Marg, Mārg: 8 definitions

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Marg means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mārg (मार्ग्).—I. 1 P., 1 U. (mārgati, mārgayati-te)

1) To seek, seek for; हृतदारः सह भ्रात्रा पत्नीं मार्गन् स राघवः (hṛtadāraḥ saha bhrātrā patnīṃ mārgan sa rāghavaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.148.1.

2) To hunt after, chase.

3) To strive to attain, strive after; आत्मोत्कर्षं न मार्गेत परेषां परिनिन्दया । स्वगुणैरेव मार्गेत विप्रकर्षं पृथग्जनात् (ātmotkarṣaṃ na mārgeta pareṣāṃ parinindayā | svaguṇaireva mārgeta viprakarṣaṃ pṛthagjanāt) Subhāṣ.

4) To solicit, beg, ask for; वरं वरेण्यो नृपतेरमार्गीत् (varaṃ vareṇyo nṛpateramārgīt) Bhaṭṭikāvya 1.12; Y.2.66.

5) To ask in marriage.

6) To seek through, trace out. -II. 1 U. (mārgayati-te)

1) To go, move.

2) To decorate, adorn. --With परि (pari) to seek, look out for.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mārg (मार्ग्).—r. 1st and 10th cls. (mārgati mārgayati-te) 1. To make or prepare. 2. To go. 3. To prepare the way, to make a road. 4. To feather an arrow. 5. To beg. 6. To ask in marriage. (mārgayati-te) 1. To seek. 2. To go. 3. To adorn.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mārg (मार्ग्).— (properly a [denominative.] derived from mārga), i. 1 and 10, [Parasmaipada.] (in epic poetry also i. 1, [Ātmanepada.]). 1. To trace out, to search, [Johnson's Selections from the Mahābhārata.] 93, 50; [Pañcatantra] ii. [distich] 130. i. 10, † 2. To purify. † 3. To adorn. † 4. To go.

— With the prep. pari pari, 1. To search, Mahābhārata 3, 10975. 2. To beg for, 14948.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mārg (मार्ग्).—mārgati mārgate (mārgayati), [participle] mārgita track, hunt, (cf. seq.), seek for, strive after, ask, request (2 [accusative]) pari = [Simple]

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

Mārg (मार्ग्):—(properly [Nominal verb] [from] mārga; cf. √mṛg) [class] 1. 10. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxxiv, 39]) mārgati mārgayati ([Epic] also [Ātmanepada] mārgate; [perfect tense] mamārga [grammar]; [Aorist] amārgīt, [ib.]; [future], mārgitā, [ib.]; mārgeṣyati, [Rāmāyaṇa]; [infinitive mood] mārgitum, [Rāmāyaṇa]; [indeclinable participle] mārgitvā, [ib.]),

—to seek, look for, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa; Rāmāyaṇa];

—to search through, [ib.];

—to seek after, strive to attain, [Mahābhārata; Varāha-mihira; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to endeavour to buy, [Kathāsaritsāgara];

—to request, ask, beg, solicit anything from any one (with [ablative] of [person] and [accusative] of thing, or with two [accusative]), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;

—to ask (a girl) in marriage, [Śatruṃjaya-māhātmya];

— ([class] 10. [Parasmaipada] mārgayati), to purify, adorn;

—to go (?), [Dhātupāṭha xxxii, 74.]

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Marg 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Marg in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) way, path, route, course; road; track; passage, outlet; -[kara] toll, toll-tax; -[(pra)darshaka] a guide; pioneer; -[pradarshana] guidance; —[kholana/prashasta karana] to open the way, to open an avenue; —[banana] to pave the way; —[mem rode atakana/bichana] to create impediments in the way of; —[rokana] to block the way; —[se] via; —[se bhatakana/hatana] to deviate from one’s course, to stray..—marg (मार्ग) is alternatively transliterated as Mārga.

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