The Sanskrit term Mṛtpātra can be transliterated into English as Mrtpatra or Mritpatra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)

Source: Shodhganga: Dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval India

Mṛtpātra (मृत्पात्र) or Mṛṇmaya refers to a “earthen vessel/utensil” (used for food) according to the 17th century Bhojanakutūhala (dravyaguṇāguṇa-kathana), and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā.—Different metallic vessels are described in the text. The vessels/utensils that are made of earth (mṛtpātra) have the following dietetic effects: śrīnivāraṇa (removes affluence).

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Mṛtpātra (मृत्पात्र):—An earthen pot used for processing & storing the material

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Google Books: Studies in the History of the Exact Sciences (Astronomy)

Mṛtpātra (मृत्पात्र) refers to a “clay basin”, according to the Nāradasaṃhitā verse 29.86-95 (pp. 181-184), a Sanskrit work on astrology having the Saralā commentary by Vasatirāma Śarmā.—Accordingly, “[...] In an auspicious copper basin, or in a clay basin [i.e., mṛtpātra] that has been filled with water, having decorated it with effort by means of sandal paste, flowers and coloured rice, the basin which is placed upon grains of rice, to which a gold piece is added and which is covered by a pair of clothes, one should place the bowl after having seen the rise of half of the Sun’s orb. [...]”.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and Subjects

Mṛtpātra (मृत्पात्र) refers to a “clay vessel”, derived from Mṛd, which denotes ‘clay’ in the later Saṃhitās and the Brāhmaṇas (cf. mṛttikā). A ‘lump of clay’ also occurs in the Brāhmaṇas, and a Mṛtpaca, ‘potter’, in the Maitrāyaṇī-upaniṣad. A ‘clay vessel’, Mṛtpātra, and vessels (pātra) made of clay (mṛn-maya), are mentioned, and the grave is called the ‘house of clay’.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mṛtpātra (मृत्पात्र).—earthen-ware, a vessel of clay.

Derivable forms: mṛtpātram (मृत्पात्रम्).

Mṛtpātra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mṛd and pātra (पात्र). See also (synonyms): mṛdbhāṇḍa.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mṛtpātra (मृत्पात्र).—[neuter] an earthen vessel.

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

Mṛtpātra (मृत्पात्र):—[=mṛt-pātra] [from mṛt > mṛd] n. an earthen vessel, [Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā]

[Sanskrit to German]

Mritpatra in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Mṛtpātra (ಮೃತ್ಪಾತ್ರ):—[noun] an earthenware.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Mrit, Mrid, Patra.

Full-text: Amritpatrapa, Amrinmayapa, Amrimayapayin, Amrinmayapayin, Shrinivarana, Mridbhanda, Mritpaca, Mrin, Mrinmaya, Kriya.

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