Mritapraja, Mṛtaprajā, Mrita-praja: 3 definitions
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Mritapraja 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 Mṛtaprajā can be transliterated into English as Mrtapraja or Mritapraja, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMṛtaprajā (मृतप्रजा).—(a woman) whose children are dead.
Mṛtaprajā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mṛta and prajā (प्रजा).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMṛtaprajā (मृतप्रजा):—[=mṛta-prajā] [from mṛta > mṛ] f. (a woman) whose children are dead, [Manu-smṛti; 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.
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