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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry मेधाविन्

  1. मेधाविन्medhāvinA learned man, sage, scholar.
    1. A learned man, sage, scholar.
    2. A parrot.
    3. An intoxicating drink.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -नी An epithet of the wife of Brahmā.

    • मेधाविन् mēdhāvin, Adjective

      1. मेधा-विनि
      2. Very intelligent, having a good memory.
      3. Intelligent, wise, endowed with intellect; मेधाविनो नीतिगुणप्रयुक्तां पुरः स्फुरन्तीमिव दर्शयन्ति Pt. 1.61; मेधावी छिन्नसंशयः Bg.18.1. -Masculine

    In the Gita18·10

    त्यागी सत्त्वसमाविष्टो मेधावी छिन्नसंशयः ॥

    tyāgī sattvasamāviṣṭo medhāvī chinnasaṁśayaḥ. — The wise man with doubts cast away, who renounces in the light of the full sattwic mind, has no aversion to unpleasant action, no attachment to… 18·10
    • मेधावीmedhāvīnominative singular of the masculine noun medhāvin (the wise man).

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Headwords under म

Part 10 of 12 मृग – मेलAll parts
  1. म – मण्डल
  2. मण्डलकम् – मनीकम्
  3. मनीकृ – मरूक
  4. मरूव – महल्ल
  5. महल्लक – माधविका
  6. माधवी – मार्द्वीक
  7. मार्मिक – मिश्
  8. मिश्र् – मुन्थ्
  9. मुमुक्षा – मृग्
  10. मृग – मेल
  11. मेलनम् – मौलिन्
  12. मौलेयक – म्लै