me मे cl. 1. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxii, 65]) mayate (ep. also P. mayati; pf. mame Gr.; aor. amāsta, [ib.]; fut. mātā, māsyate, [ib.]; ind.p. -mitya or -māya, [ib.]). to exchange, barter (cf. apa-. and ni-√ me) : Caus. māpayati, [ib.] : Desid. mitsate, [ib.] : Intens. memīyate, māmeti, māmāti, [ib.] (onomat.) imitative of the sound of a bleating goat (me-me-√ kṛ, to bleat), [Kāv.] medh मेध् midh or cl. 1. P. Ā. medhati, °te, = √ mith, [Dhātup. xxi, 7.] strong form of √ midh. meth मेथ् strong form of √ mith, q.v. meb मेब् v.l. for √ mev. med मेद् 1. mid or , cl. 1. P. Ā. = √ mith (‘to understand’ or ‘to kill’), [Dhātup. xxi, 7.] strong form of √ mid. mep मेप् cl. 1. P. mepati, to go, [Dhātup. x, 9.] meḍ मेड् cl. 1. P. meḍati, to be mad, [Dhātup. ix, 4] (v.l. mreḍ and mleḍ). mev मेव् cl. 1. Ā. mevate, to worship, serve, [Dhātup. xiv, 34.] meṭ मेट् cl. 1. P. meṭati, to be mad, [Dhātup. ix, 3] (v.l. mreṭ and mleṭ). medhā मेधा (ā), f., see below medhā́ f. mental vigour or power, intelligence, prudence, wisdom (pl. products of intelligence, thoughts, opinions), [RV.] &c. &c. Intelligence personified (esp. as the wife of Dharma and daughter of Dakṣa), [MBh.]; [R.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.] a form of Dākṣāyaṇī in Kaśmīra, [Cat.] a form of Sarasvatī, [W.] a symbolical N. of the letter dh, [Up.] = dhana, [Naigh. ii, 10.] medhī मेधी f. (cf. methī) a partic. part of a Stūpa, [Divyāv.] See methi medha मेध médha 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. medhas), [VP.] médha mfn. g. pacādi. medhi मेधि See methi. See methi megha मेघ m. (fr. √ migh = mih cf. meghamāna) ‘sprinkler’, a cloud, [RV.] &c. &c. (also = cloudy weather) a mass, multitude (see gṛha-m°) Cyperus Rotundus, [L.] (in music) a partic. Rāga, [Col.] a Rākṣasa (?), [L.] N. of a king (pl. of a dynasty), [VP.] of an author (= -bhagīratha), [Cat.] of a poet, [ib.] (v.l. meca) of the father of the 5th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, [L.] of a mountain (cf. -giri and -parvata) n. talc, [L.] meḻi मेळि meḍí or meḻí m. crackling, roaring, sounding (said of wind, fire &c.), [RV.]; [TS.]; [AV.] (in [Kāṭh.] v.l. meḍu). meḍhī मेढी f. = methi, methī, q.v. meḍha मेढ m. an elephant-keeper, [Gal.] (cf. meṭha). meśī मेशी méśī f. (v.l. meṣī) N. of water in a partic. formula, [TS.] methī मेथी f. id., [Pañcad.] See methi See methi methi मेथि methí m. (perhaps fr. √ 1. mi) a pillar, post (esp. a pillar in the middle of a threshing-floor to which oxen are bound, but also any central point or centre), [AV.] &c. &c. (also methī, f.; v.l. medhi f. medhī f. meḍhī f., meṭhi f., meṭhī f.; medhī-bhūta mfn. forming a solid pillar or centre, [MBh.]) cattle-shed, [AV.] (f(meTI). , [TāṇḍBr.]) a prop for supporting carriage-shafts, [AV.]; &c. (also °methī, f.) meṭhī मेठी meṭhi and , v.l. for meḍhī, methi, and methī. meṭha मेठ m. (cf. meṇḍa) an elephant-keeper, [Hcar.] a ram, [L.] meṭhi मेठि and meṭhī, v.l. for meḍhī, methi, and methī. meca मेच v.l. for megha (N. of a poet). medā मेदा f. a root resembling ginger (said to be one of the 8 principal medicines), [Suśr.] medī मेदी f. g. gaurādi. meda मेद m. fat (= medas), [R.]; [Kām.] a species of plant (= alambuṣā), [L.] a partic. mixed caste (the son of a Vaideha and a Kārāvara or a Niṣāda female accord. to some ‘any person who lives by degrading occupations’), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. N. of