मृत

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[edit] Sanskrit

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mr̥twós < root *mer- (to die, disappear). Cognates include Latin mortuus and Old Church Slavonic мрътвъ (mrŭtvŭ).

[edit] Adjective

मृत (mṛtá)

  1. dead, deceased, death-like, torpid, rigid
    इमे जीवा वि मर्तैरावव्र्त्रन्नभूद भद्रा देवहूतिर्नोद्य ||
    ime jīvā vi mṛtairāvavṛtrannabhūd bhadrā devahūtirnoadya |
    Divided from the dead are these, the living: now be our calling on the Gods successful.
  2. departed, vanished (as consciousness)
  3. vain, useless
  4. calcined, reduced (said of metals)

[edit] Declension

[edit] Noun

मृत (mṛtá) n.

  1. death
  2. = चैत्य (caitya), a grave
  3. begging, food or alms obtained by begging

[edit] Declension

[edit] References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0827
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