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मृगय (mRgaya)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
मृ॑गय
m.
N.
of a demon conquered by Indra,
RV.
Monier Williams 1872
English
मृगय, अस्, m., Ved. N. of a demon conquered
by Indra
[cf. मृग।]
Macdonell
English
मृगय mṛgá-ya, den. Ā. (P. metr.) hunt (wild 🞄animals), chase, pursue
seek, search for
🞄search through, examine
visit
seek after, 🞄aim at, strive for, endeavour to obtain (ac.)
🞄ask or beg for anything (ac.) from (ab., g. ± 🞄sakāśāt, -tas).
Vedic Reference
English
Mṛgaya occurs in several passages of the Rigveda^1 as
defeated by Indra. That he was a human foe, as Ludwig^2
thinks, seems unlikely: more probably he was a demon, as
Mṛga unquestionably is.^3
1) iv. 16, 13
viii. 3, 19
x. 49, 5.
2) Translation of the Rigveda, 3, 166.
3) Rv. i. 80, 7
v. 29, 4, etc.
Grassman
German
mṛ́gaya, m. [von mṛgá], wildes Thier, Ungethüm zur Bezeichnung von Dämonen (= mṛgá 7).
-am {875, 5}
piprúm śūśuvā́ṃsam {312, 13}.
-asya māyínas {623, 19} (árbudasya).