Mritsna, Mṛtsna, Mṛtsnā: 12 definitions
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Mritsna 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 terms Mṛtsna and Mṛtsnā can be transliterated into English as Mrtsna or Mritsna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: Wisdom Library: Raj NighantuMṛtsnā (मृत्स्ना) 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., Mṛtsnā], mountains, jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees and plants and substances, with their various kinds.
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
Source: Shodhganga: Drumavichitrikarnam—Plant mutagenesis in ancient IndiaMṛtsna (मृत्स्न) refers to “earth” (suitable for sowing seeds), as prescribed by certain bio-organical recipes for plant mutagenesis, according to the Vṛkṣāyurveda by Sūrapāla (1000 CE): an encyclopedic work dealing with the study of trees and the principles of ancient Indian agriculture.—Accordingly, “The seed of Cordia dichotoma should be forced out and cultured seven times in the flesh (oil) of Alangium salviifolium and then it should be rubbed with the dung of she-buffalo and dried in shade. If these seeds are mixed in dry buffalo dung and earth (mṛtsna-āyukta) and sown and watered with coconut water (gale water?) they turn into a plant of Nymphaea alba or Nymphaea nouchali and there is no wonder”.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)Mṛtsna (मृत्स्न) refers to “soft” and is mentioned in verse 1.12 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Ślakṣṇa and Mṛtsna are hardly separable from each other without difficulty. In PO xxiv p. 35, we had understood them to mean “slimy” (~picchila) and “soft” (~mṛdu), tacitly equating ślakṣṇa with ’byar-bag-can “a trifle sticky” and mṛtsna with ’jam “soft” (which, in itself, is quite possible). On second thought, however, it seems more likely that ślakṣṇa corresponds to ’jam and mṛtsna to ’byar-bag-can, particularly since Aruṇadatta and Candranandana (whose commentaries we had not at our disposal when writing the above article) explain ślakṣṇa with aparuṣa “not rough” and mṛtsna with “mṛdyamāno ’ṅguligrāhī picchilaguṇayayuktaś cakacakāyamānaḥ”—[v. 1. kacakacāyamānaḥ] “sticking to the fingers when squeezed, endowed with a slimy quality, glimmering”.
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsMṛtsna (मृत्स्न):—Soft, Sticky
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.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of SriharsaMṛtsnā (मृत्स्ना) refers to “mud” (in a commendatory sense), and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 11.86.—Cf. Dvisandhānakāya 3.7.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMṛtsna (मृत्स्न).—
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): mṛtsā.
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Mṛtsna (मृत्स्न).—Powder, dust.
Derivable forms: mṛtsnaḥ (मृत्स्नः), mṛtsnam (मृत्स्नम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMṛtsnā (मृत्स्ना).—f.
(-tsnā) 1. Good soil. 2. A fragrant sort of earth. E. mṛt earth, sna aff. of excellence.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMṛtsna (मृत्स्न).—[substantive] dust, powder.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mṛtsna (मृत्स्न):—[from mṛd] m. n. dust, powder, [Suśruta]
2) Mṛtsnā (मृत्स्ना):—[from mṛtsna > mṛd] a f. See next.
3) [v.s. ...] b f. clay, loam, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
4) [v.s. ...] good earth or clay, excellent soil, [Pāṇini 5-4, 40]
5) [v.s. ...] a kind of fragrant e°, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] aluminous slate, [Bhāvaprakāśa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMṛtsnā (मृत्स्ना):—(tsnā) 1. f. Idem.
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Starts with: Mritsnabhandaka, Mritsnaghata, Mritsnayukta.
Ends with: Kshiramritsna, Mridumritsna.
Full-text: Mritsnabhandaka, Mritsa, Martsna, Kshiramritsna, Mridumritsna, Sumartsna, Shlakshna, Bhandaka, Kapha, Shna, Sha.
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