Muktamani, Mukta-mani, Muktāmaṇi: 6 definitions
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Muktamani 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Muktāmaṇi (मुक्तामणि) refers to “pearls”, used to describe the appearance of Goddess Durgā, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.11. Accordingly as Brahmā said to Nārada:—“[...] O celestial sage, on being thus lauded Caṇḍikā, the mystic slumber, appeared before me. Her complexion had the glossy hue of collyrium. She had comely features. She had four divine arms. She was seated on a lion. She showed the mystic gesture of granting boons by one of her hands, and pearls (muktāmaṇi) adorned her dishevelled hair (kacotkaṭā)”.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Muktāmaṇi (मुक्तामणि).—a pearl. °सरः (saraḥ) a necklace of pearls; अयं तावद्बाष्प- स्त्रुटित इव मुक्तामणिसरः (ayaṃ tāvadbāṣpa- struṭita iva muktāmaṇisaraḥ) Uttararāmacarita 1.29.
Derivable forms: muktāmaṇiḥ (मुक्तामणिः).
Muktāmaṇi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms muktā and maṇi (मणि). See also (synonyms): muktāratna.
Muktāmaṇi (मुक्तामणि).—[masculine] pearl (-jewel); sara [masculine] string of pearls.
Muktāmaṇi (मुक्तामणि):—[=muktā-maṇi] [from muktā > muc] m. ‘p°-gem.’ a p°, [ṢaḍvBr.; Suśruta] etc.
Muktāmaṇi (मुक्तामणि):—[(mu + ma)] m. Perle [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa 6, 6] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 40.] [Suśruta 1, 171, 18. 2, 101, 2.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 22, 216.] [Spr. 3325. 3918.] Die umgekehrte Verbindung (s. u. maṇi) bezeichnet Edelsteine und Perlen. — Vgl. muktāratna .
Muktāmaṇi (मुक्तामणि):—m. Perle.
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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Starts with: Muktamanisara.
Full-text: Muktamanisara, Muhurtamuktamani, Sahityamuktamani, Vrittamuktamani, Muktaratna, Lekhakamuktamani, Mauktikaratna, Vidyota, Kacotkata, Ratna, Cara.
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Studies in Indian Literary History (by P. K. Gode)
10. Date of Subhasitamuktavali < [Volume 2 (1954)]
Brihat Jataka by Varahamihira [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 142 < [Volume 21 (1918)]
Cosmetics, Costumes and Ornaments in Ancient India (by Remadevi. O.)
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