Musakada, Musakaḍa, Mushakada, Mūṣakāda: 6 definitions
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Musakada 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 Mūṣakāda can be transliterated into English as Musakada or Mushakada, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaMūṣakāda (मूषकाद).—(MŪṢIKĀDA). A serpent born to Kaśyapaprajāpati of his wife Kadrū. This serpent sits in the court of Varuṇa and worships him. Once Nārada introduced this nāga to Mātali. (Śloka 10, Chapter 9, Sabhā Parva and Śloka 14, Chapter 103, Udyoga Parva).
Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and placesMūṣakāda (मूषकाद) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. I.31.12, I.35) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Mūṣakāda) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarymusakaḍa (मुसकड).—n musakāḍī f musa- kurī, musakūṭa n (Formations from mukha) The extremity of the face of beasts, the mouth-portion. Hence, contemptuously, the mouth of man, muzzle, mazard, chaps.
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musakāḍa (मुसकाड).—n musakāḍī f musa- kurī, musakūṭa n (Formations from mukha) The extremity of the face of beasts, the mouth-portion. Hence, contemptuously, the mouth of man, muzzle, mazard, chaps.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMūṣakāda (मूषकाद):—[from mūṣaka > mūṣ] m. ‘mouse-eater’, Name of a Nāga, [Mahābhārata] (cf. mūṣikāda)
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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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