Mrigashirsha, Mriga-shirsha, 惭峁沢补艣墨谤峁: 18 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 惭峁沢补艣墨谤峁 can be transliterated into English as Mrgasirsa or Mrigashirsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: N膩峁瓂a-艣膩stra惭峁沢补艣墨谤峁 (啶啶椸ざ啷�啶班啶�, 鈥渄eer-head鈥�) refers to a gesture (腻峁単颈办补) made with a 鈥榮ingle hand鈥� (补蝉补峁儁耻迟补), according to the N膩峁瓂a艣膩stra chapter 8. The hands (hasta) form a part of the human body which represents one of the six major limbs (补峁単补) used in dramatic performance. With these limbs are made the various gestures (腻峁単颈办补), which form a part of the histrionic representation (abhinaya).
: archive.org: The mirror of gesture (abhinaya-darpana)One of the Twenty-eight Single Hands (hasta):鈥擬峁沢a-艣墨谤峁 (deer-head): in the above hand, the thumb andlittle finger are extended. Usage: women, cheek, traditionalmanners (办谤补尘补-尘补谤测腻诲补) , fear, discussion, costume of anactor (naipathya), place of residence, t锚te-谩-t锚te, drawing three lines on the brow, patterns on the ground, massage of thefeet, combining, house, holding an umbrella, stair, placingthe feet, calling the beloved, roaming.
According to another book: the thumb and little finger areraised. It springs from Gauri, who used the M峁沢a-艣墨谤峁 hand todraw three lines on her forehead when practising tapas for the sake of 艢iva. Its race is 峁氠梗i, its sage is M膩rka峁囜笉eya, its colourwhite, its presiding deity Mahe艣vara. Usage: wall, deliberation, opportunity, place of residence, 笔补诲尘颈苍墨, 艢补峁卥丑颈苍墨 or 贬补蝉迟颈苍墨 woman, slowness, applying sandal paste etc., gestures (abhinaya) of women, screen, stair, self-manifestation, order, having three lines drawn on the brow, consideration (vitarka) , deer-face, indicating one鈥檚 self, the body, 峁氠梗i caste, white colour.
: archive.org: Natya Shastra惭峁沢补艣墨谤峁 (啶啶椸ざ啷�啶班啶�, 鈥渄eer-head鈥�).鈥擜 type of gesture (腻峁単颈办补) made with a single hand (补蝉补峁儁耻迟补-hasta);鈥�(Instructions): The Sarpa艣颈谤补蝉 hand with all its fingers pointing downwards, but the thumb and the little finger raised up.
(Uses): It is moved to represent here, now, 鈥淚t is,鈥� to-day, able, shaking (ullasana), throw of dice, wiping off perspiration and pretended anger.
: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (natya)惭峁沢补艣墨谤峁 (啶啶椸ざ啷�啶班啶�) refers to one of the twenty-two 础蝉补峁儁耻办迟补丑补蝉迟补蝉 or 鈥渟ingle hand gestures鈥� (in Indian Dramas), according to the 痴颈峁ａ箛耻诲丑补谤尘辞迟迟补谤补辫耻谤腻峁嘺, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.鈥擳he 丑补蝉迟补-尘耻诲谤腻蝉 (lit. 鈥渉and-gestures鈥�) are very essential to denote some particular action or state in dancing and these 尘耻诲谤腻蝉 are formed with the help of hands and fingers.鈥擳he word 尘峁沢补艣墨谤峁 is the union of two words viz., 尘峁沢补 and 艣墨谤峁. The word 尘峁沢补 means deer and 艣墨谤峁 means head. So, it can be said that the hand posture which is called 尘峁沢补艣墨谤峁 identifies a posture that looks like the head of a deer. According to the 痴颈峁ａ箛耻诲丑补谤尘辞迟迟补谤补辫耻谤腻峁嘺, in 尘峁沢补艣墨谤峁-hasta, all the fingers are bent downwards and only the small finger and the thumb go upward. At this position, the hand looks like a head of a dear with two horns. Abhinavagupta also keeps his view point in the same way and accepts 尘峁沢补艣墨谤峁-hasta as a hand gesture which identifies the head of a deer with two horns. This posture is used to denote piercing, cutting, and moving upward of the powerful weapon.
