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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
medhāमेधा(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.]
medhājitमेधाजित्medhā—jit m. N. of Kātyāyana, [L.] (v.l. medha-jit).
medhākṛtमेधाकृत्medhā—kṛt mfn. id.
medhā—kṛt m. a species of culinary plant, [L.]
medhāvatमेधावत्medhā—vat mfn. possessing wisdom, intelligent, wise, [Pāṇ. v, 2, 121], Sch.
medhāvinमेधाविन्medhā—vín mfn. = -vat, [AV.] &c. &c.
medhā—vín m. a learned man, teacher, Pandit, [L.]
a parrot, [L.]
an intoxicating beverage, [L.]
N. of Vyāḍi, [L.]
of a Brāhman, [MBh.]
of a king son of Su-naya (Su-tapas) and father of Nṛpaṃ-jaya (Puraṃ-jaya), [VP.]
of a son of Bhavya and (n.) of a Varṣa named after him, [MārkP.]
medhādhṛtiमेधाधृतिmedhā—dhṛti or medhā—mṛti, m. N. of a Ṛṣi in the 9th Manv-antara.
medhākāmaमेधाकामmedhā—kāma mfn. wishing intelligence to or for (gen.), [MānGṛ.]
medhākāraमेधाकारmedhā—kārá mfn. causing or generating intelligence, [RV.]
medhāmṛtiमेधामृतिmedhā—dhṛti or medhā—mṛti, m. N. of a Ṛṣi in the 9th Manv-antara.
medhātithiमेधातिथिm. 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 bhaṭṭa) of a lawyer and commentator on the Mānava-dharma-śāstra, [Kull.] on [Mn. ix, 525] ([IW. 303])
of a river, [MBh.]
a parrot, [L.]
medhā°tithi , see under medha.
medhāvaraमेधावरmedhā—vara m. N. of a man, [ib.]
medhāvatīमेधावतीmedhā—vatī f. a species of plant, [L.]
N. of a woman, [Kathās.]
medhāvikaमेधाविकmedhā—vi-ka n. N. or a Tīrtha, [MBh.]
medhāvinīमेधाविनीmedhā́—vinī (inī), f. N. of the wife of Brahmā, [L.]
Turdus Salica, [L.]
a species of Jyotiṣ-matī, [L.]
medhāvitāमेधाविताmedhā—vi-tā f. cleverness, judiciousness, [Var.]
medhācakraमेधाचक्रmedhā—cakra m. N. of a king, [Rājat.]
medhārudraमेधारुद्रmedhā—rudra m. N. of Kālidāsa, [L.]
medhāsūktaमेधासूक्तmedhā—sūkta n. N. of a partic. Vedic hymn.
medhājananaमेधाजननmedhā—janana mfn. generating intelligence or wisdom, [MBh.]
medhā—janana n. 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, [GṛŚrS.]
medhāvirudraमेधाविरुद्रmedhā—vi-rudra m. N. of an author, [Cat.]