Etymology

Mrityunjay

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Today it means: Epithet of Shiva. Full definition →

Sanskrit मृत्यु
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  1. Sanskrit · borrowed fromजय
  2. Sanskrit · borrowed fromमृत्यु
  3. English todayMrityunjay

From Sanskrit मृत्यु (mṛtyu) ("death") + Sanskrit जय (jaya) ("victory", "victor"). Literally "victor of death".

Words from the same roots

Sanskritजय all →

JayaSri Jayawardenepura Kotte

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.