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mṛtyuḥ

ım

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What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. mrtyü-

mrtyü- ım. Tod, Todesgott (RV +); g-mriyu- unvergänglich, unsterblich {RV), m. Unsterblichkeit (Br + [s, Sha 38f.]). - Mi., 37 mrtsnä- - mrdi- ni., pä. maccu- m. Tod, u.a. (Tu 10288). - lir., aav. jav.morsdiiu- m. Tod, ap. (mrSiyu-) (in (uva?) ‘seinen Tod habend'’; s. die Lit. in ApH 149f. und bei Schm, Krat 25 [1980(81)] 35, Bis 51). - Zu MAR. lir. *my-tid- erklärt sich als Kontamination aus ir. (idg.) *mr-i- "Tod’ … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. mrtyü-, p. 399]

2. mṛtyu

(deaths of different kinds are enumerated, 100 from disease or accident and one natural from old age; ifc. = ‘ d˚ caused by or through’)

3. mṛtyu

Death personified, the god of d˚ (sometimes identified with Yama or with Viṣṇu ; or said to be a son of Adharma by Nirṛti or of Brahmā or of Kali or of Māyā ; he has also the patronymics Prādhvaṃsana and Sāmparāyaṇa , and is sometimes reckoned among the 11 Rudra s, and sometimes regarded as Vyāsa in the 6th Dvāpara or as a teacher &c.), ŚBr. ; MBh. ; Pur. &c.

4. mṛtyu

of the 17th astrol. Yoga , Col. (mṛtyorharaḥ and mrityorvikarṇabhāse N. of Sāman s).

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