Mrigashringavratin, Mṛgaśṛṅgavratin: 4 definitions

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Mrigashringavratin means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Mṛgaśṛṅgavratin can be transliterated into English as Mrgasrngavratin or Mrigashringavratin, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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

Mṛgaśṛṅgavratin (मृगशृङ्गव्रतिन्) or Mṛgavrata or Mṛgacarya.—: Abhidharmakośa (vyā.) LaV—P. iii.86. n.3.

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Mṛgaśṛṅgavratin (मृगशृङ्गव्रतिन्).—adj. (= mṛgacarya, q.v.), having adopted the style of life of a deer, and wearing a horn like deer, said of a sort of ascetics: Mahāvyutpatti 3534 (compare also Lalitavistara 248.21).

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

Mṛgaśṛṅgavratin (मृगशृङ्गव्रतिन्):—[=mṛga-śṛṅga-vratin] [from mṛga-śṛṅga > mṛga > mṛg] m. [plural] Name of a Buddhistic sect, [Buddhist literature]

[Sanskrit to German]

Mrigashringavratin 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.

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