mūrcchana

Dictionary meanings for mūrcchana from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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mūrcchana

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a. (nī f.) 1 Stupefy- ing, producing insensibility or stupor (an epithet applied to one of the five arrows of Cupid). [Page0873-c+ 57]

2 Increasing, augmenting, strength- ening. naṃ, nā [murcch yuc] 1 Faint- ing, swooning.

2 Prevalence, growth, increase (usually n. in this sense).

3 A process in metallic preparation, calcining quicksilver with sulphur; cf. mūrcchā (3) also.

4 (In music) The rising of...

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