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medhaमेधmédha 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.
medhasमेधस्médhas 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.
medhajaमेधजmedha—ja m. ‘sacrifice-born’, N. of Viṣṇu, [MBh.]
medhasaमेधसm. N. of a man, [Cat.]
medhayuमेधयुmedhayú mfn. eager for war, [RV. iv, 38, 3] (others ‘desirous of reward or praise’).
medhajitमेधजित्médha—jit See medhā-jit.
medhapatiमेधपतिmédha—pati (médha-, [TBr.]; medhá, [RV.]), m. lord of sacrifice.
medhasātiमेधसातिmedhá—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’).