मगध

See also: मुग्ध

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মগধ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬕᬥ (Balinese script)
• মগধ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰐𑰠 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀕𑀥 (Brahmi script)
• မဂဓ (Burmese script)
• મગધ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਗਧ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌗𑌧 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦒꦣ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂏𑂡 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಗಧ (Kannada script)
• មគធ (Khmer script)
• ມຄຘ (Lao script)
• മഗധ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᡤᠠᢡᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘐𑘠 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠺᠠᢑᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑦰𑧀 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐐𑐢 (Newa script)
• ମଗଧ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢔꢤ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆓𑆣 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖐𑖠 (Siddham script)
• මගධ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩞𑩮 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚌𑚜 (Takri script)
• மக³த⁴ (Tamil script)
• మగధ (Telugu script)
• มคธ (Thai script)
• མ་ག་དྷ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒑𑒡 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨍𑨜 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

The name is of uncertain origin. One theory recounts that, according to the Tibetan translator Chak Lotsawa, it derives from मध्य (madhya, “middle”) + गति (gati, “becoming”), referencing both its location in India and it being a place of reflection and meditation. This is also suggested by the Tibetan translation, དབུས་འགྱུར་འཆང (dbus 'gyur 'chang, “holding that which became the center”).

Another theory translates the name as "great bull," from महत् (mahat) and Sumerian 𒄞 (/⁠gud⁠/, “bull”) (likely by way of Iranian).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɡɐ́.dʱɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ.ɡɐ.d̪ʱɐ/

Proper noun

मगध • (magádha) stem, ?

1. name of a country in ancient India, in southern Bihar

Noun

मगध • (magádha) stem, m

1. the country of the मगधs, South Bihar
2. (in the plural) the people of that country
3. a minstrel who sings the praises of a chief's ancestry

Derived terms

• मागध (māgadhá)
  • Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀫𑀸𑀕𑀥 (māgadha)
  • Pali: māgadha

Descendants

• Ashokan Prakrit:
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
    • Magahi: मगह (magah, “Magadh”)
• → Middle Chinese: 摩揭陀 (MC ma kjot|kjet da)