# मिताक्षरा (mitākṣarā)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/mitakshara

मिताक्षरा (mitākṣarā) is a Sanskrit word meaning having measured syllables or metrical, short and comprehensive.

- **SLP1:** `mitAkzarA`  **IAST:** mitākṣarā  **Devanagari:** मिताक्षरा
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mit%C4%81k%E1%B9%A3ar%C4%81
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/mitakshara/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** मिताक्षर (mitākṣara)

## Meanings by context

### Other (3 definitions)
- Having measured syllables or metrical  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 816,1] मिता (mitā) क्षर (kṣara) mfn. having measured syllables, metrical, Nirukta, by Yāska (Title); Ṛg-veda-prātiśākhya (Title) [ ID=164131 ]
- short and comprehensive  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > short and comprehensive (as a speech), Kumāra-sambhava (Title) [ ID=164132 ]
- Name of various concise commentaries, especially a celebrated commentary by Vijnaneshvara on Yajnavalkya's Dharmashastra  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3B) [Printed book page 816,1] मिता (mitā) क्षरा (kṣarā) f. N. of various concise commentaries, ( esp. ) of a celebrated Comm. by Vijñāneśvara on Yājñavalkya's Dharmaśāstra ( Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams (Title) 303 &c.) [ ID=164133 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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