Mulagrantha, Mūḷagrantha, Mūlagrantha, Mula-grantha, Mulagramtha: 9 definitions

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Mulagrantha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 term Mūḷagrantha can be transliterated into English as Mulagrantha or Muliagrantha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Mulagrantha in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

mūḷagrantha (मूळग्रंथ).—m The original book. 2 fig. The foundation, basis, origin, spring, first principles or elements. Ex. mū0 kaḷalyāvāñcūna kaj्jyācā nyāya hōta nāhīṃ.

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

mūḷagrantha (मूळग्रंथ).—m The original book. Fig The foundation.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Mulagrantha in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mūlagrantha (मूलग्रन्थ).—

1) an original text.

2) the very words uttered by Śākyamuni.

Derivable forms: mūlagranthaḥ (मूलग्रन्थः).

Mūlagrantha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mūla and grantha (ग्रन्थ).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Mūlagrantha (मूलग्रन्थ).—m., original text (of words attributed to the Buddha): Mahāvyutpatti 7673.

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

Mūlagrantha (मूलग्रन्थ):—[=mūla-grantha] [from mūla > mūl] m. ‘original text’, Name of the very words uttered by Gautama Buddha, [Buddhist literature]

[Sanskrit to German]

Mulagrantha 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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Mulagrantha in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Mūlagraṃtha (ಮೂಲಗ್ರಂಥ):—[noun] the original manuscript of a literary work.

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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.

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Nepali dictionary

[«previous next»] — Mulagrantha in Nepali glossary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Mūlagrantha (मूलग्रन्थ):—n. original text (of a work);

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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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