The Sanskrit term Mṛgalāñchana can be transliterated into English as Mrgalanchana or Mrigalanchana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Mrigalanchhana.

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Marathi-English dictionary

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

mṛgalāñchana (मृगलांछन).—m Poetical terms for the moon.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mṛgalāñchana (मृगलाञ्छन).—m. the moon; अङ्काधिरोपितमृगश्चन्द्रमा मृगलाञ्छनः (aṅkādhiropitamṛgaścandramā mṛgalāñchanaḥ) Śiśupālavadha 2.53. °जः (jaḥ) the planet Mercury.

Mṛgalāñchana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mṛga and lāñchana (लाञ्छन). See also (synonyms): mṛgalakṣman.

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

Mṛgalāñchana (मृगलाञ्छन).—m.

(-naḥ) The moon. E. mṛṅga a deer, lāñchana symbol, sign.

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

Mṛgalāñchana (मृगलाञ्छन).—m. the moon, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 91, 8 ([Prakrit]).

Mṛgalāñchana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mṛga and lāñchana (लाञ्छन).

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

Mṛgalāñchana (मृगलाञ्छन).—[masculine] the moon, lit. having a deer (scil. as its spot).

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

Mṛgalāñchana (मृगलाञ्छन):—[=mṛga-lāñchana] [from mṛga > mṛg] m. idem, [Kādambarī; Vikramorvaśī; Dhūrtasamāgama]

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

Mṛgalāñchana (मृगलाञ्छन):—[mṛga-lāñchana] (naḥ) 1. m. The moon.

[Sanskrit to German]

Mrigalanchana 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Mṛgalāṃchana (ಮೃಗಲಾಂಛನ):—

1) [noun] = ಮೃಗಲಕ್ಷ್ಮ [mrigalakshma].

2) [noun] the spots on the disc of the moon that are supposed to resemble an antelope.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Mriga, Lanchana.

Starts with: Mrigalanchanaja.

Full-text: Mrigalanchanaja, Mrigalakshman, Mrug-laaychhan, Mirukalancanan.

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