मृणालिनी

Sanskrit

Group of lotuses (Nelumbo nucifera)

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• মৃণালিনী (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬺᬡᬵᬮᬶᬦᬷ (Balinese script)
• মৃণালিনী (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰴𑰜𑰯𑰩𑰰𑰡𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀾𑀡𑀸𑀮𑀺𑀦𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• မၖဏာလိနီ (Burmese script)
• મૃણાલિની (Gujarati script)
• ਮ੍ਰਣਾਲਿਨੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍃𑌣𑌾𑌲𑌿𑌨𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦽꦟꦴꦭꦶꦤꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑃂𑂝𑂰𑂪𑂱𑂢𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೃಣಾಲಿನೀ (Kannada script)
• ម្ឫណាលិនី (Khmer script)
• ມ຺ຣິຓາລິນີ (Lao script)
• മൃണാലിനീ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡵᡳᢏᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᡳᠨᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘵𑘜𑘰𑘩𑘱𑘡𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠷᠢᢏᠠᢗᠯᠢᠨᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧖𑦼𑧑𑧉𑧒𑧁𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐺𑐞𑐵𑐮𑐶𑐣𑐷 (Newa script)
• ମୃଣାଲିନୀ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢺꢠꢵꢭꢶꢥꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆸𑆟𑆳𑆬𑆴𑆤𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖴𑖜𑖯𑖩𑖰𑖡𑖱 (Siddham script)
• මෘණාලිනී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩙𑩪𑩛𑩽𑩑𑩯𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚘𑚭𑚥𑚮𑚝𑚯 (Takri script)
• ம்ரிணாலிநீ (Tamil script)
• మృణాలినీ (Telugu script)
• มฺฤณาลินี (Thai script)
• མྲྀ་ཎཱ་ལི་ནཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒵𑒝𑒰𑒪𑒱𑒢𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨼𑨉𑨘𑨊𑨬𑨁𑨝𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From मृणालिन् (mṛṇālin, “a lotus”), from मृणाल (mṛṇāla, “the film or fibres attached to the stalk of a lotus”), from मृण् (mṛṇ, “to kill, hurt, injure, crush, smash, slay”), from the root मृ (mṛ, “to die, decease, hurt, kill”). Ultimately Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mr̩.ɳɑ́ː.li.niː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mr̩.ɳɑː.l̪i.n̪iː/

Noun

मृणालिनी • (mṛṇālinī) stem, f

1. a lotus plant
2. an assemblage of lotuses
3. place abounding with lotuses

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of मृणालिनी

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मृणालिनी (mṛṇālinī)	मृणालिन्यौ (mṛṇālinyau) मृणालिनी¹ (mṛṇālinī¹)	मृणालिन्यः (mṛṇālinyaḥ) मृणालिनीः¹ (mṛṇālinīḥ¹)
vocative	मृणालिनि (mṛṇālini)	मृणालिन्यौ (mṛṇālinyau) मृणालिनी¹ (mṛṇālinī¹)	मृणालिन्यः (mṛṇālinyaḥ) मृणालिनीः¹ (mṛṇālinīḥ¹)
accusative	मृणालिनीम् (mṛṇālinīm)	मृणालिन्यौ (mṛṇālinyau) मृणालिनी¹ (mṛṇālinī¹)	मृणालिनीः (mṛṇālinīḥ)
instrumental	मृणालिन्या (mṛṇālinyā)	मृणालिनीभ्याम् (mṛṇālinībhyām)	मृणालिनीभिः (mṛṇālinībhiḥ)
dative	मृणालिन्यै (mṛṇālinyai)	मृणालिनीभ्याम् (mṛṇālinībhyām)	मृणालिनीभ्यः (mṛṇālinībhyaḥ)
ablative	मृणालिन्याः (mṛṇālinyāḥ) मृणालिन्यै² (mṛṇālinyai²)	मृणालिनीभ्याम् (mṛṇālinībhyām)	मृणालिनीभ्यः (mṛṇālinībhyaḥ)
genitive	मृणालिन्याः (mṛṇālinyāḥ) मृणालिन्यै² (mṛṇālinyai²)	मृणालिन्योः (mṛṇālinyoḥ)	मृणालिनीनाम् (mṛṇālinīnām)
locative	मृणालिन्याम् (mṛṇālinyām)	मृणालिन्योः (mṛṇālinyoḥ)	मृणालिनीषु (mṛṇālinīṣu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मृणालिनी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 830/1.