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Mausala, Maushala, Ѳṣa: 8 definitions

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Mausala means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Ѳṣa can be transliterated into English as Mausala or Maushala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Mausala (मौसल).—The battle with clubs after the Mahābhārata war.*

  • * Matsya-purāṇa 70. 11.
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The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s 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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ѳṣa (मौषल).�a. A bath in which one remains steady like a pestle in water.

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Mausala (मौसल).�a. (-ī f.) [मुसल-अण� (ܲ-�)]

1) Formed like a club, club-shaped.

2) Fought with clubs (as a battle).

3) Relating to the battle with clubs (as a parvan; in this parvan (Mahābhārata (Bombay) 16th) is narrated the death of Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, and the self-destruction of Kṛṣṇa's family through the curse of Brāhmaṇas).

-� A kind of madhuparka.

-lam The destruction of Yādavas in the battle with clubs; वज्रस्तस्याभवद्यस्तु मौसलादवशेषित� (vajrastasyābhavadyastu mausalādavaśeṣita�) Bhāgavata 1.9.37.

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

Mausala (मौसल).—f. () Adj. Formed like a club. 2. Fought with clubs.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ѳṣa (मौषल).�maushala, i. e. muṣala + a, adj. Performed with a club, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 5648.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mausala (मौसल).—[adjective] shaped like a club or fought with clubs (battle).

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

1) Ѳś (मौशल):�ṣa [wrong reading] for mausala below.

2) Ѳṣa (मौषल):�ś [wrong reading] for mausala below.

3) Mausala (मौसल):—mf(ī)n. ([from] musala) club-shaped, club-formed, [Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Rāmāyaṇa]

4) fought with clubs (as a battle), [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa]

5) relating to the battle with clubs (cf. -parvan)

6) Name of a Madhu-parka (composed of ghee and spirituous liquor), [Kauśika-sūtra]

7) relating to Mausalya [gana] 첹ṇv徱

8) m. [plural] Name of a family, [Saṃskārakaustubha]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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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