The Sanskrit terms Mṛṇālīn and Mṛṇālin can be transliterated into English as Mrnalin or Mrinalin, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Cikitsa (natural therapy and treatment for medical conditions)

Source: Wisdom Library: Ayurveda: Cikitsa

Mṛṇālīn (मृणालीन्):—Another name for Padma (Nelumbo nucifera), a species of medicinal plant and used in the treatment of fever (jvara), as described in the Jvaracikitsā (or “the treatment of fever”) which is part of the 7th-century Mādhavacikitsā, a Sanskrit classical work on Āyurveda.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mṛṇālin (मृणालिन्).—m. A lotus.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mṛṇālin (मृणालिन्).—m. (-lī) A lotus. f. (-linī) 1. An assemblage of lotus flowers. 2. A place abounding with lotuses. 3. A lotus plant. E. mṛṇāla a fibre, ini aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mṛṇālin (मृणालिन्).—i. e. mṛṇāla + in, I. m. A lotus. Ii. f. nī, A place where lotus flowers grow.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mṛṇālin (मृणालिन्):—[from mṛṇ] m. a lotus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mṛṇālin (मृणालिन्):—(lī) 5. m. A lotus. f. An assemblage of lotus flowers.

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Mrinalin in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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