मेध (medha)

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शब्दसागरः

English

 मेध m.
  (-धः) Sacrifice,  offering oblation. 
	 f.
  (-धा)
	 1. Apprehension,  con-
ception,  understanding.
	 2. Retentiveness.
 E.
  मेध् to associate, 
aff.
   अप् or अङ् ।

Capeller Eng

English

 मे॑ध m.
  juice of meat,  broth
 sap or essence,  esp.
    of the
sacrificial animal
 the victim or sacrifice itself. 

Yates

English

 मेध (ञ,  ऋ) मेधति-ते 1.
c. To under-
stand
 to hurt
 to associate.

 मेध (धः) 1.
m.
  Sacrifice.
f.
  (धा) Ap-
prehension
 conception. 

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Spoken Sanskrit

English

 
   मेध  medha  m.
   marrow  
   मेध  medha  m.
   victim   
   मेध  medha  m.
   any sacrifice  
   मेध  medha  m.
   nourishing or strengthening drink   
   मेध  medha  m.
   broth  
   मेध  medha  m.
   offering   
   मेध  medha  m.
   essence  
   मेध  medha  m.
   pith   
   मेध  medha  m.
   juice of meat  
   मेध  medha  m.
   sap   
   मेध  medha  m.
   animal-sacrifice     
            

Wilson

English

 मेध(ऋ, )मेधृ r. 1st cl. (मेधति-ते)
To understand,  to comprehend.
To associate.
To hurt,  to injure,  to kill.

 मेध
m.
  (-धः) Sacrifice,  offering,  oblation. 
f.
  (-धा)
Apprehension,  conception,  understanding.
E.
  मेध to associate,  aff.
   अप्.

Apte

English

मेधः [mēdhḥ],  1 A sacrifice,  as in नरमेध,  अश्वमेध,  एकविंशति- मेधान्ते Mb.
 *  14.29.18. (com.  मेधो युद्धयज्ञः । 'यज्ञो वै मेधः' इति श्रुतेः ।).

A sacrificial animal or victim. 

An offering,  oblation. 

Ved.
  The juice of meat,  broth.

Ved.
  Sap,  pith,  essence. Comp.
   -जः an epithet of Viṣṇu.

Apte 1890

English

 मेधः 1 A sacrifice,  as in नरमेध,  अश्वमेध. 
2 A sacrificial animal or victim. 
3 An offering,  oblation. 
4 Ved. The juice of meat,  broth. 
5 Ved. Sap,  pith,  essence. 
Comp. 
जः an epithet of Viṣṇu. 

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 मे॑ध m.
  the juice of meat,  broth,  nourishing or strengthening drink,  RV.
  
 ŚBr.
  
 KātyŚr.

 marrow (esp.   of the sacrificial victim),  sap,  pith,  essence,  AV.
  
 TS.
 
 Br.

 a sacrificial animal,  victim,  VS.
 
 Br.
 
 ŚrS.

 an animal-sacrifice,  offering,  oblation,  any sacrifice (esp.   ifc. ),  ib.
 MBh.
   &c.
  

 N.
  of the reputed author of VS.
  xxxiii,  92
 Anukr.
 

 of a son of Priya-vrata (v.l. मेधस्),  VP.
  

 मे॑ध mfn.
   g. पचादि.

