मेध
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Noun
मेध m
- Devanagari script form of medha
Declension
Declension table of "मेध" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | मेधो (medho) | मेधा (medhā) |
| Accusative (second) | मेधं (medhaṃ) | मेधे (medhe) |
| Instrumental (third) | मेधेन (medhena) | मेधेहि (medhehi) or मेधेभि (medhebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | मेधस्स (medhassa) or मेधाय (medhāya) or मेधत्थं (medhatthaṃ) | मेधानं (medhānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | मेधस्मा (medhasmā) or मेधम्हा (medhamhā) or मेधा (medhā) | मेधेहि (medhehi) or मेधेभि (medhebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | मेधस्स (medhassa) | मेधानं (medhānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | मेधस्मिं (medhasmiṃ) or मेधम्हि (medhamhi) or मेधे (medhe) | मेधेसु (medhesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | मेध (medha) | मेधा (medhā) |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মেধ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬾᬥ (Balinese script)
- মেধ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰸𑰠 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑁂𑀥 (Brahmi script)
- မေဓ (Burmese script)
- મેધ (Gujarati script)
- ਮੇਧ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍇𑌧 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦺꦣ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂵𑂡 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೇಧ (Kannada script)
- មេធ (Khmer script)
- ເມຘ (Lao script)
- മേധ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡝᢡᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘹𑘠 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠧᢑᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧚𑧀 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐾𑐢 (Newa script)
- ମେଧ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢾꢤ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆼𑆣 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖸𑖠 (Siddham script)
- මෙධ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩔𑩮 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚲𑚜 (Takri script)
- மேத⁴ (Tamil script)
- మేధ (Telugu script)
- เมธ (Thai script)
- མེ་དྷ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒹𑒡 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨄𑨜 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Of uncertain origin. Likely related to मियेध (miyedha, “sacrificial oblation”). Connections to मेधा (medhā, “wisdom; mental ability”) have also been proposed. A relation has also been proposed to Gaulish *meduos, attested in Epomeduos, which is directly comparable with अश्वमेध (aśvamedha).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐj.dʱɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /meː.d̪ʱɐ/
Noun
मेध • (médha) stem, m
- juice of meat, broth, nourishing or strengthening drink
- marrow, sap, pith, essence
- a sacrificial animal, victim
- an animal sacrifice, offering, oblation, any sacrifice (esp. at the end of a compound)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मेधः (médhaḥ) | मेधौ (médhau) मेधा¹ (médhā¹) |
मेधाः (médhāḥ) मेधासः¹ (médhāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | मेधम् (médham) | मेधौ (médhau) मेधा¹ (médhā¹) |
मेधान् (médhān) |
| instrumental | मेधेन (médhena) | मेधाभ्याम् (médhābhyām) | मेधैः (médhaiḥ) मेधेभिः¹ (médhebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | मेधाय (médhāya) | मेधाभ्याम् (médhābhyām) | मेधेभ्यः (médhebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मेधात् (médhāt) | मेधाभ्याम् (médhābhyām) | मेधेभ्यः (médhebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मेधस्य (médhasya) | मेधयोः (médhayoḥ) | मेधानाम् (médhānām) |
| locative | मेधे (médhe) | मेधयोः (médhayoḥ) | मेधेषु (médheṣu) |
| vocative | मेध (médha) | मेधौ (médhau) मेधा¹ (médhā¹) |
मेधाः (médhāḥ) मेधासः¹ (médhāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “मेध”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 832/3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 377-378
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 685
- Jackson, Peter (2002) “Light from Distant Asterisks. Towards a Description of the Indo-European Religious Heritage”, in Numen, volume 49, number 1, , →JSTOR, page 94