मुहूर्तmuhūrta

मुहूर्त (muhūrta) is a Sanskrit word meaning a moment or any short space of time, a period of forty-eight minutes, the name of a daughter of Daksha, after an instant, presently, a moment or brief space of time, an astrologer. Its 16 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them A measure or segment of time, Referential Entries, A Mythological Progenitor Figure (Muhūrtā).

Meanings by context

A measure or segment of time

11 definitions
a moment or any short space of time

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a period of forty-eight minutes

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

after an instant, presently

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A moment or instant, or an hour of forty-eight minutes.

Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A moment or brief space of time. 2. A period of 48 minutes.

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A moment or some time. 2. A period of forty-eight minutes, being the thirtieth part of a day and night. 3. An astrologer.

Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A moment or instant. 2. An hour, equal to one-thirtieth of a day.

Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A moment. 2. A period of forty-eight minutes.

Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. A moment or brief space of time. 2. A specific division of time lasting forty-eight minutes, being the thirtieth part of a day. 3. An astrologer.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

A measurement of time equal to one-thirtieth of a day and night.

The Purana Index

1. A division of time equal to one-thirtieth of a day, or forty-eight minutes. 2. A moment.

The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

Referential Entries

2 definitions
See above

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

See above.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

A Mythological Progenitor Figure (Muhūrtā)

1 definition
the name of a daughter of Daksha

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

An Astrologer

1 definition
An astrologer

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

An Epithet for Deities

1 definition
1. The sun. 2. An epithet of Shiva.

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

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Definitions on this page come from 10 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), The Purana Index, The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.