मीढुष्टम

• मीळ्हुष्टम (mīḷhúṣṭama)

मीढुष् (mīḍhúṣ, compounding form of मीढ्वस् (mīḍhvás, “liberal, generous”)) +‎ -तम (-tama, superlative suffix).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /miː.ɖʱúʂ.ʈɐ.mɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /miː.ɖʱuʂ.ʈɐ.mɐ/

मी॒ढुष्ट॑म • (mīḍhúṣṭama) stem

1. alternative form of मीळ्हुष्टम (mīḷhúṣṭama); most liberal, most generous, most bountiful; often applied to Rudra
   • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) IV.5.1.16.A:

     या ते॑ हे॒तिर्मीढुष्टम॒ हस्ते॑ ब॒भूव॑ ते॒ धनुः॑ ।
     तया॒ऽस्मान्वि॒श्वत॒स्त्वम॑य॒क्ष्मया॒ परि॑ब्भुज ॥

     yā́ te hetírmī́ḍhúṣṭáma háste babhū́va te dhánuḥ.
     táyāʼsmā́nviśvátastvámayakṣmáyā páribbhuja.

     O most bountiful one, with the missile that is in thy hand and thy bow,
     From all sides do thou protect us from disease.