Musalayudha, Musalāyudha, Musala-ayudha: 6 definitions
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Musalayudha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexMusalāyudha (मुसलायुध).—Is Baladeva.*
- * Viṣṇu-purāṇa V. 35. 31.

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
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMusalāyudha (मुसलायुध).—an epithet of Balarāma; उपस्पृश्य च तत्रैव प्रहृष्टो मुसलायुधः (upaspṛśya ca tatraiva prahṛṣṭo musalāyudhaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 9.36.2.
Derivable forms: musalāyudhaḥ (मुसलायुधः).
Musalāyudha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms musala and āyudha (आयुध).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMusalāyudha (मुसलायुध):—[from musala > mus] m. ‘club-armed’, Name of Bala-deva, [Mahābhārata]
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusMusalāyudha (ಮುಸಲಾಯುಧ):—
1) [noun] a pestle-like war weapon.
2) [noun] a mace.
3) [noun] = ಮುಸಲಧರ [musaladhara].
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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Journal of Ayurveda and Holistic Medicine
MUTRA PAREEKSHA andamp; URINE ANALYSIS: A CRITICAL REVIEW < [Volume 9, issue 2 (2021)]
AYU (Journal of Research in Ayurveda)
A study on Tailabindu pariksha – An ancient Ayurvedic method of urine examination as a diagnostic and prognostic tool < [Volume 32 (1); 2011 (Jan-Mar)]
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