The Sanskrit term Mūtrapurīṣa can be transliterated into English as Mutrapurisa or Mutrapurisha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Mūtrapurīṣa (मूत्रपुरीष) refers to “urine and excrement”.—[...] The Pāśupatasūtra enjoins that the he who observes the Pāśupata vow ‘should not look at urine or excrement [i.e., mūtrapurīṣa]’. Vows such as this came to be totally internalised. More than just integrated into symbolic ritual implements and actions, they came to be seen as most authentically observed by inner yogic practice and thus domesticated. We find a good example in the Śivasūtra, revealed in Kashmir in the middle of the 9th century. There we read that ‘the activity of the body is the vow’. [...]

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Mūtrapurīṣa (मूत्रपुरीष) refers to “urine and faeces”, according to to verse 4.14d-15 of the Vasiṣṭhasaṃhitā.—Accordingly, “[The Yogin] will be liberated while alive and pass minimal urine and faeces (mūtrapurīṣa) [alpamūtrapurīṣaḥ syād] after a year. This fifth Dhāraṇā is said to destroy all suffering”.

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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).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mūtrapurīṣa (मूत्रपुरीष).—urine and excrement; Manusmṛti 6.76;11.154.

Derivable forms: mūtrapurīṣam (मूत्रपुरीषम्).

Mūtrapurīṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mūtra and purīṣa (पुरीष).

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

Mūtrapurīṣa (मूत्रपुरीष).—[neuter] [dual] urine and excrement.

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

1) Mūtrapurīṣa (मूत्रपुरीष):—[=mūtra-purīṣa] [from mūtra] n. sg. [dual number] [plural] urine and excrement, [Manu-smṛti vi, 76]

2) [v.s. ...] [xi, 154] (cf. [gana] gavāśvādi)

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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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Partial matches: Purisha, Mutra.

Ends with: Kricchramutrapurisha, Srishtamutrapurisha.

Full-text: Kricchramutrapurishatva, Srishtamutrapurisha, Mutrapurishoccara, Mutrapurishotsarga, Mutroccara, Srishtavinmutra, Kalpa.

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