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मेधातिथि (medhAtithi)

 
Capeller Eng
English
मे॑धातिथि
m.
N.
 of
sev.
 sages.
Spoken Sanskrit
English
मेधातिथि medhAtithi
m.
 under medha
मेधातिथि medhAtithi
m.
 parrot
Monier Williams Cologne
English
मेधातिथि a
m.
N.
 of a Kāṇva (author of
RV.
 i, 12-23, viii, 1
&c.
 ),
RV.
 viii, 8, 20
of the father of Kaṇva,
MBh.
R.
of a son of Manu Svāyambhuva,
Hariv.
of one of the 7 sages under Manu Sāvarṇa, ib.
of a son of Priya-vrata,
Pur.
(also with भट्ट) of a lawyer and commentator on the Mānava-dharma-śāstra,
Kull.
 on
Mn.
 ix, 525 (IW. 303)
of a river,
MBh.
a parrot,
L.
मेधा°तिथि b, see under मेध.
Macdonell
English
मेधातिथि médha‿atithi,
m.
 N. of a seer
N. 🞄of a commentator on Manu.
Apte Hindi
Hindi
मेधातिथिः
पुं*
 मेधा-अतिथिः -
मनुस्मृति का एक विद्वान भाष्यकार
Shabdartha Kaustubha
Kannada
मेधातिथि
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಮನುಸ್ಮೃತಿಗೆ ವ್ಯಾಖ್ಯಾನ ಬರೆದ ಒಬ್ಬ ಋಷಿ
मेधातिथि
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಕರ್ದಮಪ್ರಜಾಪತಿಯ ಒಬ್ಬ ಪುತ್ರ
व्युत्पत्तिः - > मेधाया अतिथिरुव
अभिधानचिन्तामणिपरिशिष्टम्
Sanskrit
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गृध्रे तु पुरुषव्याघ्रः कामायुः कूणितेक्षणः ॥ १९२ ॥
सुदर्शनः शकुन्याजौ शुके तु प्रियदर्शनः ।
श्रीमान्मेधातिथिर्वाग्गमी मत्स्ये तु जलपिप्पिकः ॥ १९३ ॥
मूको जलाशयः शेवः सहस्रदंष्ट्रस्त्वेतनः ।
जलवालो वदालोऽथ पाठीने मृदुपाठकः ॥ १९४ ॥
-wordlist-
पुरुषव्याघ्र (पुं), कामायुस् (पुं), कूणितेक्षण (पुं), सुदर्शन (पुं), शकुन्याजि (पुं), प्रियदर्शन (पुं), श्रीमत् (पुं), मेधातिथि (पुं), वाग्मिन् (पुं), जलपिप्पिक (पुं), मूक (पुं), जलाशय (पुं), शेव (पुं), एतन (पुं), जलवाल (पुं), वदाल (पुं), मृदुपाठक (पुं)
Mahabharata
English
Medhātithi^1, a ṛshi. § 266 (Śakrasabhāv.): II, 7, 298 (in the palace of Indra).--§ 665 (Mokshadh.): XII, 208, 7593 (ṛshir Mºeḥ putraḥ Kaṇvaḥ, among the ṛshis of the east).--§ 677 (Mokshadh.): XII, 245, 8900 (had attained to his status by way of penances).--§ 682 (do.): XII, 267, 9525 (Gautamaḥ [husband of Ahalyā, Nīl.]
and father of Cirakārin, v. Gautama^1).--§ 717c (Uparicara): XII, 337, 12758 (ṛshiḥ, among the sadasyas at the sacrifice of Vasu Uparicara).--§ 734 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 26, 1764 (among the ṛshis who had come to see Bhīshma on his arrow-bed).-§ 770 (do.): XIII, 151, 7109 (ṛshir Mºiḥ (ºeḥ, B.) putraḥ Kaṇvaḥ, among the seven gurus of Indra [in the east]).-§ 775 (do.): XIII, 166, 7664 (among the ṛshis of the east).
