Mritahara, Mṛtahāra, Mrita-hara: 5 definitions
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Mritahara 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 Mṛtahāra can be transliterated into English as Mrtahara or Mritahara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexMṛtahāra (मृतहार).—Untouchables, pollution of.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 14. 88.
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
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMṛtahāra (मृतहार).—a carrier of the dead.
Derivable forms: mṛtahāraḥ (मृतहारः).
Mṛtahāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mṛta and hāra (हार). See also (synonyms): mṛtahārin.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMṛtahāra (मृतहार):—[=mṛta-hāra] [from mṛta > mṛ] m. a carrier of the dead, one who bears a corpse to the funeral pyre, [Mārkaṇḍeya-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.
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Ends with: Asmritahara.
Full-text: Mritaharin.
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