Munipungava, Muni-pungava, Munipumgava, Munipuṃgava, Munipuṅgava: 10 definitions
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In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Munipuṅgava (मुनिपुङ्गव) refers to the “most eminent sages”, according to the Yogatārāvalī: a short Yoga text of twenty-nine verses presenting Haṭhayoga as the means to Rājayoga (i.e., Samādhi).—Accordingly, while describing the no-mind state: “We see the Amanaska Mudrā manifesting in [those] most eminent sages (munipuṅgava) because [their] breathing has disappeared, [their] bodies are firm and [their] lotus-eyes are half closed”.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Munipuṅga (मुनिपुङ्ग) refers to a “distinguished sage”, 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 1 (“on the origin of elephants”)]:—“1. I revere the Man-lion (Viṣṇu) and the Yadavan (Kṛṣṇa), two shining (also, punningly, ruling) forest fires for the dread jungle of hosts of devils, the two gods who wear the formal pomp of kings of kings. 2. Having made obeisance to the Elephant-faced, having studied the Science of Elephants expounded by the distinguished Sage (munipuṅgava), having let my mind dwell upon the sport of elephants, I now compose this ‘Elephant-Sport’. [...]”.
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
Sanskrit dictionary
Munipuṅgava (मुनिपुङ्गव).—a great or eminent sage.
Derivable forms: munipuṅgavaḥ (मुनिपुङ्गवः).
Munipuṅgava is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms muni and puṅgava (पुङ्गव).
Munipuṅgava (मुनिपुङ्गव).—m.
(-vaḥ) A pre-eminent sage. E. muni a sage, and puṅgava, (in composition) pre-eminent.
Munipuṃgava (मुनिपुंगव) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Kaumāravyākaraṇa q. v.
Munipuṃgava (मुनिपुंगव):—[=muni-puṃgava] [from muni] m. an eminent sage, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
Munipuṃgava (मुनिपुंगव):—m. Beiname eines Gina [Indische studien von Weber 14,384.]
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.
Nepali dictionary
Munipuṅgava (मुनिपुङ्गव):—n. a chief or principal sage;
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.
Pali-English dictionary
munipuṅgava (မုနိပုင်္ဂဝ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[muni+puṅgaga]
[မုနိ+ပုင်္ဂဂ]
[Pali to Burmese]
munipuṅgava—
(Burmese text): ဘုရား၊ မုနိတို့၏အကြီးအမြတ်ဖြစ်သော ဘုရား။
(Auto-Translation): God, the Almighty One of the Monks.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Pungava, Muni.
Starts with (+0): Munipungavavannita.
Full-text (+0): Munipungavavannita, Viprahata, Munipungav, Pungava, Kaumaravyakarana, Kaumara, Vasudeva, Upasadana, Vrindaranya, Vrindavana, Yaksha.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 228 < [Volume 4, Part 1 (1907)]
Page 227 < [Volume 4, Part 1 (1908)]
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
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The concept of Yoga in Yoga Upanishads (by Philomina T.L)
4. Description of Karmayoga and Jñānayoga < [Chapter 4 - The contents of the Yogopaniṣads]
The Kalika Purana (literary study) (by Dilip Kumar Goswami)
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