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मृणालिनी

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Sanskrit

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Group of lotuses (Nelumbo nucifera)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From मृणाल (mṛṇāla, the film or fibres attached to the stalk of a lotus), related to मुलाली (mulālī́, a species of edible lotus), which is possibly a loanword.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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मृणालिनी (mṛṇālinī) stemf

  1. a lotus plant
  2. an assemblage of lotuses
  3. place abounding with lotuses

Declension

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Feminine ī-stem declension of मृणालिनी
singular dual plural
nominative मृणालिनी (mṛṇālinī) मृणालिन्यौ (mṛṇālinyau) मृणालिन्यः (mṛṇālinyaḥ)
accusative मृणालिनीम् (mṛṇālinīm) मृणालिन्यौ (mṛṇālinyau) मृणालिनीः (mṛṇālinīḥ)
instrumental मृणालिन्या (mṛṇālinyā) मृणालिनीभ्याम् (mṛṇālinībhyām) मृणालिनीभिः (mṛṇālinībhiḥ)
dative मृणालिन्यै (mṛṇālinyai) मृणालिनीभ्याम् (mṛṇālinībhyām) मृणालिनीभ्यः (mṛṇālinībhyaḥ)
ablative मृणालिन्याः (mṛṇālinyāḥ) मृणालिनीभ्याम् (mṛṇālinībhyām) मृणालिनीभ्यः (mṛṇālinībhyaḥ)
genitive मृणालिन्याः (mṛṇālinyāḥ) मृणालिन्योः (mṛṇālinyoḥ) मृणालिनीनाम् (mṛṇālinīnām)
locative मृणालिन्याम् (mṛṇālinyām) मृणालिन्योः (mṛṇālinyoḥ) मृणालिनीषु (mṛṇālinīṣu)
vocative मृणालिनि (mṛṇālini) मृणालिन्यौ (mṛṇālinyau) मृणालिन्यः (mṛṇālinyaḥ)

References

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  • Monier Williams (1899), “मृणालिनी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 830, column 1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “mulālī́”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 362