Mritsa, Mṛtsā: 8 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Mṛtsā can be transliterated into English as Mrtsa or Mritsa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: Wisdom Library: Raj Nighantu

Mṛtsā (मृत्सा) or Mṛt refers to “good clay” or “earth” and is mentioned in a list of synonyms for mṛttakā (“clay”), according to the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil [viz., Mṛtsā], mountains, jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees and plants and substances, with their various kinds.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mṛtsā (मृत्सा).—

1) Earth, clay.

2) Good earth or clay; त्वमादिरन्तो जगतोऽस्य मध्यं घटस्य मृत्स्नेव परः परस्मात् (tvamādiranto jagato'sya madhyaṃ ghaṭasya mṛtsneva paraḥ parasmāt) Bhāgavata 8.6.1; क्वचिन्मृत्स्नाशित्वं क्वचिदपि च वैकुण्ठविभवः (kvacinmṛtsnāśitvaṃ kvacidapi ca vaikuṇṭhavibhavaḥ) Viṣṇu-mahimna S.12.

3) A kind of fragrant earth.

4) Aluminous slate.

5) A chisel; L. D. B.

See also (synonyms): mṛtsna.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mṛtsā (मृत्सा).—f.

(-tsā) 1. Good or rich soil. 2. A fragrant earth. E. mṛt earth, sa aff. of superior quality.

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

Mṛtsā (मृत्सा).—and mṛtsnā mṛtsnā (derived from mṛd), f. Good soil.

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

1) Mṛtsā (मृत्सा):—a mṛtsna See [column]2.

2) [from mṛd] b f. good earth or soil, [Pāṇini 5-4, 40]

3) [v.s. ...] a kind of fragrant earth, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] aluminous slate, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Mṛtsā (मृत्सा):—(tsā) 1. f. Good or rich soil; fragrant kind of earth.

[Sanskrit to German]

Mritsa 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.

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