The Sanskrit term Mumūrṣā can be transliterated into English as Mumursa or Mumursha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

mumūrṣā (मुमूर्षा).—f S Expectation of death; dying state.

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

mumūrṣā (मुमूर्षा).—f Expectation of death. Dying state.

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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

Mumūrṣā (मुमूर्षा).—Desire of death; राममायान् मुमूर्षया (rāmamāyān mumūrṣayā) Bhaṭṭikāvya 5.57.

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

Mumūrṣā (मुमूर्षा).—f.

(-rṣā) Wish to die, impatience of life. E. mṛ to die, desid v., aṅ and ṭāp affs.

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

Mumūrṣā (मुमूर्षा).—i. e. mumūrṣa, desider. of mṛ, + a, f. Desire to die, Mahābhārata 1, 1899.

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

Mumūrṣā (मुमूर्षा).—[feminine] desire of death.

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

1) Mumūrṣā (मुमूर्षा):—a shu. See p. 827, col. 2.

2) [from mṛ] b f. ([from] [Desiderative]) desire of death, impatience of life, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa etc.]

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

Mumūrṣā (मुमूर्षा):—(rṣā) 1. f. Desire of death.

[Sanskrit to German]

Mumursha 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Mumurṣā (मुमुर्षा):—(nf) the death-instinct, desire to die; ~[rṣu] desirous of death; on the verge of death.

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