In the 础产丑颈苍补测补诲补谤辫补峁嘺, the 尘峁沢补艣墨谤峁 posture is used to denote various things. This book states that-this posture is used to show woman, cheek, wheel, limit, terror, quarrel, attire and to call someone or the beloved, the lute, foot massage, female organ, holding umbrella etc
Natyashastra (啶ㄠぞ啶熰啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 苍腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya鈥攖heatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Jyoti峁惭峁沢补艣颈谤峁 (啶啶椸ざ啶苦ぐ啷嵿し):鈥擭ame for a particular section of the ecliptic. It is also known as 惭峁沢补艣颈谤峁苍补办峁迟谤补. 狈补办峁迟谤补 means 鈥淟unar mansion鈥� and corresponds to a specific region of the sky through which the moon passes each day. 惭峁沢补艣颈谤峁 means 鈥渢he deer鈥檚 head鈥� and is associated with the deity known as Soma (God of the immortal elixir). The presiding Lord of this lunar house is M补峁単补la (Mars). Also known as 膧驳谤补丑腻测补峁嚹�.
Indian zodiac: |23掳 20' V峁涐梗abha| 鈥� |6掳40' Mithuna|
V峁涐梗abha (啶掂啶粪き, 鈥榖ull鈥�) corresponds Taurus and Mithuna (啶た啶ム啶�, 鈥榯wins鈥�) corresponds with Gemini.
Western zodiac: |19掳20' Gemini| 鈥� |2掳40' Cancer|
Gemini corresponds with Mithuna (啶た啶ム啶�, 鈥榯wins鈥�) and Cancer corresponds with Karka (啶曕ぐ啷嵿, 鈥渃rab鈥�).
Jyotisha (啶溹啶啶むた啶�, 箩测辞迟颈峁 or jyotish) refers to 鈥榓stronomy鈥� or 鈥淰edic astrology鈥� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index惭峁沢补峁Ｄ玶峁 (啶啶椸し啷�啶班啶�).鈥擜 苍补办峁迟谤补.*
- * Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 V. 23. 6.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 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.
General definition (in Hinduism)
: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and Subjects惭峁沢补艣墨谤峁 (啶啶椸ざ啷�啶班啶�) or M峁沢a艣颈谤补蝉 (啶啶椸ざ啶苦ぐ啶膏), also called Invak膩 or Invag膩, seems to be the faint stars 位, 蠁1, 蠁2 Orionis. They are called Andhak膩, 鈥榖lind鈥�, in the 艢膩ntikalpa of the Atharvaveda, probably because of their dimness.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary惭峁沢补艣墨谤峁 (啶啶椸ざ啷�啶班啶�).鈥攖he constellation 啶啶椸ざ啶苦ぐ啶膏 (尘峁沢补艣颈谤补蝉).
-谤峁岣� the lunar month M膩rga艣墨谤峁.
Derivable forms: 尘峁沢补艣墨谤峁m (啶啶椸ざ啷赌啶班啶粪ぎ啷�).
惭峁沢补艣墨谤峁 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 尘峁沢补 and 艣墨谤峁 (啶多啶班啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary惭峁沢补艣墨谤峁 (啶啶椸ざ啷�啶班啶�).鈥攏ame of a n膩ga king: 碍腻谤补峁囜笉补惫惫奴丑补 2.12; 惭补丑腻-惭腻测奴谤墨 246.28.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭峁沢补艣墨谤峁 (啶啶椸ざ啷�啶班啶�).鈥攎.
(-谤峁岣�) The constellation Mriga艣颈谤补蝉: see the last. E. 尘峁沢补 a deer, and 艣墨谤峁 the head; also f. (-r峁Ｄ�) .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭峁沢补艣墨谤峁 (啶啶椸ざ啷�啶班啶�).鈥攎. the fifth lunar mansion, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 16, 18.
