मुरली murlī

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · f.

Earlier definition

Definition

Flute, pipe.
(Bābā) The words of God, the instrument to enchant us, to make us dance in happiness in the company of the Supreme Being, the Beloved Being.

Usual translation

  1. flute
  2. murli

Origin of the definition

मुरली muralī murli: (nf) flute, pipe; ~धर a flute-player, piper; an epithet of Lord Krishṉā ~मनोहर Lord Krishṉā.

S مرلي मुरली muralī, vulg. murlī, s.f. Flute, fife, pipe; whistle: — murlī bajānā, To play the flute, &c.: — murlī bajnā or baj-jānā (-kī), To pipe away (one's) life, to pass (one's life) amidst pipe and song: — murlī-dhar, s.m. The flute-bearer, an epithet of Krishṇ: — murlī-manohar, s.m. 'Who delighted the heart with his flute,' an epithet of Krishṇ (who delighted Rādhā and the cowherdesses with his performances on the flute).

Murli. God’s versions, sweet as melody of a flute (flute).

मुरली murlī. The magic Godly flute. The Knowledge given by the Supreme Father at the Confluence.

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Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

1339 occurrences

In 591 on 2386 murlis

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Avyakts

534 occurrences

In 286 on 1112 murlis

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Mamma

106 occurrences

In 67 on 122 murlis

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Created
Monday 20 July 2020
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Wednesday 8 November 2023