As a deity name
Name 525 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
[mṛtyuka] 1 Death, decease; 2 Yama, the god of death. 3 An epithet of Brahman 4 Of Viṣṇu. 5 Of Māyā. 6 Of Kali 7 The god of love Comp
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M2 · same meaning "mṛtyuḥ" is "mṛtyu" with final visarga (ḥ) — regular end-of-word sandhi (Aṣṭādhyāyī 8.3.15, cited from the engine's own derivation). Same word.
visarga sandhi · aṣṭādhyāyī 8.3.15 — cited from the derivationDictionary citations
mṛtyuḥ [mṛtyuka] 1 Death, decease; jatasya hi dhruvāṃ mṛtyurdhruvaṃ janma mṛtamya ca Bg. 2. 27 2 Yama, the god of death. 3 An epithet of Brahman 4 Of Viṣṇu. 5 Of Māyā. 6 Of Kali 7 The god of love Comp. — tūryaṃ a kind of drum beaten at obsequial rites. — da a fatal. — naśakaḥ quicksilver. — nāśana the drink of immortality, ambrosia. — pāḥ an epithet of Śiva. — pāśaḥ the noose of death or Yama. — puṣpaḥ the sugarcane. — pratibaddha a. liable to death. — phalaṃ a kind of poisonous fruit. — phalā, -lī the plantain. — bījaḥ, — vījaḥ a bamboo-cane. — bhṛtyaḥ sickness, disease. — rāj m. Yama, the god of death. — lokaḥ 1 the world of the dead, the world of Death or Yama. 2 earth, the world of mortals; cf. martyaloka. — vaṃcanaḥ 1 an epithet of Śiva. 2 a raven. — sūtiḥ f. a female crab.
mṛtyu m. (very rarely f.) death, dying, RV. &c., &c.
(deaths of different kinds are enumerated, 100 from disease or accident and one natural from old age; ifc. = ‘d˚ caused by or through’)
Alternative readings
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