鈥� Cf. probably [Old High German.] and A. S. hals; [Latin] collum; see 艣颈谤补蝉.
惭峁沢补艣墨谤峁 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 尘峁沢补 and 艣墨谤峁 (啶多啶班啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭峁沢补艣墨谤峁 (啶啶椸ざ啷�啶班啶�).鈥擺neuter] [Name] of a lunar mansion.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 惭峁沢补艣墨谤峁 (啶啶椸ざ啷�啶班啶�):鈥擺=尘峁沢补-艣墨谤峁] [from 尘峁沢补 > m峁沢] n. the 狈补办峁迟谤补 M峁沢a-艣颈谤补蝉, [Taittir墨ya-sa峁僪it膩; Br膩hma峁嘺; Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺]
2) [v.s. ...] mfn. born under that N掳, [Var膩ha-mihira鈥檚 B峁沨at-sa峁僪it膩] ([varia lectio] 尘腻谤驳补艣, 尘腻谤驳补艣ira)
3) [v.s. ...] m. the month M膩rga艣墨谤峁, [ib.]
4) [v.s. ...] a [particular] position of the hands (also 峁办补), [Catalogue(s)]
5) [v.s. ...] Name of a serpent-king, [K膩ra峁囜笉a-vy奴ha]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭峁沢补艣墨谤峁 (啶啶椸ざ啷�啶班啶�):鈥擺尘峁沢补-艣墨谤峁] (谤峁岣�) 1. m. Orion.
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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus惭峁沢补艣墨谤峁 (嗖硟嗖椸捕喑�嗖班硩嗖�):鈥擺noun] = 嗖硟嗖椸捕嗖苦舶喑� [mrigashire].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary惭峁沢补艣墨谤峁 (啶啶椸ざ啷�啶班啶�):鈥攏. 1. name of the fifth lunar-mansion consisting of three stars; 2. the lunar month Margasirsha (啶ぞ啶班啶椸ざ啷�啶班啶� [尘腻谤驳补艣墨谤峁] );
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Mriga, Shirsha.
Starts with: Mrigashirshahasta, Mrigashirshaka, Mrigashirshan, Mrigashirshanakshatra.
Full-text (+123): Mrigashirshanakshatra, Taramriga, Invaka, Krishna, Mrigashirshahasta, Mrigashira, Margayani, Jayampati, Kilaka, Mirukacirutam, Varaha, Shambhu, Utsanga, Mrigashirshaka, Piercing, Moving upward, Powerful weapon, Indaka, Mrigottamanga, Attire.
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Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Chapter 121 - The science of Jyoti峁 (Astronomy and Astrology) [jyoti岣ヅ浤乻tra]
Chapter 126 - Combinations of good and bad asterisms (苍补办峁迟谤补-nir峁嘺ya)
Chapter 196 - Vows relating to different asterisms (苍补办峁迟谤补-vrata)
Abhinaya-darpana (English) (by Ananda Coomaraswamy)
Chapter 13 - Twenty-four Combined Hands
Chapter 19 - Hands denoting Avatars of Vishnu
Brihat Samhita (by N. Chidambaram Iyer)
Chapter 15 - On the 狈补办峁迟谤补s (苍补办峁迟谤补-vy奴ha)
Chapter 98 - On the constellations (苍补办峁迟谤补-karmagu峁嘺)
Chapter 102 - On the division of the Zodiac into signs (r膩艣i-vibh膩ga)
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kanda II, adhyaya 1, brahmana 2 < [Second Kanda]
Hastalaksanadipika a critical edition and study (by E. K. Sudha)
3. Gestures employed in Kathakali and Kutiyattam against Hastalaksanadipika < [Chapter 3 - Later developments of dramatic techniques]
6. Tantric mudras of Kerala < [Chapter 6 - Background of evolution of language of gestures]
5. Comparison of Vedic mudras with Kutiyattam and Kathakali < [Chapter 6 - Background of evolution of language of gestures]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 238 < [Volume 29 (1942)]