Mukulita, Mukulitā: 18 definitions
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Mukulita means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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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In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Mukulitā (मुकुलिता) is the name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) to which Hemacandra (1088-1173 C.E.) assigned the alternative name of Śaśivadanā in his auto-commentary on the second chapter of the Chandonuśāsana. Mukulitā also corresponds to Makaraśīrṣā according to Bharata. Hemacandra gives these alternative names for the metres by other authorities (like Bharata), even though the number of gaṇas or letters do not differ.
Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Mukulita (मुकुलित) refers to “closed (eyes)”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 3), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “The dark spots, also known as ketus, the sons of Rāhu are Tāmasa, Kīlaka and the like, and are 33 in number. How they affect the earth depends upon their color, position and shape. [...] Even Ṛṣis, reduced to mere skeletons by starvation, giving up their pious course of life, with fleshless infants in their arms. Deprived of their property by highway men, with long sighs, closed eyes [i.e., mukulita-akṣi], emaciated bodies, and with their sight dimmed with the tears of sorrow will proceed with difficulty to other lands”.
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.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Mukulita (मुकुलित) refers to the “closing (of one’s eyes)”, according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 9, “on kinds of must”]: “11. When his gait stumbles for no reason, his neck droops, he is very melancholy, sighs long and gently, his trunk hangs down to the ground, his eyes close quickly (druta-mukulita-dṛṣṭi), he is sleepy and his limbs are sluggish, he eats enormously and urinates frequently, that is the dangerous (kind of must)”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
mukulita (मुकुलित).—p S Shrunken, drawn up, half-closed--a flower: half shut--an eye.
mukulita (मुकुलित).—a Shrunken. Half-closed.
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
Mukulita (मुकुलित).—a.
1) Having buds, budded, blossoming.
2) Half-closed, half-shut; दरमुकुलितनयनसरोजम् (daramukulitanayanasarojam) Git.2; Ku. 3.76; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1.27; बाले लीलामुकुलितममी मन्थरा दृष्टिपाताः, किं क्षिप्यन्ते (bāle līlāmukulitamamī mantharā dṛṣṭipātāḥ, kiṃ kṣipyante) ...... Bhartṛhari 1.62.
3) Closed, shut.
Mukulitā (मुकुलिता).—name of a ‘gandharva maid’: Kāraṇḍavvūha 4.18.
Mukulita (मुकुलित).—mfn.
(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) 1. Half-closed, (as a bud.) 2. Half-shut, (as the eye,) blinking, winking. E. mukula, itac aff.
Mukulita (मुकुलित).—i. e. mukula + ita, adj. 1. Half closed (as a bud). 2. Half shut (as the eye), [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] 47, 19.
Mukulita (मुकुलित).—[adjective] budded or closed (like buds).
1) Mukulita (मुकुलित):—[from mukula] mfn. budded, full of blossoms, [Rāmāyaṇa; Gīta-govinda]
2) [v.s. ...] closed like a bud, shut, [Kāvya literature; Varāha-mihira; Sāhitya-darpaṇa]
Mukulita (मुकुलित):—[(taḥ-tā-taṃ) p.] Half shut.
Mukulita (मुकुलित):—(von mukula) adj. gaṇa tārakādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 2, 36.]
1) mit Knospen versehen [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 9, 8.] [Spr. 185.] [Gītagovinda 1, 33.] —
2) knospenartig geschlossen: mukulitāñjalipuṭā [Daśakumāracarita 29, 14.] daramukulitanayanasaroja [Gītagovinda 2, 17.] mukulitākṣī [Kumārasaṃbhava 3, 76.] [Vikramorvaśī 47, 19.] [Mālavikāgnimitra 33.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 3, 14. 94, 12.] [Sāhityadarpana 63, 13.] bāla līlāmukulitamamī sundarā dṛṣṭipātāḥ kiṃ kṣipyante [Spr. 1966.] iti prāyo bhāvāḥ sphuradavadhimudrāmukulitāḥ verschlossen [461.]
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Mukulita (मुकुलित):—
2) geschlossen, von einer Blüthe [Scholiast] zu [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 11, 8, 9.]
Mukulita (मुकुलित):——
1) Adj. s.u. mukulay. —
2) f. ā Nomen proprium einer Gandharva-Jungfrau [Kāraṇḍavyūha 4,18.]
Mukulita (मुकुलित) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Maulāiya, Maulia.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Mukulita (मुकुलित) [Also spelled mukulit]:—(a) semi-blossomed, budded; blinking.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Mukulita (ಮುಕುಲಿತ):—[adjective] ಮುಕುಳಿತ [mukulita]1.
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Mukulita (ಮುಕುಲಿತ):—[noun] ಮುಕುಳಿತ [mukulita]2.
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Mukuḷita (ಮುಕುಳಿತ):—
1) [adjective] being in the state of a bud (said of a flower).
2) [adjective] being in or having the shape of a flower-bud.
3) [adjective] half-closed (as the eyes).
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Mukuḷita (ಮುಕುಳಿತ):—[noun] that whch has flower bud or buds.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Mukulita (मुकुलित):—adj. 1. having buds or blossoms; budded; 2. half-blossomed or budded;
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+0): Mukulitadrishti, Mukulitaksha, Mukulitanayana.
Full-text (+1): Amukulita, Mukulay, Mukulitanayana, Mukurita, Mukulit, Daramukulita, Mukulayita, Maulaiya, Maulia, Mukulitaksha, Mukulitadrishti, Mukula, Mukulikrita, Itac, Makarashirsha, Mukilitam, Makula, Drutamukulita, Akshi, Shashivadana.
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Search found 8 books and stories containing Mukulita, Mukulitā, Mukuḷita; (plurals include: Mukulitas, Mukulitās, Mukuḷitas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 202 < [Volume 5 (1879)]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 628 < [Hindi-Assamese-English Volume 2]
Page 253 < [Hindi-Assamese-English Volume 1]
Page 336 < [Telugu-English-Malayalam (1 volume)]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Karandavyuha Sutra (by Mithun Howladar)
Chapter 1 - Jetavana-vihāra-varṇana < [Part One]
Bhagavad-gita (with Vaishnava commentaries) (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 14.4 < [Chapter 14 - Guṇa-traya-vibhāga-yoga]
Verse 3.38 < [Chapter 3 - Karma-yoga (Yoga through the Path of Action)]
Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala (study) (by Shri N. M. Kansara)
8.2. Imagery in Dhanapala’s language < [Chapter 16 - The Tilakamanjari as a Sanskrit novel]