The Sanskrit term Mṛgayārasa can be transliterated into English as Mrgayarasa or Mrigayarasa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)

Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)

Mṛgayārasa (मृगयारस) refers to the “delights of hunting”, according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, “[...] Though the delights of hunting (mṛgayārasa) are well known even to men of no intelligence, still hunting affords peculiar delight to the mind of one who knows the science of hawking. Therefore, to heighten that delight, feel the necessity of writing the science of hunting sometimes in detail and sometimes in brief. [...]”.

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This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mṛgayārasa (मृगयारस).—the pleasure of the chase.

Derivable forms: mṛgayārasaḥ (मृगयारसः).

Mṛgayārasa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mṛgayā and rasa (रस).

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

Mṛgayārasa (मृगयारस):—[=mṛgayā-rasa] [from mṛgayā > mṛg] m. the pleasure of the chase, [Vetāla-pañcaviṃśatikā]

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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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Partial matches: Mrigaya, Rasa.

Full-text: Rasa.

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