मेध

See also: मधु and मृध

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

मेध m

  1. Devanagari script form of medha

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Likely related to मियेध (miyédha, sacrificial oblation). Connections to मेधा (medhā́, wisdom; mental ability) have also been proposed.[1][2] A relation has also been proposed to Gaulish *meduos (drunk), attested in Epomeduos, which is directly comparable with अश्वमेध (aśvamedhá, horse sacrifice).[3]

Pronunciation

Noun

मेध॑ • (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

Masculine a-stem declension of मेध॑
singular dual plural
nominative मेधः॑ (médhaḥ) मेधौ॑ (médhau)
मेधा॑¹ (médhā¹)
मेधाः॑ (médhāḥ)
मेधा॑सः¹ (médhāsaḥ¹)
accusative मेध॑म् (médham) मेधौ॑ (médhau)
मेधा॑¹ (médhā¹)
मेधा॑न् (médhān)
instrumental मेधे॑न (médhena) मेधा॑भ्याम् (médhābhyām) मेधैः॑ (médhaiḥ)
मेधे॑भिः¹ (médhebhiḥ¹)
dative मेधा॑य (médhāya) मेधा॑भ्याम् (médhābhyām) मेधे॑भ्यः (médhebhyaḥ)
ablative मेधा॑त् (médhāt) मेधा॑भ्याम् (médhābhyām) मेधे॑भ्यः (médhebhyaḥ)
genitive मेध॑स्य (médhasya) मेध॑योः (médhayoḥ) मेधा॑नाम् (médhānām)
locative मेधे॑ (médhe) मेध॑योः (médhayoḥ) मेधे॑षु (médheṣu)
vocative मेध॑ (médha) मेधौ॑ (médhau)
मेधा॑¹ (médhā¹)
मेधाः॑ (médhāḥ)
मेधा॑सः¹ (médhāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Pali: medha
  • Tamil: மேதம் (mētam)

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “médha-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 377
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963), “médhaḥ”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 685
  3. ^ 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

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