मेढ्रज

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মেঢ্ৰজ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬾᬠ᭄ᬭᬚ (Balinese script)
• মেঢ্রজ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰸𑰛𑰿𑰨𑰕 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑁂𑀠𑁆𑀭𑀚 (Brahmi script)
• မေဎြဇ (Burmese script)
• મેઢ્રજ (Gujarati script)
• ਮੇਢ੍ਰਜ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍇𑌢𑍍𑌰𑌜 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦺꦞꦿꦗ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂵𑂛𑂹𑂩𑂔 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೇಢ್ರಜ (Kannada script)
• មេឍ្រជ (Khmer script)
• ເມຒ຺ຣຊ (Lao script)
• മേഢ്രജ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡝᢟᡵᠠᡯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘹𑘛𑘿𑘨𑘕 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠧᢎᠾᠷᠠᠽᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧚𑦻𑧠𑧈𑦵 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐾𑐝𑑂𑐬𑐖 (Newa script)
• ମେଢ୍ରଜ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢾꢟ꣄ꢬꢙ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆼𑆞𑇀𑆫𑆘 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖸𑖛𑖿𑖨𑖕 (Siddham script)
• මෙඪ්‍රජ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩔𑩩 𑪙𑩼𑩣 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚲𑚗𑚶𑚤𑚑 (Takri script)
• மேட்⁴ரஜ (Tamil script)
• మేఢ్రజ (Telugu script)
• เมฒฺรช (Thai script)
• མེ་ཌྷྲ་ཛ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒹𑒜𑓂𑒩𑒖 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨄𑨗𑩇𑨫𑨥 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of मेढ्र (méḍhra, “penis”) +‎ ज (já, “born”), literally “born from the penis”.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐjɖʱ.ɾɐ.d͡ʑɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /meːɖʱ.ɾɐ.d͡ʑɐ/

Proper noun

मेढ्रज • (meḍhraja) stem, m

1. (Hinduism) an epithet of Shiva, from the belief that he originated from a lingam

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मेढ्रज

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मेढ्रजः (meḍhrajaḥ)	मेढ्रजौ (meḍhrajau) मेढ्रजा¹ (meḍhrajā¹)	मेढ्रजाः (meḍhrajāḥ) मेढ्रजासः¹ (meḍhrajāsaḥ¹)
vocative	मेढ्रज (meḍhraja)	मेढ्रजौ (meḍhrajau) मेढ्रजा¹ (meḍhrajā¹)	मेढ्रजाः (meḍhrajāḥ) मेढ्रजासः¹ (meḍhrajāsaḥ¹)
accusative	मेढ्रजम् (meḍhrajam)	मेढ्रजौ (meḍhrajau) मेढ्रजा¹ (meḍhrajā¹)	मेढ्रजान् (meḍhrajān)
instrumental	मेढ्रजेन (meḍhrajena)	मेढ्रजाभ्याम् (meḍhrajābhyām)	मेढ्रजैः (meḍhrajaiḥ) मेढ्रजेभिः¹ (meḍhrajebhiḥ¹)
dative	मेढ्रजाय (meḍhrajāya)	मेढ्रजाभ्याम् (meḍhrajābhyām)	मेढ्रजेभ्यः (meḍhrajebhyaḥ)
ablative	मेढ्रजात् (meḍhrajāt)	मेढ्रजाभ्याम् (meḍhrajābhyām)	मेढ्रजेभ्यः (meḍhrajebhyaḥ)
genitive	मेढ्रजस्य (meḍhrajasya)	मेढ्रजयोः (meḍhrajayoḥ)	मेढ्रजानाम् (meḍhrajānām)
locative	मेढ्रजे (meḍhraje)	मेढ्रजयोः (meḍhrajayoḥ)	मेढ्रजेषु (meḍhrajeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “मेढ्रज”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 832.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “मेढ्रज”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan