Mrigayarasa, Mṛgayārasa, Mrigaya-rasa: 3 definitions
Introduction:
Mrigayarasa 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 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. [...]”.

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 dictionaryMṛgayārasa (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 DictionaryMṛgayārasa (मृगयारस):—[=mṛgayā-rasa] [from mṛgayā > mṛg] m. the pleasure of the chase, [Vetāla-pañcaviṃśatikā]
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, Raca.
Full-text: Rasa.
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