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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Medhaja (मेधज).—A god of the Sumedhasa group.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 36. 60.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Medhaja (मेधज).—an epithet of Viṣṇu.

Derivable forms: medhajaḥ (मेधजः).

Medhaja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms medha and ja (ज).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Medhaja (मेधज):—[=medha-ja] [from medha > medh] m. ‘sacrifice-born’, Name of Viṣṇu, [Mahābhārata]

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Medhaja in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Ja, Medha.

Starts with: Medhajanana, Medhajananam.

Ends with: Ashvamedhaja.

Full-text: Ashvamedhaja, Ashvamedhaka.

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