In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Murmurā (मुर्मुरा).—A river. Agni originated from this river. (Śloka 25, Chapter 222, Vana Parva).

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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.

Kavya (poetry)

Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of Sriharsa

Murmura (मुर्मुर) ([Tuṣānnala]) refers to a “smouldering fire”, and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 4.105.—Cf. Upamitibhavaprapañcā-kathā, p. 496; Viddhaśālabhañkikā 3.23; Yaśastilaka chapter 1.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

In Jainism

Jain philosophy

Source: archive.org: Anekanta Jaya Pataka of Haribhadra Suri

Murmura (मुर्मुर) refers to “chaff-fire”, as occurring in the Anekāntajayapatākā-prakaraṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. I, P. 278, l. 8]—‘Aṅgāra’ (Gujarati Aṅgāro) means a charcoal, ‘Murmura’ chaff-fire, and ‘Jvālā’ (Gujarati ‘Jhāḻa’) flame. ‘Murmura’ occurs m Vol. II, p. 185, l. 28 and ‘Mummura’ its Pāiya (Prakrit) equivalent in Sūyagaḍa (V, i, 10).

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Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Murmura in India is the name of a plant defined with Eurya acuminata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Eurya multiflora DC. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Nova Genera Plantarum (1783)
· Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d’Histoire Naturelle de Genève (1822)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Murmura, for example pregnancy safety, extract dosage, health benefits, chemical composition, side effects, diet and recipes, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Murmura (मुर्मुर).—[mur ka pṛṣo° dvitvam Tv.]

1) A fire made of chaff, chaff-fire; स्मरहुताशनमुर्मुरचूर्णतां दधुरिवाम्रवणस्य रजःकणाः (smarahutāśanamurmuracūrṇatāṃ dadhurivāmravaṇasya rajaḥkaṇāḥ) Śi. 6.6.

2) The god of love.

3) Name of one of the horses of the sun.

4) The smell of the urine of a cow.

Derivable forms: murmuraḥ (मुर्मुरः).

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

Murmura (मुर्मुर).—m. (raḥ) 1. A name of Kama or Cupid. 2. A fire of chaff. 3. One of the horses of the sun. E. mura-ka pṛṣo0 dvitvam .

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

Murmura (मुर्मुर).—m. 1. A fire of chaff. 2. The god of love. 3. A horse of the sun.

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

Murmura (मुर्मुर).—[masculine] burning chaff or a burning coal about to be extinguished.

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

1) Murmura (मुर्मुर):—m. (onomatopoetic) an expiring ember, [Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā]

2) burning chaff, [Kāvya literature] ([varia lectio] murmara)

3) the smell of the urine of a cow (mfn. smelling like the urine of a cow), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) the god of love, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) Name of one of the horses of the Sun, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) Murmurā (मुर्मुरा):—[from murmura] f. Name of a river, [Mahābhārata]

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

Murmura (मुर्मुर):—(raḥ) 1. m. A name of a Kāma; fire of chaff; horse of the sun.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Murmura (मुर्मुर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Mummura.

[Sanskrit to German]

Murmura 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

Murmura in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) parched and puffed rice..—murmura (मुरमुरा) is alternatively transliterated as Muramurā.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Murmura (ಮುರ್ಮುರ):—[noun] burning paddy-husk.

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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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Ends with: Kukulamurmura.

Full-text: Mummura, Murmuriy, Murmuriya, Muramura, Murmara, Kukulamurmura, Jvala, Angaro, Jhala, Angara, Mammana, Tejaskaya.

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Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)

Verse 4.5.30 < [Part 5 - Anger (raudra-rasa)]

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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)

Section CCXXI < [Markandeya-Samasya Parva]

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