Mutra, Mūtra: 22 definitions
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Mutra means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)
Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha ChikitsaMūtra (मूत्र) or “urine” refers to one of the thirteen sources of Jaṅgama (mobile) poison, as described in the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā—an important topic from Āyurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Viṣavidyā or Sarpavidyā).—Kaśyapa states in the fourth Adhyāya that Śiva taught him that poisons are of five kinds viz. immobile, mobile, artificial, caused by planets and (arising out of) doubt. The sources of these five kinds of viṣa, Kaśyapasaṃhitā deals mainly with the sthāvara (immobile), jaṅgama (mobile) poison according to Kaśyapa are thirteen in number [viz., urine (mūtra)].
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botanyMūtra (मूत्र) is a Sanskrit technical term translating to “urine”. The term is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Suśruta-saṃhitā and the Caraka-saṃhitā.
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsMūtra (मूत्र):—One of the liquid form of Āhāra-mala. Urine. Function of Mūtra is to carry away Kleda (watery waste) from the body.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Source: Wisdom Library: ŚaivismMūtra (मूत्र) refers to “cow-urine”. It is one of the six products of the cow, used in the worshop of the liṅga (known as goṣaḍaṅgavidhi), according to the Śivadharmottarapurāṇa
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramMūtra (मूत्र) refers to “urine”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, while describing the signs of one who is a Siddha: “[...] (Such a man) does not feel fear (even if) there is terrible cold or heat outside or he suffers a bad accident. He is very intelligent and his accomplishment is close at hand. He is not greedy or sick and is forbearing. (His) urine is good [i.e., su-mūtra] and sweet smelling and (he passes) little stool. (He possesses) a serene beauty and the first sign of success in Yoga (that he displays) is its fine profundity. [??] and (instead of criticizing, he) praises the good qualities (of people) when they are out of sight”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationMūtra (मूत्र) refers to “urine”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.15 (“The penance and reign of Tārakāsura”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated: “[...] At the same time, several phenomena of evil portent forboding misery and distress happened, when the son of Varāṅgī was born making the gods miserable. [...] Beasts in sheds and forests roamed here and there in great fright as though beaten and driven about, passing urine and shitting dungs [i.e., śakṛt-mūtra] as they pleased. Frightened cows sprayed blood through their udders; their eyes brimmed with tears, clouds showering putrid matter became terrifying. [...]”.
The Purana (पुराण, 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.
Vastushastra (architecture)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (architecture)Mūtra (मूत्र) refers to “urine”, according to the Devyāmata (in the section śalyoddhāra-paṭala or “excavation of extraneous substances”).—Accordingly, “[...] If a cow [which has entered the site] urinates (mūtra) or drops dung, there are pieces of silver or gold [beneath the site, respectively]. If a cat urinates (mūtra) or drops dung, [the officiant] should prognosticate a piece of iron or an inauspicious thing (? aśam) [beneath the site,] respectively”.
Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch1) Mūtra (मूत्र) refers to “urine”, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] [Now], I shall define the nature of that highest, mind-free absorption which arises for those devoted to constant practice. [...] By means of an absorption for a quarter of a day, a man would take little food, [his] urine (mūtra) and excrement is little [svalpamūtrapurīṣatvaṃ] and there is a suppleness and lustre to [his] body. [...]”.
2) Mūtra (मूत्र) refers to “urine”, according to the Amaraughaprabodha: a short 13th century treatise on Yoga attributed to Gorakṣanātha which teaches the fourfold system of yoga (Mantra, Laya, Haṭha and Rāja).—Accordingly, “Some drink urine (mūtra), their own impurity. Some eat their saliva as food. Some draw up [their] semen that falls from a woman’s vagina after having penetrated [her]. And some who are skilled in circulating the breath through the channels of the entire body, consume dhātus. They do not have mastery of the body without [the state of] Rājayoga, in which their minds are absent. When the mind has attained equanimity and the breath moves into the central channel, [then] these Amarolī, Vajrolī and Sahajolī [Mudras] arise”.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraMūtra (मूत्र, “urine”) (Pali Mutta) refers to “urine” and represents one of the thirty-substances of the human body according to the Visuddhimagga, as mentioned in an appendix of the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 32-34. The Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra mentions thirty-six substances [viz., mūtra]; the Sanskrit sources of both the Lesser and the Greater Vehicles, physical substances are 26 in number while the Pāli suttas list thirty-once substances.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarymūtra (मूत्र).—n (S) Urine.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMūtra (मूत्र).—Urine; नाप्सु मूत्रं समुत्सृजेत् (nāpsu mūtraṃ samutsṛjet) Manusmṛti 4.56; मूत्रं चकार (mūtraṃ cakāra) 'made water'.
