# मिताहार (mitāhāra)

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मिताहार (mitāhāra) is a Sanskrit word meaning abstaining from excessive food, moderate food or scanty diet, moderate in diet, sparing in diet, a Vanara chief. Its 5 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Moderation in diet / Moderate food, Proper name (a Vānara chief).

- **SLP1:** `mitAhAra`  **IAST:** mitāhāra  **Devanagari:** मिताहार
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitahara
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/mitahara/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Moderation in diet / Moderate food (4 definitions)
- abstaining from excessive food  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 816,1] मिता (mitā) हार (hāra) mfn. id., Mahābhārata (Title) [ ID=164141 ]
- moderate food or scanty diet  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > मिता (mitā) हार (hāra) m. moderate food, scanty diet, Daśakumāra-carita (Title) [ ID=164142 ]
- sparing in diet  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > मिताहार (mitāhāra) [Printed book page 573-02 ] मित - आहार (mita-āhāra) a. sparing in diet. [ ID=30171 ]
- moderate in diet  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > मिताहार (mitāhāra) [Printed book page 410 ] मिताहार (mitāhāra) a. the same; m. as subst. [ ID=24796 ]

### Proper name (a Vānara chief) (1 definition)
- a Vanara chief  
  *The Purana Index*
  > मिताहार (mitāhāra) [Printed book page 2-703 ] Mitāhāra — a Vānara chief. Br. III. 7. 239. [ ID=10770 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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