The Sanskrit term Mṛganābhi can be transliterated into English as Mrganabhi or Mriganabhi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Mṛganābhi (मृगनाभि) refers to “musk” (viz., to be applied on breasts), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.21. Accordingly as Brahmā narrated to Nārada:—“[...] When they [viz., Śiva’s Gaṇas (attendants)] went away and He was left alone with Satī, Śiva rejoiced much and sported with her. [...] Sometimes with musk (mṛganābhi) He would make marks like bees on her breasts that resembled the buds of a golden lotus”.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

mṛganābhi (मृगनाभि).—m (S) mṛgamada m S Musk. Ex. mṛgamadācī uṭī ||.

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

mṛganābhi (मृगनाभि) [-mada, -मद].—m Musk.

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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

Mṛganābhi (मृगनाभि).—

1) musk; प्रस्थं हिमाद्रेर्मृगनाभिगन्धि (prasthaṃ himādrermṛganābhigandhi) Kumārasambhava 1.54; Ṛtusaṃhāra 6.13; Ch. P.8; R.17.24.

2) the musk-deer; दृषदो वासितोत्सङ्गा निषण्णमृगनाभिभिः (dṛṣado vāsitotsaṅgā niṣaṇṇamṛganābhibhiḥ) R.4.74. °जा (jā) musk.

Derivable forms: mṛganābhiḥ (मृगनाभिः).

Mṛganābhi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mṛga and nābhi (नाभि).

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

Mṛganābhi (मृगनाभि).—m.

(-bhiḥ) Musk. E. mṛga a deer, (the musk-deer,) and nābhi the navel; the musk being formed in a bag attached to the belly of the animal about the navel.

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

Mṛganābhī (मृगनाभी).—m. musk.

Mṛganābhī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mṛga and nābhī (नाभी).

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

Mṛganābhi (मृगनाभि).—[masculine] musk or musk-deer (lit. deer’s navel).

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

1) Mṛganābhi (मृगनाभि):—[=mṛga-nābhi] [from mṛga > mṛg] m. ‘deer’s navel’, musk, [Ṛtusaṃhāra; Kumāra-sambhava] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] a musk-deer, [Raghuvaṃśa] (cf. nābhi)

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

Mṛganābhi (मृगनाभि):—[mṛga-nābhi] (bhiḥ) 2. m. Musk.

[Sanskrit to German]

Mriganabhi 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

Mṛganābhi (ಮೃಗನಾಭಿ):—[noun] = ಮೃಗ - [mriga -] 4 & 5.

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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, Nabhi.

Starts with: Mriganabhija, Mriganabhimaya, Mriganabhyadi.

Full-text: Mriganabhija, Mriganabhimaya, Mirukanapi, Mriga, Nabhi.

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