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Entry मेरु

मेरुmeru1 N. of a fabulous mountain (round which all the planets are said to revolve and which forms the centre of the…
1. 1 Name of a fabulous mountain (round which all the planets are said to revolve and which forms the centre of the several Dvīpas; Compare द्वीप; it is also said to consist of gold and gems); विभज्य मेरुर्न यदर्थिसात् कृतः Name1.16; स्वात्मन्येव समाप्तहेममहिमा मेरुर्न मे रोचते Bh.3.15.
2. The central bead in a rosary.
3. The central gem of a necklace.
Derived forms and compounds
- -अद्रिकर्णिका the earth.
- -धामन् Masculine an epithet of Śiva.
- -पृष्ठम् heaven, the sky.
- -मन्दरः Name of a mountain.
- -यन्त्रम् a figure shaped like a spindle.
- -सावर्णः Name of one of the fourteen Manus.
In the Gita10·23

वसूनां पावकश्चास्मि मेरुः शिखरिणामहम् ॥

vasūnāṁ pāvakaścāsmi meruḥ śikhariṇāmaham. — I am Shiva among the Rudras, the lord of wealth among the Yakshas and Rakshasas, Agni among the Vasus; Meru among the peaks of the world am I. 10·23
- मेरुःmeruḥnominative singular of the masculine noun meru (a fabulous mountain, the Olympus of Indian Mythology).
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