मेधिर

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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mazdʰHrás, from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥s-dʰh₁-rós from *ménos (mind) + *dʰeh₁- (to put). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬄𐬰𐬛𐬭𐬀 (mązdra) (< *manzdʰHrás), Proto-Germanic *mundraz, Proto-Slavic *mǫdrъ.

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मेधिर (médhira) stem

  1. intelligent, wise
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.42.3:
      वेदा विश्वस्य मेधिरो धृषत्तंतमिदेषते॥
      vedā viśvasya medhiro dhṛṣattaṃtamideṣate.
      Full wise he knows the hope of each, and, Bold One, strikes this foe and that.