मेदस्
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- मेद (meda)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মেদস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬾᬤᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- মেদস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰸𑰟𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑁂𑀤𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- မေဒသ် (Burmese script)
- મેદસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਮੇਦਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍇𑌦𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦺꦢꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂵𑂠𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೇದಸ್ (Kannada script)
- មេទស៑ (Khmer script)
- ເມທສ຺ (Lao script)
- മേദസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡝᡩᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘹𑘟𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠧᢑᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧚𑦿𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐾𑐡𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ମେଦସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢾꢣꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆼𑆢𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖸𑖟𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- මෙදස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩔𑩭𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚲𑚛𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- மேத³ஸ் (Tamil script)
- మేదస్ (Telugu script)
- เมทสฺ (Thai script)
- མེ་ད་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒹𑒠𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨄𑨛𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From मिद् (mid, “to grow fat”, root) + -अस् (-as).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐ́j.dɐs/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /meː.d̪ɐs̪/
Noun
मेदस् • (médas) stem, n
- fat, flesh, marrow, lymph
- c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 4.10.24:
- ववृषू रुधिरौघासृक्पूयविण्मूत्रमेदसः। निपेतुर्गगनादस्य कबन्धान्यग्रतोऽनघ॥
- vavṛṣū rudhiraughāsṛkpūyaviṇmūtramedasaḥ. nipeturgaganādasya kabandhānyagratoʼnagha.
- My dear faultless Vidura, in that rainfall there was blood, mucus, pus, stool, urine and marrow falling heavily before Dhruva Mahārāja, and there were trunks of bodies falling from the sky.
- ववृषू रुधिरौघासृक्पूयविण्मूत्रमेदसः। निपेतुर्गगनादस्य कबन्धान्यग्रतोऽनघ॥
- c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 4.17.25:
- अमूषां क्षुत्परीतानामार्तानां परिदेवितम्। शमयिष्यामि मद्बाणैर्भिन्नायास्तव मेदसा॥
- amūṣāṃ kṣutparītānāmārtānāṃ paridevitam. śamayiṣyāmi madbāṇairbhinnāyāstava medasā.
- Now, with the help of my arrows, I shall cut you to pieces and with your flesh satisfy the hunger-stricken citizens, who are now crying for want of grains.
- अमूषां क्षुत्परीतानामार्तानां परिदेवितम्। शमयिष्यामि मद्बाणैर्भिन्नायास्तव मेदसा॥
- excessive fatness, corpulence
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मेदः (médaḥ) | मेदसी (médasī) | मेदांसि (médāṃsi) |
| accusative | मेदः (médaḥ) | मेदसी (médasī) | मेदांसि (médāṃsi) |
| instrumental | मेदसा (médasā) | मेदोभ्याम् (médobhyām) | मेदोभिः (médobhiḥ) |
| dative | मेदसे (médase) | मेदोभ्याम् (médobhyām) | मेदोभ्यः (médobhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मेदसः (médasaḥ) | मेदोभ्याम् (médobhyām) | मेदोभ्यः (médobhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मेदसः (médasaḥ) | मेदसोः (médasoḥ) | मेदसाम् (médasām) |
| locative | मेदसि (médasi) | मेदसोः (médasoḥ) | मेदःसु (médaḥsu) |
| vocative | मेदः (médaḥ) | मेदसी (médasī) | मेदांसि (médāṃsi) |
Descendants
- Pali: meda
- Prakrit: 𑀫𑁂𑀅 (mea)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “मेदस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 832.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “मेदस्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “मेदस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “medas”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press