Medhātithi^2, a river. § 494 (Āṅgirasa): III, 222, 14230 (among the rivers who are mothers of fires).
पुराणम्
English
मेधातिथि १ / MEDHĀTITHI I. Grandson of svāyambhuva manu. svāyambhuva manu had two sons named priyavrata and uttānapāda. Of these priyavrata married Sarūpā and barhiṣmatī, daughters of Viśvakarmaprajāpati. medhātithi was the son born to priyavrata of Sarūpā. agnīdhra, and others were the brothers of medhātithi. medhātithi became the King of plakṣadvīpa after the death of priyavrata. (8th skandha, devī bhāgavata). medhātithi got seven sons named Śāntahaya, śiśira, Sukhodaya, ānanda, śiva. kṣemaka and dhruva. They all became Kings of plakṣadvīpa. The countries they ruled were named after them as Śāntahayavarṣa, Śiśiravarṣa, Sukhodayavarṣa, Ānandavarṣa, Śivavarṣa, Kṣemakavarṣa and Dhruvavarṣa. There are seven mountains showing the boundaries of these states and they are called Gomeda, Cāndra, nārada, dundubhi, somaka, Sumana and Vaibhrāja. In these beautiful countries and grand mountains live a great many devas, Gandharvas and virtuous men. (Chapter 4, aṁśa 2, viṣṇu purāṇa).
मेधातिथि २ / MEDHĀTITHI II. A Rajarṣi of the pūru dynasty.
Genealogy. pūru--janamejaya Prācīnvān--manasyu-vītabhaya--śuṇḍu--bahuvidha--saṁyāti--rahovādī-bhadrāśva--matināra--pratiratha--kaṇva--medhātithi.
This medhātithi got two sons named duṣyanta and pravīra. It was this duṣyanta who married śakuntalā. (Chapter 278, agni purāṇa).
medhātithi was a celebrated sage of bhārata. The maharṣi referred to in Śūkta 12, Anuvāka 4, Maṇḍala 1 of ṛgveda is medhātithi son of kaṇva. Once indra coming in the form of a goat drank the soma of medhātithi and the latter called him ‘goat’ (meṣa) and thenceforth indra got the name meṣa. (Sūkta 51, Anuvāka 10, Maṇḍala 1, ṛgveda).
We get the following details about medhātithi from the mahābhārata.(1) He was a King in the court of indra.(2) medhātithi had a son named Kaṇvamuni who was popular on the east coast of bhārata. (Śloka 23, Chapter 107, śānti Parva).(3) medhātithi observed vānaprastha and attained Svarga. (Śloka 7, Chapter 336, śānti Parva).(4) medhātithi was considered to be a sage deserving worship and when he went to see bhīṣma once dharmaputra received him with respect and worshipped him. (Śloka 3, Chapter 26, anuśāsana parva).
मेधातिथि ३ / MEDHĀTITHI III. A river. This river is the place of birth of agni. (Śloka 23, Chapter 222, Vana Parva).
मेधातिथि ४ / MEDHĀTITHI IV. A sage who was the father of arundhatī, wife of vasiṣṭha. This medhātithi who was living in an āśrama on the banks of the river Candrabhāgā performed a Jyotiṣṭoma yajña. (kālikā purāṇa).
Vedic Reference
English
Medhātithi, ^1 Medhyātithi^2 (‘having a guest at the sacrifice’)
appear to be the names of one and the same man, a descendant
of Kaṇva and a famous Vedic Ṛṣi, to whom the authorship of
various hymns^3 is attributed in the Anukramaṇī (Index). To
him Indra is said in the Rigveda^4 to have come in the form
of a ram: this myth is perpetuated in the Subrahmaṇyā
formula^5 recited by the priest while the Soma is being carried
within the sacrificial enclosure, when Indra is hailed as ‘ram
of Medhātithi.’ He appears also as a rival of Vatsa, whom he
accused of low birth, but who convinced him of his error by
undergoing a fire ordeal (cf. Divya).^6 In the Atharvaveda^7 he
is mentioned with many other sages, and occurs elsewhere^8
also as a sage.
