Medha, Medhas, Medhā: 35 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMedha (मेध):—
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Medhā (मेधा):—
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMedhas (मेधस्):—1.
1) n. so v. a. medha Opfer: tanmedho devā dadhire [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2, 5, 3, 4.] aśvameva medhasā samardhayati [13, 3, 6, 1. 2.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 7, 5, 23.] —
2) m. (vgl. medha [4.]) Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Manu Svāyaṃbhuva [Harivaṃśa 415.] [Matsyapurāṇa 9 im Śabdakalpadruma] des Priyavrata [Viṣṇupurāṇa II, 100] (medha [WILSON]).
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Medhas (मेधस्):—2. = medhā Einsicht, Verstand am Ende eines adj. comp. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 4, 122.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 26, 7.] akuṇṭha [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 19, 31. 9, 11, 7.] hata [3, 21, 14.] ātma eine Einsicht in den Ātman besitzend (= brahmavid) [Scholiast 4, 22. 41.] sarvabhūtātma eine Einsicht in das Wesen aller Geschöpfe verschaffend [31, 2.] — Vgl. a, alpa (auch [Bhagavadgītā 7, 23]), durmedhas (auch [Bhagavadgītā 18, 35]), puru, manda, sa, satya, su, hari .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMeḍha (मेढ):—m. Elephantenführer [Galano's Wörterbuch]
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Medha (मेध):—m. —
1) Fleischsaft , Fettbrühe , kräftiger Saft oder Brühe überh. , kräftiger Trank. —
2) Saft und Kraft , des , des Opferthiers , das was im ihm wesentlich und werthvoll ist. —
3) Opferthier. —
4) Thieropfer. gavām [Mahābhārata 3,85,34.] —
5) Nomen proprium verschiedener Männer. — medhī s.u. medhi.
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Medhā (मेधा):—f. —
1) Lehn. —
2) Geisteskraft , Verstand , Einsicht , Weisheit. —
3) Pl. die Erzeugnisse des Verstandes ; Erkenntnisse , Gedanken , sententiae. —
4) die Einsicht wird häufig personificirt , insbes. als Tochter Dakṣa’s und Gattin Dharma’s , als eine Form der Dākṣāyaṇi und Sarasvatī. —
5) mythische Bez. des Lautes dha. — medham s. auch u. 2. mdhas 1).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMedhas (मेधस्):—1. —
1) n. Opfer. —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Sohnes — a) des Manu Svāyaṃbhuva. — b) des Priyavrata [Wilson's Uebersetzung des Viṣṇupurāṇa 1,7.]
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Medhas (मेधस्):—2. —
1) Adj. sinnig. medhāṃ giram [Ṛgveda (roth). 5,42,13.] —
2) am Ende eines adj. Comp. = medhā Einsicht , Verstand.
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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Starts with (+52): Medhacakra, Medhadai, Medhadhriti, Medhadikshaprakarana, Medhaga, Medhagamapriya, Medhahanta, Medhaja, Medhajanana, Medhajananam, Medhajit, Medhajoshi, Medhakama, Medhakara, Medhaki, Medhakrit, Medhakrita, Medhamantra, Medhamata, Medhamriti.
Ends with (+48): Achidrashvamedha, Ahitagnipitrimedha, Ajamedha, Alpamedha, Amedha, Apakrantamedha, Arkashvamedha, Ashavamedha, Ashrvamedha, Ashvamedha, Ashwamedha, Assamedha, Bhurimedha, Bhuyomedha, Brahma-medha, Caturmedha, Chaturmedha, Dashashvamedha, Diptimedha, Dummedha.
Full-text (+204): Alpamedhas, Amedhas, Durmedhas, Nrimedha, Sumedhas, Durmedhastva, Miyedhas, Gomedha, Kumedhas, Pitrimedha, Durmedhavin, Mandamedhas, Mahamedha, Harimedhas, Medhavin, Medharudra, Shatakratu, Pretamedha, Naramedha, Turagamedha.
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