Mutrakricchra, Mūtrakṛcchra, Mutra-kricchra: 10 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Mūtrakṛcchra can be transliterated into English as Mutrakrcchra or Mutrakricchra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Mutrakrichchhra.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

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Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

Mūtrakṛcchra (मूत्रकृच्छ्र) refers to “dysuria” and is one of the various diseases mentioned in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning mūtrakṛcchra] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)

Mūtrakṛcchra (मूत्रकृच्छ्र) refers to “strangury”, as mentioned in verse 5.21-23, 31 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] among the (different kinds of milk [viz., payas]), cow’s milk [viz., gavya] (is) a vitalizer (and) elixir; (it is) wholesome for pulmonary rupture and pulmonary consumption, intellectualizing, invigorative, productive of breast-milk, (and) purgative, (and) destroys fatigue, giddiness, intoxication, unbeautifulness, dyspnea, cough, excessive thirst, hunger, old fever, strangury [viz., mūtrakṛcchra], and hemorrhage [...]”.

Note (verse 5.23): Mūtrakṛcchra (“strangury”) has been translated by gcin sri-ba (“retaining urine”).

Note (verse 5.31): Mūtrakṛcchra (“strangury”) has been rendered by gcin ’gags gyur-pa (“confined urine”),

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Mutrakricchra in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

mūtrakṛcchra (मूत्रकृच्छ्र).—n S (Urine-agony). Strangury or dysury. 2 The disease Gravel or stone.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Mutrakricchra in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mūtrakṛcchra (मूत्रकृच्छ्र).—painful discharge of urine, strangury; स्युर्मूत्र- कृच्छ्राणि नृणां तथाष्टौ (syurmūtra- kṛcchrāṇi nṛṇāṃ tathāṣṭau) Bhāva. P.

Derivable forms: mūtrakṛcchram (मूत्रकृच्छ्रम्).

Mūtrakṛcchra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mūtra and kṛcchra (कृच्छ्र).

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

Mūtrakṛcchra (मूत्रकृच्छ्र).—n.

(-cchraṃ) 1. Strangury. 2. Urinary affection in general, as gravel, &c. E. mūtra urine, kṛcchra pain.

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

1) Mūtrakṛcchra (मूत्रकृच्छ्र):—[=mūtra-kṛcchra] [from mūtra] m. n. painful discharge of u°, strangury (rin mfn. suffering from a painful discharge of urine), [Suśruta]

2) [v.s. ...] a class of urinary affections (of which 8 kinds are enumerated), [Śārṅgadhara-saṃhitā]

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

Mūtrakṛcchra (मूत्रकृच्छ्र):—[mūtra-kṛcchra] (cchraṃ) 1. n. Strangury.

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Mutrakricchra 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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Mutrakricchra in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Mūtrakṛcchra (ಮೂತ್ರಕೃಚ್ಛ್ರ):—[noun] a kind of urinary disease, characterised by slow and painful urination, drop by drop; strangury.

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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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