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Entry मेधा

मेधाmedhāRetentive faculty, retentiveness (of memory); धी- र्धारणावती मेधा Ak.
[मेध्-अञ्] (changed to मेधस् in Bahuvrîhi comp. when preceded by सु, दुस् and the negative particle अ)
1. Retentive faculty, retentiveness (of memory); धी- र्धारणावती मेधा Ak.
2. Intellect, intelligence in general; यत् सप्तान्नानि मेधया तपसाजनयत् पिता Bṛi. Up.1.5.1; Bg. 1.34; आयुष्मन्तं सुतं सूते यशोमेधासमन्वितम् Ms.3.263; Y. 3.173.
3. A form of Sarasvathī.
4. A sacrifice.
5. Strength, power (Vedic).
Derived forms and compounds
- -अतिथिः Name of a learned commentator on Manusmṛiti.
- -जननम् Name of a rite for producing mental and bodily strength.
- -जित् Masculine an epithet of Kātyāyana.
- -रुद्रः an epithet of Kālidāsa.
In the Gita10·34

मृत्युः सर्वहरश्चाहमुद्भवश्च भविष्यताम् ।

mṛtyuḥ sarvaharaścāhamudbhavaśca bhaviṣyatām, — And I am all-snatching Death, and I am too the birth of all that shall come into being. Among feminine qualities I am glory and beauty and speech and… 10·34
- मेधाःmedhāḥnominative singular of the feminine noun medhā (intelligence).
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