Derivable forms: mūtram (मूत्रम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMūtra (मूत्र).—n.
(-traṃ) Urine, piss. E. mūtra to piss, ghañ aff.; or muc to loose, Unadi aff. tran, and ū substituted for the vowel; or mūtra-ac .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryMūtra (मूत्र).— (vb. mih and aff. tra), n. Urine, piss, [Pañcatantra] 121, 15.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMūtra (मूत्र).—[neuter] urine.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMūtra (मूत्र):—n. ([probably] [from] √mū = mīv; but cf. [Uṇādi-sūtra iv, 162]) the fluid secreted by the kidneys, urine (mūtraṃ √1. kṛ, to make water), [Atharva-veda]; etc.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mūtra (मूत्र):—(ka) mūtrayati 10. a. To urine.
2) (traṃ) 1. n. Urine.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Mūtra (मूत्र) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Mutta.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryMūtra (मूत्र):—(nm) urine, piss; -[kṛccha] painful discharge of urine-strangury; -[doṣa] uranaemia; urinary trouble; -[dhānī] urinal stall; -[nalī] urinary duct; -[nirodha/rodha] ischuria; -[parīkṣā] urine test; -[mārga] urethra, ureter; -[viṣayaka] urinary; -[śūla] see -[kṛccha].
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusMūtra (ಮೂತ್ರ):—[noun] the yellowish, slightly acidic liquid excreted periodically as waste matter, by the kidneys of humans and animals; urine.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+107): Mutrabamdha, Mutrabhavita, Mutraca Kotha, Mutraca Potala, Mutraca-kotha, Mutracikitsa, Mutracila, Mutradaha, Mutradashaka, Mutradhala, Mutradhikya, Mutradosha, Mutradvara, Mutragandhi, Mutraghata, Mutragraha, Mutragramtha, Mutragranthi, Mutraja, Mutraja Vriddhi.
Ends with (+38): Ajamutra, Alpamutra, Amutra, Anamutra, Ardhagomutra, Atimutra, Babhrumutra, Baddhamutra, Baddhavinmutra, Bahimutra, Bahumutra, Bastagandhamutra, Bastamutra, Dahanmutra, Gamutra, Gomutra, Ihamutra, Kalamuೂtra, Laghumutra, Lalatantuyutammutra.
Full-text (+183): Mutta, Mutradosha, Mutraputa, Mutragranthi, Mutramarga, Mutrakricchra, Mutrapraseka, Mutrakosha, Mutrapatana, Mutrashukra, Gomutra, Mutrakara, Mutravisha, Mutrashula, Mutraghata, Mutrotsanga, Mutravardhaka, Mutrasamga, Mutrapariksha, Amutra.
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Search found 29 books and stories containing Mutra, Mūtra; (plurals include: Mutras, Mūtras). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 1.13.14 < [Chapter 13 - The Liberation of Pūtanā]
Verse 5.24.32 < [Chapter 24 - The Killing of the Kola Demon]
Verses 4.14.19-20 < [Chapter 14 - The Story of the Jālandharīs]
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
Diseases and Impurities < [Chapter 3 - Social Aspects]
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 3.7.115 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (7): Sādhana-samuddeśa (On the Means)]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 4.56 < [Section IX - Personal Cleanliness]
Verse 4.151 < [Section XIV - Other Duties]
Verse 5.136 < [Section XIII - Purification of Substances]
Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
Treatment of Urinary Disorders (Mūtrakṛccha) < [Chapter 3 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Atharvaveda)]
Treatment of Aśmarī (stone disease) < [Chapter 3 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Atharvaveda)]
Rasendrasāra Saṅgraha (Āyurveda book) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
I. Position of the recollections in the prajñāpāramitā < [Part 1 - Position and results of the recollections]
Appendix 3 - Thirty-two substances of the human body < [Chapter XXXII-XXXIV - The eight classes of supplementary dharmas]
V. The concept of revulsion toward food (āhāre pratikūla-saṃjñā) < [Chapter XXXVII - The Ten Concepts]
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