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. 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. 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’). medhajit मेधजित् médha—jit See medhā-jit. medhapati मेधपति médha—pati (médha-, [TBr.]; medhá, [RV.]), m. lord of sacrifice. medhasāti मेधसाति medhá—sāti (medhá-), f. the receiving or offering of the oblation, sacrificial ceremony, [RV.] ([Sāy.]; others ‘the offering of devotion, service or worship of the gods’; others ‘the gaining or deserving of a reward or praise’).