Vishamrityu, Viṣamṛtyu, Visha-mrityu: 6 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Viṣamṛtyu can be transliterated into English as Visamrtyu or Vishamrityu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Viṣamṛtyu (विषमृत्यु).—a kind of bird (said to be Chakora).

Viṣamṛtyu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms viṣa and mṛtyu (मृत्यु). See also (synonyms): viṣadarśanamṛtyuka.

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

Viṣamṛtyu (विषमृत्यु).—m.

(-tyuḥ) The Chakora bird. E. viṣa poison, and mṛtyu death.

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

Viṣamṛtyu (विषमृत्यु).—m. a kind of pheasant.

Viṣamṛtyu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms viṣa and mṛtyu (मृत्यु).

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

Viṣamṛtyu (विषमृत्यु):—[=viṣa-mṛtyu] [from viṣa > viṣ] m. ‘to whom poison is death’, a kind of pheasant (cf. viṣa-darśana-mṛtyuka), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Viṣamṛtyu (विषमृत्यु):—[viṣa-mṛtyu] (tyuḥ) 2. m. Sort of pheasant.

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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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