मेध

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See also: मधु and मृध

Pali

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Noun

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मेध m

  1. Devanagari script form of medha

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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Of uncertain origin. Likely related to मियेध (miyedha, sacrificial oblation). Connections to मेधा (medhā, wisdom; mental ability) have also been proposed. A relation has also been proposed to Gaulish *meduos, attested in Epomeduos, which is directly comparable with अश्वमेध (aśvamedha).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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मेध (médha) stemm

  1. juice of meat, broth, nourishing or strengthening drink
  2. marrow, sap, pith, essence
  3. a sacrificial animal, victim
  4. an animal sacrifice, offering, oblation, any sacrifice (esp. at the end of a compound)

Declension

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Masculine a-stem declension of मेध (médha)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative मेधः
médhaḥ
मेधौ / मेधा¹
médhau / médhā¹
मेधाः / मेधासः¹
médhāḥ / médhāsaḥ¹
Vocative मेध
médha
मेधौ / मेधा¹
médhau / médhā¹
मेधाः / मेधासः¹
médhāḥ / médhāsaḥ¹
Accusative मेधम्
médham
मेधौ / मेधा¹
médhau / médhā¹
मेधान्
médhān
Instrumental मेधेन
médhena
मेधाभ्याम्
médhābhyām
मेधैः / मेधेभिः¹
médhaiḥ / médhebhiḥ¹
Dative मेधाय
médhāya
मेधाभ्याम्
médhābhyām
मेधेभ्यः
médhebhyaḥ
Ablative मेधात्
médhāt
मेधाभ्याम्
médhābhyām
मेधेभ्यः
médhebhyaḥ
Genitive मेधस्य
médhasya
मेधयोः
médhayoḥ
मेधानाम्
médhānām
Locative मेधे
médhe
मेधयोः
médhayoḥ
मेधेषु
médheṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Pali: medha
  • Tamil: மேதம் (mētam)

References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “मेध”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 832/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 377-378
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 685
  • Jackson, Peter (2002) “Light from Distant Asterisks. Towards a Description of the Indo-European Religious Heritage”, in Numen, volume 49, number 1, →DOI, →JSTOR, page 94