a serpent-demon, [MBh.] in comp. for medas. medo मेदो in comp. for medas. meha मेह m. (√ mih) urine (mehaṃ √ kṛ to make water), [Br.] (cf. á-meha), [MārkP.] urinary disease, excessive flow of urine, diabetes, [Suśr.] a ram (= meṣa), [L.] meka मेक m. a goat, [L.] See su-méka melā मेला f. See below. f. an association, assembly, company, society, [Pañcat.] a musical scale, [Cat.] (perhaps, m(mela). ) a partic. high number, [Buddh.] any black substance used for writing, ink, [L.] antimony, eye-salve, [L.] the indigo plant, [L.] mela मेल m. (√ mil) meeting, union, intercourse, [Kāv.]; [Kathās.] melu मेलु or meluda N. of two high numbers, [Buddh.] mema मेम m. or n. (?) a partic. high number, [Buddh.] menā मेना f. See below. ménā f. a woman (also the female of any animal), [RV.] speech (= vāc), [Naigh. i, 11] N. of the daughter of Vṛṣaṇ-aśva, [RV. i, 51, 13] ([Sāy.]) of an Apsaras (= menakā, wife of Hima-vat and mother of Parvatī), [Hariv.]; [R.]; [Pur.] of a river, [MBh.] mena मेन m. N. of Vṛṣaṇ-aśva (father of Menakā or Menā), [ṢaḍvBr.] meni मेनि mení f. (√ mī) a missile weapon, thunderbolt, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.] (others ‘wrath’, ‘vengeance’, ‘punishment’) speech (= vāc), [Naigh. i, 11] (v.l. for menā). meḍi मेडि meḍí or meḻí m. crackling, roaring, sounding (said of wind, fire &c.), [RV.]; [TS.]; [AV.] (in [Kāṭh.] v.l. meḍu). meru मेरु m. ([Uṇ. iv, 101]) N. of a fabulous mountain (regarded as the Olympus of Hindū mythology and said to form the central point of Jambu-dvīpa; all the planets revolve round it and it is compared to the cup or seed-vessel of a lotus, the leaves of which are formed by the different Dvīpas q.v.; the river Ganges falls from heaven on its summit, and flows thence to the surrounding worlds in four streams; the regents of the four quarters of the compass occupy the corresponding faces of the mountain, the whole of which consists of gold and gems; its summit is the residence of Brahmā, and a place of meeting for the gods, Ṛṣis, Gandharvas &c., when not regarded as a fabulous mountain, it appears to mean the highland of Tartary north of the Himālaya), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. a partic. kind of temple, [VarBṛS.] the central or most prominent bead in a rosary, [L.] the most prominent finger-joint in partic. positions of the fingers, [L.] N. of the palace of Gāndhāri (one of the wives of Kṛṣṇa), [Hariv.] of a Cakra-vartin, [L.] (with śāstrin) of a modern teacher, [Cat.] of another man, [Rājat.] f. N. of the wife of Nābhi and mother of Ṛṣabha, [VP.] (cf. -devī). metṛ मेतृ métṛ m. (√ 1. mi) one who erects a column, builder, architect, [RV. iv, 6, 2] ([Sāy.] metA f. = sthūṇā, a column, pillar) meṭī मेटी meṭi and , v.l. for methi and meḍhī. meṭa मेट m. a whitewashed storied house, [L.] meṭi मेटि and meṭī, v.l. for methi and meḍhī. meya मेय méya mfn. (√ 3. mā) to be measured, measurable, discernible, [AV.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. meṣā मेषा (ā), f. small cardamoms, [L.] meṣī मेषी meṣī́ (ī́), f. (cf. méśī) a ewe, [RV.]; [VS.]; [Kauś.] Nardostachys Jatamansi, [L.] Dalbergia Ougeinensis, [L.] meṣa मेष meṣá m. (√ 2. miṣ) a ram, sheep (in the older language applied also to a fleece or anything woollen), [RV.] &c. &c. the sign of the zodiac Aries or the first arc of 30 degrees in a circle, [Sūryas.]; [Var.]; [BhP.] a species of plant, [Suśr.] N. of a partic. demon, [L.] (cf. nejam°) medhas मेधस् médhas n. = medha, a sacrifice, [ŚBr.