मेदस्
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- मेद (meda)
Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- মেদস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬾᬤᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- মেদস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰸𑰟𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑁂𑀤𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- မေဒသ် (Burmese script)
- મેદસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਮੇਦਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍇𑌦𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦺꦢꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂵𑂠𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೇದಸ್ (Kannada script)
- មេទស៑ (Khmer script)
- ເມທສ຺ (Lao script)
- മേദസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡝᡩᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘹𑘟𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠧᢑᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧚𑦿𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐾𑐡𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ମେଦସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢾꢣꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆼𑆢𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖸𑖟𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- මෙදස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩔𑩭𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚲𑚛𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- மேத³ஸ் (Tamil script)
- మేదస్ (Telugu script)
- เมทสฺ (Thai script)
- མེ་ད་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒹𑒠𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨄𑨛𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]From मिद् (mid, “to grow fat”, root) + -अस् (-as).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]मेदस् • (médas) stem, n
- fat, flesh, marrow, lymph
- c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 4.10.24:
- ववृषू रुधिरौघासृक्पूयविण्मूत्रमेदसः। निपेतुर्गगनादस्य कबन्धान्यग्रतोऽनघ॥
- vavṛṣū rudhiraughāsṛkpūyaviṇmūtramedasaḥ. nipeturgaganādasya kabandhānyagratoʼnagha.
- My dear faultless Vidura, in that rainfall there was blood, mucus, pus, stool, urine and marrow falling heavily before Dhruva Mahārāja, and there were trunks of bodies falling from the sky.
- ववृषू रुधिरौघासृक्पूयविण्मूत्रमेदसः। निपेतुर्गगनादस्य कबन्धान्यग्रतोऽनघ॥
- c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 4.17.25:
- अमूषां क्षुत्परीतानामार्तानां परिदेवितम्। शमयिष्यामि मद्बाणैर्भिन्नायास्तव मेदसा॥
- amūṣāṃ kṣutparītānāmārtānāṃ paridevitam. śamayiṣyāmi madbāṇairbhinnāyāstava medasā.
- Now, with the help of my arrows, I shall cut you to pieces and with your flesh satisfy the hunger-stricken citizens, who are now crying for want of grains.
- अमूषां क्षुत्परीतानामार्तानां परिदेवितम्। शमयिष्यामि मद्बाणैर्भिन्नायास्तव मेदसा॥
- excessive fatness, corpulence
Declension
[edit]| Neuter as-stem declension of मेदस् (médas) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | मेदः médaḥ |
मेदसी médasī |
मेदांसि médāṃsi |
| Vocative | मेदः médaḥ |
मेदसी médasī |
मेदांसि médāṃsi |
| Accusative | मेदः médaḥ |
मेदसी médasī |
मेदांसि médāṃsi |
| Instrumental | मेदसा médasā |
मेदोभ्याम् médobhyām |
मेदोभिः médobhiḥ |
| Dative | मेदसे médase |
मेदोभ्याम् médobhyām |
मेदोभ्यः médobhyaḥ |
| Ablative | मेदसः médasaḥ |
मेदोभ्याम् médobhyām |
मेदोभ्यः médobhyaḥ |
| Genitive | मेदसः médasaḥ |
मेदसोः médasoḥ |
मेदसाम् médasām |
| Locative | मेदसि médasi |
मेदसोः médasoḥ |
मेदःसु médaḥsu |
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “मेदस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 832.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “मेदस्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “मेदस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “medas”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press