The Sanskrit term Mṛṣṭakuṇḍala can be transliterated into English as Mrstakundala or Mrishtakundala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)

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

Mṛṣṭakuṇḍala (मृष्टकुण्डल) refers to “polished ear-rings” (worn by young men), 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, [while discussing the outlines of hawking]: “Young men wearing polished ear-rings (mṛṣṭakuṇḍala), nicely dressed in good clothes, well versed in the art of hawking, should carry the hawks in their hands every day in different ways. When they are found to be welltrained, the king himself should come out on a day auspicious for hunting to see the sport. [...]”.

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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

Mṛṣṭakuṇḍala (मृष्टकुण्डल).—a. wearing bright earrings.

Mṛṣṭakuṇḍala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mṛṣṭa and kuṇḍala (कुण्डल).

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

Mṛṣṭakuṇḍala (मृष्टकुण्डल):—[=mṛṣṭa-kuṇḍala] [from mṛṣṭa > mṛj] mfn. wearing polished or bright earrings, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Mrishta, Kundala.

Full-text: Mrishta, Cakrika.

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