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.] médhas m. N. of a son of Manu Svāyambhuva, [Hariv.] of son of Priya-vrata (v.l. medha), [VP.] (ifc.) = medhā, intelligence, knowledge, understanding. medhin मेधिन् See gṛha-medhin. medhyā मेध्या médhyā (ā), f. N. of various plants (thought to be sacrificially pure), [L.] the gall-stone of a cow (= recanā), [L.] a partic. vein, [Pañcar.] N. of a river, [MBh.] medhya मेध्य médhya mf(A)n. (fr. medha) full of sap, vigorous, fresh, mighty, strong, [AV.] fit for a sacrifice or oblation, free from blemish (as a victim), clean, pure, not defiling (by contact or by being eaten), [Br.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. (fr. medhā). wise, intelligent, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] = medhām arhati, g. daṇḍādi médhya m. a goat, [L.] Acacia Catechu, [L.] Saccharum Munja, [L.] barley, [L.] N. of the author of [RV. viii, 53]; [57]; [58]; [Anukr.] meghya मेघ्य mfn. being in a cloud, [VS.]; [TS.] (ifc.) = megham arhati, g. daṇḍādi = megha iva, g. śākhādi. meḍhra मेढ्र méḍhra n. or ([L.]) m. (fr. √ 1. mih + tra) membrum virile, penis, [AV.] &c. &c. méḍhra m. a ram, [L.] meṇḍha मेण्ढ m. a ram, [L.] meṇṭha मेण्ठ m. an elephant-keeper, [HPariś.] N. of a poet (= bhartṛ-m°), [Rājat.] meṇḍa मेण्ड m. = -meṭha, [L.] medaḥ मेदः in comp. for medas. medaś मेदश् in comp. for medas. medas मेदस् médas n. fat, marrow, lymph (as one of the 7 Dhātus, q.v.; its proper seat is said to be the abdomen), [RV.] &c. &c. excessive fatness, corpulence, [ŚārṅgS.] a mystical term for the letter v, [Up.] medin मेदिन् medín mfn. having Medas, possessing vigour or energy (= medasāyukta = bala-vat), [Sāy.] medín m. ‘one who is unctuous or sticks close (?)’, a friend, companion, partner, ally, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.] medya मेद्य mfn. fat, thick, consistent, [Suśr.] mehin मेहिन् mfn. (only ifc.) voiding urine, making water suffering from a partic. urinary disease (cf. ikṣu-. udaka-, geha-, nīla-m° &c.) m. a species of small tiger or panther, [L.] mendhī मेन्धी mendhikā or f. Lawsonia Alba (a plant used for dyeing), [L.] meṣka मेष्क m. a partic. beast of prey, [ĀpŚr.] medhaja मेधज medha—ja m. ‘sacrifice-born’, N. of Viṣṇu, [MBh.] medhasa मेधस m. N. of a man, [Cat.] medhayu मेधयु medhayú mfn. eager for war, [RV. iv, 38, 3] (others ‘desirous of reward or praise’). medhira मेधिर médhira mfn. (fr. medhā) intelligent, wise (said of Varuṇa, Indra, Agni &c.), [RV.] meghābha मेघाभ m. ‘resembling a cloud’, N. of a partic. kind of small Jambu, [L.] meghāri मेघारि m. ‘cloud-enemy’, the wind, [L.] meghāya मेघाय Nom. Ā. °yate (= meghaṃ haroti, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 17]), to form clouds, become cloudy (only P. dat. °yaté, °ylṣaté, °ghitā́ya), [TS.]; to resemble clouds, rise like clouds (°yita n. impers.), [Hcar.]; [Dhanaṃj.] meghajā मेघजा megha—jā mfn. ‘cloud-born’, coming from cloud (-jam ambu, rain), [R.] megha—jā m. a large pearl, [W.] megha—jā n. water, [L.] meghaya मेघय Nom. P. megháyati, to make cloudy, cause cloudy weather (only pr. p.; see next). mekhalā मेखला f. See below. mékhalā f. a girdle, belt, zone (as worn by men or women, but esp. that worn by the men of the first three classes; accord. to [Mn. ii, 42] that of a Brāhman ought to be of muñja [accord. to, [ii, 