Mudi, Muḍī, Munumgu: 12 definitions

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India history
Biology
Languages
1. Marathi
2. Sanskrit
3. Kannada
4. Nepali
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Introduction:

Mudi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, biology. 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.

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India history and geography

Source: Project Gutenberg: Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Volume 1

Mudi (“knot”) is one of the exogamous septs (divisions) among the Malas (considered the Pariahs of the Telugu country) of the Sarindla section. The Mala people are almost equally inferior in position to the Madigas and have, in their various sub-divisions, many exogamous septs (e.g., Mudi).

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Mudi in India is the name of a plant defined with Ocimum tenuiflorum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Plectranthus monachorum (L.) Spreng. (among others).

2) Mudi in Nigeria is also identified with Sansevieria hyacinthoides It has the synonym Aletris guineensis (L.) Jacq. (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany (1875)
· Biblioth. Bot. (1928)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Anales Hist. Nat. (1890)
· Alphabetische und synonymische Aufzählung (1840)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1992)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Mudi, for example health benefits, side effects, diet and recipes, chemical composition, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

muḍī (मुडी).—f (Dim. of muḍā q. v.) A small bundle or case formed of layers of rice-straw or grass bound round with cord, containing rice, grain &c. The quantity is, in sāvantavāḍī, from six to ten kuḍava; quantity exceeding this constitutes a muḍā. Of the muḍī the shape is spherical, of the muḍā oval. A quantity or its case less than muḍī, or from two or three to six kuḍava, is termed bivaḷā. muḍī māraṇēṃ or mārūna basaṇēṃ To cower, crouch, squat.

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mudī (मुदी).—f (mudrikā S) A ring (for finger, nose, or ear).

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

muḍī (मुडी).—f A small muḍā. muḍī māraṇēṃ Crouch.

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mudī (मुदी).—f A ring (for the finger, nose, or ear).

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mudī (मुदी).—Moonlight.

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

Mudī (मुदी).—f. (-dī) Moonlight. E. mud to please, affs. ka and ṅīṣ .

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

Mudī (मुदी):—[from mud] f. moonshine, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Mudī (मुदी):—(dī) 3. f. Moonlight.

[Sanskrit to German]

Mudi 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

Muḍi (ಮುಡಿ):—

1) [verb] to wear (flowers in the hair).

2) [verb] to tie the hair into a knot.

3) [verb] to come to an end; to be over; to end.

4) [verb] to be removed or warded off; to get averted.

5) [verb] to be wiped, erased out; to perish.

6) [verb] to cease to live; to come to the end of one’s life; to die.

7) [verb] to be or become posible or feasible.

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Muḍi (ಮುಡಿ):—

1) [noun] hair growing on the scalp.

2) [noun] the condition of being tied.

3) [noun] a knotted hair on the head.

4) [noun] the head.

5) [noun] a crown, a roya headgear.

6) [noun] the highest point, part or elevation; top or apex; summit.

7) [noun] a measure of about forty two seers of grain.

8) [noun] a container main of straw that can hold forty two seers of grain.

9) [noun] a bundle; a bale.

10) [noun] the fact of terminating or being terminated; termination; conclusion; end.

11) [noun] an amulet in the form of an armlet tied to the upper arm.

12) [noun] a problem or puzzle in the form of a question, statement, etc. so formulated that some ingenuity is required to solve or answer it; a conundrum; a riddle.

13) [noun] (pros.) a syllable at the end of a line, where the flow is paused.

14) [noun] ಮುಡಿಬಿಡು [mudibidu] muḍi biḍu to leave the (long) hair without being braided or knotted; 2. to allow the hair to grow till it is shaved at the temple of a deity or at a pilgramage centre, as per the vow taken; ಮುಡಿ ಕೊಡಿಸು [mudi kodisu] muḍi koḍisu to take a vow that a persons hair would be shaved or to get it shaven as per the vow already taken, at the temple of a deity or at a pilgramage centre; ಮುಡಿಕೊಡು [mudikodu] muḍi koḍu to get one’s head shaved or to get it shaved as per the vow already taken, at the temple of a deity or at a pilgramage centre; ಮುಡಿಗಂಟು [mudigamtu] muḍi gaṇṭu a knot tied tightly or in a complicated manner.

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Muṇuṃgu (ಮುಣುಂಗು):—[verb] = ಮುಣುಗು [munugu]1.

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Mudi (ಮುದಿ):—

1) [adjective] being in the advanced years of life; old; aged.

2) [adjective] of great size; huge; large.

3) [adjective] belonging to made yester years or to a period that is long past or manufactured long ago.

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Mudi (ಮುದಿ):—

1) [noun] the advanced years of a person; old age.

2) [noun] an old man; an aged man.

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Mūḍi (ಮೂಡಿ):—[noun] the actual or refracted appearance of the sun, moon, etc. above the horizon; a rise.

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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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Muḍī (मुडी):—n. length or span between elbow and closed fist;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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