Mṛgākṣī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mṛga and akṣī (अक्षी).

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

Mṛgākṣī (मृगाक्षी).—f. (-kṣī) 1. Bitter-apple, (Cucumis coloquintida.) 2. A woman with eyes like a deer’s. E. mṛga a deer, akṣi the eye.

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

Mṛgākṣī (मृगाक्षी).—[feminine] deer-eyed.

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

1) Mṛgākṣī (मृगाक्षी):—[from mṛga > mṛg] f. a fawn-eyed woman, [Meghadūta; Rājataraṅgiṇī] etc.

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

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

Mṛgākṣī (मृगाक्षी):—[mṛgā+kṣī] (kṣī) 3. f. Bitter apple; a woman with deer-like eyes.

[Sanskrit to German]

Mrigakshi 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Mṛgākṣī (मृगाक्षी):—(a) deer-eyed (woman).

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Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Mṛgākṣī (मृगाक्षी):—adj. → मृगनयनी [mṛganayanī]

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Mriga, Akshi.

Starts with: Mrigakshira, Mrigakshitriyama.

Full-text: Mrigakshitriyama.

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