मघा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Probably related to मघ (maghá).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

म॒घा • (maghā́) stemf

  1. (astronomy) name of a constellation
  2. the star Regulus (Can we verify(+) this sense?)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of म॒घा
singular dual plural
nominative म॒घा (maghā́) म॒घे (maghé) म॒घाः (maghā́ḥ)
accusative म॒घाम् (maghā́m) म॒घे (maghé) म॒घाः (maghā́ḥ)
instrumental म॒घया॑ (magháyā)
म॒घा¹ (maghā́¹)
म॒घाभ्या॑म् (maghā́bhyām) म॒घाभिः॑ (maghā́bhiḥ)
dative म॒घायै॑ (maghā́yai) म॒घाभ्या॑म् (maghā́bhyām) म॒घाभ्यः॑ (maghā́bhyaḥ)
ablative म॒घायाः॑ (maghā́yāḥ)
म॒घायै॑² (maghā́yai²)
म॒घाभ्या॑म् (maghā́bhyām) म॒घाभ्यः॑ (maghā́bhyaḥ)
genitive म॒घायाः॑ (maghā́yāḥ)
म॒घायै॑² (maghā́yai²)
म॒घयोः॑ (magháyoḥ) म॒घाना॑म् (maghā́nām)
locative म॒घाया॑म् (maghā́yām) म॒घयोः॑ (magháyoḥ) म॒घासु॑ (maghā́su)
vocative मघे॑ (mághe) मघे॑ (mághe) मघाः॑ (mághāḥ)
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

References

  • Monier Williams (1899), “मघा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 772, column 2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 289