Monier Williams 1872

English

 मेध,  अस्,  आ,  अम्,  one who kills or immolates
(अस्),  m. (also अम्,  n. in Ved.),  the juice of meat, 
broth,  nourishing or strengthening drink (Ved.)
marrow (especially of the sacrificial victim),  sap,  pith, 
essence (Ved.)
 a sacrificial animal,  victim
 an animal
sacrifice
 an offering,  oblation,  sacrifice in general
N. of the reputed author of Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā,  33, 
92
 N. of a son of Priya-vrata
 see Gaṇa Pacādi
to Pāṇ. III. 1,  134
 (आ),  f. vitality,  strength,  vigour, 
power,  ability (Ved.)
 mental vigour or power,  un-
derstanding,  intelligence,  intellect,  prudence,  wisdom
retentiveness,  memory
 Intelligence personified as
the wife of Dharma and daughter of Dakṣa
 a
form of Dākṣāyaṇī in Kaśmīra
 a form of Saras-
vatī
 a symbolical expression for the letter ध्
(according to native authorities also) a sacrifice
(according to Naigh. II. 10) = धन
 (आस्),  f. pl.
the products of the understanding,  ideas,  perceptions, 
thoughts,  opinions.
—मेध-ज,  अस्,  m. ‘sacrifice-
born, ’ an epithet of Viṣṇu.
—मेध-पति,  इस्,  m., 
Ved. ‘lord of sacrifice, ’ Rudra.
—मेध-साति,  इस्, 
f.,  Ved. (perhaps) expression of devotion,  service or
worship of the gods
 (according to Sāy.) the receiv-
ing or giving of the oblation.
—मेधा-कार,  अस्,  आ, 
अम्,  Ved. inspiring mental power,  causing intelli-
gence,  bestowing wisdom.
—मेधा-कृत्,  त्,  त्,  त्, 
causing mental power or intelligence
 (त्),  m. a
species of culinary plant (= सितावर).
—मेधा-
चक्र,  अस्,  m.,  N. of a king.
—मेधा-जनन,  अस्, 
ई,  अम्,  productive of wisdom
 (Ved.) N. of a rite
(and of its appropriate sacred text) for producing
mental and bodily strength in a new-born child or
in a youth.
—मेधा-जित्,  त्,  m. an epithet of Kātyā-
yana.
—मेधातिथि (°धा-अत्°),  इस्,  m.,  N. of a
Kāṇva (author of the hymns Ṛg-veda 1. 12 — 23, 
VIII. 1,  &c.
 cf. मेध्यातिथि)
 of the father of
Kaṇva
 of a son of Manu Svāyambhuva
 of one
of the seven sages under Manu Sāvarṇa
 of a son
of Priya-vrata
 of a lawyer or commentator on the
Mānava-dharma-śāstra
 of a river
 a parrot [cf.
मेधा-विन्].
—मेधा-रुद्र,  अस्,  m. an epithet of
Kālidāsa.
—मेधा-वत्,  आन्,  अती,  अत्,  possessing wis-
dom,  intelligent,  wise
 (अती),  f. a species of plant (=
महा-ज्योतिष्मती)
 a proper N.
—मेधा-वर, 
अस्,  m. a proper N.
—मेधावि-ता,  f. cleverness, 
prudence,  judiciousness.
—मेधा-विन्,  ई,  इनी,  इ,  pos-
sessed of mental power,  intelligent,  intellectual,  wise, 
judicious,  endowed with sound judgment,  having a
good memory
 (ई),  m. a learned man,  sage,  teacher, 
Pandit
 a parrot [cf. मेधातिथि]
 an intoxicating
beverage,  (in this sense perhaps an error for मा-
धवी)
 N. of a Brāhman
 of a king (son of
Su-naya and father of Nṛpañ-jaya)
 of a son of
Bhavya and of a Varṣa named after him
 an epithet
of Vyāḍi
 (इनी),  f. epithet of the wife of Brahmā.
—मेधा-सूक्त,  अम्,  n. epithet of a particular Vedic
hymn.

Macdonell

English

 मेध médh-a,  m.
  juice of meat,  strong draught 🞄(V.)
 essential or most valuable part (of a 🞄sacrificial animal
 V.)
 sacrificial victim
 🞄animal sacrifice (very frequently —°).

Benfey

English

 मेध मेध (i. e. मह् and perhaps
धा), 
 I. m.
  (and ved.,  also n.
 ,  Chr. 293, 
3 = Rigv. i. 88,  3),  Sacrifice,  1. 1.
 II. f.
 
धा,  Understanding,  Daśak. in Chr.
180,  4.
 -- Comp.
  अश्व-,  तुरग-,  तुरङ्-
गम-,  m.
  the sacrifice of a horse,  Hit.
iv. d. 129
 Rām.  6,  104,  7
 Ragh. 13,  61.
गृह-, 
 I. m.
  a domestic sacrifice.
 II.
adj.
  referring to the duties of a house-
holder,  Bhāg. P. 3,  22,  11.
दुस्-,  adj.
 , 
f.
  ध,  stupid,  Bhāg. P. 1,  4,  17.
नर-, 
नृ-,  पुरुष-,  m.
  the sacrifice of a
man,  Rām.  1,  63,  6 Gorr. (नर-)
Kathās. 26,  238 (
पुरुष-). पितृ-,  m.
 
oblation to the Manes,  Man.  5,  65.

