# मृगशिर (mṛgaśira)

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मृगशिर (mṛgaśira) is a Sanskrit word meaning the Nakshatra Mriga-shiras, name of the fifth lunar mansion consisting of three stars.

- **SLP1:** `mfgaSira`  **IAST:** mṛgaśira  **Devanagari:** मृगशिर
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrigashira
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/mrigashira/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** मृगशिरा (mṛgaśirā)

## Meanings by context

### Other (2 definitions)
- the Nakshatra Mriga-shiras  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 828,3] मृग (mṛga) — शिर (—śira), n. ( Jyotiṣa (Literary category) ) or मृग (mṛga) — शि ° रा (—śi°rā), f. ( Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) ) the Nakṣatra Mṛga-śiras. [ ID=166954 ]
- name of the fifth lunar mansion consisting of three stars  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > मृगशिर (mṛgaśira) [Printed book page 581-24 ] मृग - शिर (mṛga-śira) m. name of the fifth lunar mansion consisting of three stars. [ ID=30696 ]

## Sources

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

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