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): /ˈmeːɖʱ.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 (meḍhraja)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मेढ्रजः meḍhrajaḥ	मेढ्रजौ / मेढ्रजा¹ meḍhrajau / meḍhrajā¹	मेढ्रजाः / मेढ्रजासः¹ meḍhrajāḥ / meḍhrajāsaḥ¹
Vocative	मेढ्रज meḍhraja	मेढ्रजौ / मेढ्रजा¹ meḍhrajau / meḍhrajā¹	मेढ्रजाः / मेढ्रजासः¹ meḍhrajāḥ / meḍhrajāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मेढ्रजम् meḍhrajam	मेढ्रजौ / मेढ्रजा¹ meḍhrajau / meḍhrajā¹	मेढ्रजान् meḍhrajān
Instrumental	मेढ्रजेन meḍhrajena	मेढ्रजाभ्याम् meḍhrajābhyām	मेढ्रजैः / मेढ्रजेभिः¹ meḍhrajaiḥ / 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
Notes	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