169] = yajñopavīta, q.v.]; that of a Kṣatriya, of mūrvā; that of a Vaiśya, of śaṇa or hemp, [IW. p. 240]), [AV.] &c. &c.; the girth of a horse, [Kathās.] a band or fillet, [L.] (ifc. f(A). ) anything girding or surrounding (cf. sāgara-m°) investiture with the girdle and the ceremony connected with it, [VarBṛS.] a sword-belt, baldric, [L.] a sword-knot or string fastened to the hilt, [L.] the cords or lines drawn round an altar (on the four sides of the hole or receptacle in which the sacrificial fire is deposited), [BhP.] the hips (as the place of the girdle), [L.] the slope of a mountain (cf. nitamba), [Kālid.] a partic. part of the fire-receptacle, [Hcat.] Hemionitis Cordifolia, [L.] N. of the river Narma-dā (prob. w.r. for mekalā), [L.] of a place (?), [Vās., Introd.] of various women, [Viddh.]; [Kathās.] mekhala मेखल m. n. a girdle, belt, [R.] m. pl. N. of a people, [VarBṛS.] (prob. w.r. for mekala) meṇḍhra मेण्ढ्र m. the penis, [BhP.] a ram, [L.] meśikā मेशिका See kāla-m°. methana मेथन n. abusive speech, [Vait.] methikā मेथिका f. See next. or methinī, f. Trigonella Foenum Graecum, [L.] methika मेथिक m. the 17th or lowest cubit (aratni) from the top of the sacrificial post, [L.] methinī मेथिनी methikā or , f. Trigonella Foenum Graecum, [L.] mecaka मेचक mf(A)n. dark-blue, black, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (in alg. applied to the 15th unknown quantity, [Col.]) m. dark-blue colour, blackness, [L.] the eye of a peacock's tail, [Mālatīm.] a kind of gem, [L.] smoke, [L.] a cloud, [L.] Moringa Pterygosperma, [L.] m. (also n.) a teat, nipple, [L.] n. darkness, [L.] sulphuret of antimony, [L.] medaja मेदज meda—ja m. ‘fat-produced’, a kind of bdellium, [L.] medaka मेदक m. spirituous liquor used for distillation, [Bhpr.]; [Car.] medana मेदन médana n. the act of fattening, [RV. x, 69, 2.] medinī मेदिनी (ī), f. See next. f. ‘having fatness or fertility’, the earth, land, soil, ground, [TĀr.]; [MBh.] &c. a place, spot, [Hariv.] a kind of musical composition, [Saṃgīt.] Gmelina Arborea, [L.] = medā, [L.] N. of a lexicon (also -kośa or medini-k°). medoja मेदोज medo—ja n. ‘produced by Medas’, bone, [L.] medurā मेदुरा (ā), f. a partic. medicinal plant, [L.] medura मेदुर medurá mfn. fat, [ŚBr.]; [Suśr.] smooth, soft, bland, unctuous, [L.] thick, dense, thick like (comp.), [Uttarar.] thick with, full of (instr. or comp.), [Kāv.] mehala मेहल m. the smell of urine, [L.] mfn. having the smell of urine, [L.] mehanā मेहना méhanā (ā), f. = mahilā, [L.] mehánā ind. in streams, abundantly, [RV.] mehana मेहन méhana n. membrum virile, [RV.] &c. &c. the urinary duct, [AV.] urine, [Suśr.] the act of passing urine, [W.] copulation, [L.] méhana m. Schrebera Swietenioides, [L.] mekalā मेकला f. N. of the river Narma-dā (Nerbudda), [ib.] of a town, [ib.], mekala मेकल m. N. of a mountain in the Vindhya, [VP.]; [Harav.] (?) of a Ṛṣi (father of the river Narma-dā), [ib.] pl. of a people, [MBh.] of a dynasty, [VP.] melaka मेलक m. id., [Kāv.]; [Pañcat.] (°kaṃ-√ kṛ, to assemble together) conjunction (of planets, in graha-m°), [Sūryas.] melana मेलन n. meeting, union, junction, association, [Kathās.] meluda मेलुद melu or N. of two high numbers, [Buddh.] memiṣa मेमिष mfn. (fr. Intens. of √ 1. miṣ) opening the eyes wide, staring (in áti-m°), [TBr.] memyat मेम्यत् See √ 2. mā. menāda मेनाद me—nāda m. ‘making the sound me’, a goat, [L.] a cat, [L.] a peacock, [L.] me-nāda See 2. me.