Apte Hindi

Hindi

मेधः
पुं*
  - मेध्यते हन्यते पशुः अत्र - मेध् + धञ्
यज्ञ

मेधः
पुं*
  - -
"यज्ञीय पशु,  यज्ञ में बलि जाने वाला पशु"

Shabdartha Kaustubha

Kannada

मेध
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಯಾಗ /ಯಜ್ಞ
निष्पत्तिः - > मेधृ (हिंसायाम्) - "घञ्" (३-३-१२१)
व्युत्पत्तिः - > मेध्यतेऽत्र
विस्तारः - > "मेधः क्रतौ मेधा तु शेमुषी" - हेम०
मेध
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಯಾಗದ ಪಶು
निष्पत्तिः - > मेधृ (हिंसायाम्) - कर्म० "घञ्" (३-३-१९)

L R Vaidya

English

 meDa {% m. %} 1. A sacrifice
 2. a sacrificial animal.

Lanman

English

 médha,  m.
	—1. juice of meat,  broth
	—2. sap and strength,  essential part,  esp.
of the sacrificial victim
	—3. sacrificial
victim
 animal sacrifice. [cf. √mid
under médas.]

Vedic Reference

English

 Medha is a word of uncertain sense occurring in a Vālakhilya
hymn of the Rigveda.^1 According to the St. Petersburg
Dictionary,  the proper name of a sacrificer may be meant.
1) viii. 50,  10 (cf. viii. 49,  10),  where,  as a rule,  the sense of ‘sacrifice’ is
accepted as adequate.

शब्दकल्पद्रुमः

Sanskrit

 मेध,  ऋ ञ वधमेधासङ्गेषु । इति कविकल्पद्रुमः ॥
(भ्वा०-उभ०-वधे सक०-अन्यत्र अक०-सेट् ।)ऋ,  अमिमेधत् । ञ,  मेधति मेधते । इति दुर्गा-दासः ॥

 मेधः,  पुं,
   (मेध्यते वध्यते पश्वादिरत्रेति । मेध +घञ् ।) यज्ञः । इति जटाधरः ॥
 (यथा,  महा-भारते । १ । १२३ । ३९ ।“ग्रामणीश्च महीपालानेष जित्वा महाबलः ।भ्रातृभिः सहितो वीरस्त्रीन् मेधानाहरिष्यति ॥
”हविः । इति ऋग्वेदे । १० । १०० । ६ । मन्त्र-भाष्ये सायणः ॥
)

वाचस्पत्यम्

Sanskrit

 मेध मेथवत् सर्वम् । मेधति ते अमेधीत् अमेधिष्ट ।

Capeller

German

 मे॑ध m.
  Fleischsaft,  Brühe,  Opfertrank
Opfertier,  Tieropfer.

Grassman

German

 1. medhá,  n.,  etwa Schaft (der Lanzen oder Aexte)
 vgl. das folgende.
-ā́ {88, 3} criyé kám vas ádhi tanū́ṣu vā́śīs 〰 vánā ná kṛṇavante ūrdhvā́.

 1. médha,  m.,  Opfersäule (methí,  medhí Säule,  Pfosten BR.),  vielleicht aus einer Erweiterung der Wurzel mi gebildet.
-ās ūrdhvā́s bhavanti pitárā‿iva 〰 {292, 2} (vgl. medhá).

 2. médha,  m.,  1〉 Nahrung,  Opfertrank,  den die Götter sich schmecken lassen ({3, 9}),  und die dienstthuenden Priester (śamitā́ras) kochen ({162, 10})
 er ist somaartig (somiá) und wird von Agni zu den Göttern gelenkt ({639, 2})
 2〉 Opfermahl,  auch neben adhvará ({1019, 10}). — Die Betonung medhá in -pati,  -sāti. — Vgl. áśvamedha u. s. w.
-am 1〉 {3, 9}
 {162, 10} (śṛtapā́kam).
-asya 1〉 yantúram {639, 2}.
-e 2〉 {626, 44} (vímahīnaam)
 {1019, 10}.
-eṣu 2〉 {77, 3}.

Burnouf

French

 मेध मेध m.
  [en compos.] sacrifice,  immolation
 cf. 
अश्वमेध।

Stchoupak

French

 मेध-
 m.
  sacrifice animal,  sacrifice en général 
 oblation. 
°ज- m.
  ép. de Viṣṇu.
मेधातिथि- m.
  un Ṛṣi,  père de Kaṇva 
 autres personnages,  dont un
commentateur de Manu.

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