1) This is the form of the later texts
and of Rv. viii. 8, 20, where he occurs
with Kaṇva.
2) This is the usual form in the Rv.:
i. 36, 10. 11. 17
viii. 1, 30
2, 40
33, 4
49, 9
51, 1
ix. 43, 3.
3) i. 12-23
viii. 1-3
22. 23
ix. 41-
43. In the ascriptions Medhātithi and
Medhyātithi are confused.
4) viii. 2, 40. Cf. i. 51, 1, where,
however, there is no mention of Medhā-
ithi.
5) Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa, ii. 79
Ṣaḍ-
viṃśa Brāhmaṇa, i. 1
Śatapatha
Brāhmaṇa, iii. 3, 4, 18
Taittirīya
Āraṇyaka, i. 12, 3. Moreover, the
legend is alluded to in the Śāṭyāyanaka.
See Sāyaṇa on Rv. i. 51, 1
viii. 2, 40,
and Oertel, Journal of the American
Oriental Society, 16, ccxl. On the ex-
planation of the legend, cf. Weber,
Indische Studien, 9, 38 et seq.
6) Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa, xiv. 6, 6.
7) iv. 29, 6.
8) As a Gṛhapati at the sacrifice of the
Vibhindukīyas, Jaiminīya Brāhmaṇa,
iii. 233 (Journal of the American Oriental
Society, 18, 38)
Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa,
xv. 10, 1
Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇa, xxviii. 2.
Cf. Ludwig, Translation of the Rig-
veda, 3, 102, 105
Macdonell, Vedic
Mythology, p. 146.
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
मेधातिथिः,
पुं,
 (मेधायाः धारणावद्वुद्धेरतिथि-रिव ।) मनुसंहिताटीकाकृत् । मुनिविशेषः ।यथा, श्रीभागवते । १ । १९ । १० ।“मेधातिथिर्देवल आर्ष्टषेणोभरद्वाजो गौतमः पिप्पलादः ॥
”(प्रियव्रतपुत्त्रः स च शाकद्बीपाधिपतिः । यथा, श्रीमद्भागवते । ५ । २० । २४ -- २५ ।“यस्मिन् हि शाको नाम महीरुहः स्वक्षेत्र-व्यपदेशकः । यस्य ह महासुरभिगन्धस्तद्द्वीप-मनुवासयति । तस्यापि प्रैयव्रत एवाधिपति-र्नाम्ना मेधातिथिः ॥
” * ॥
सप्तदश द्वापरयुगस्यव्यासः । यथा, देवीभागवते । १ । ३ । ३० ।“मेधातिथिः सप्तदशे व्रती ह्यष्टादशे तथा ॥
”प्रजापतेः कर्द्दमस्य पुत्त्रः । यथा, मार्कण्डेये ।५३ । १५ ।“अग्निध्रो मेधातिथिश्च वपुष्मांश्च तथापरः ॥
”दक्षसावर्णिमन्वन्तरे सप्तर्षीणामेकतमः । यथा, मार्कण्डेये । ९४ । ८ ।“मेधातिथिर्वसुः सत्यो ज्योतिष्मान् द्युतिमां-स्तथा ।सप्तर्षयोऽन्यः सबलस्तथान्वो हव्यवाहनः ॥
”नदीविशेषे, स्त्री । यथा, महाभारते । ३ ।२२१ । २३ ।“चर्म्मण्वती मही चैव मेध्या मेधातिथिस्तथा ।ताम्रावती वेत्रवती नद्यस्तिस्रोऽथ कौशिकी ॥
”)
Capeller
German
मे॑धातिथि
m.
 N. versch. Heiligen, Weisen
u. Gelehrten.
Grassman
German
1. médhātithi, m., Eigenname eines Mannes [Page1064] (eigentlich: Gast átithi beim Mahle médha).
-im {628, 20} neben káṇvam.