Meda, Medā: 23 definitions
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Meda means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, 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.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botanyMedā (मेदा):—Another name for Mahāmedā (Polygonatum verticillatum), a species of medicinal plant and used in the treatment of fever (jvara), as described in the Jvaracikitsā (or “the treatment of fever”) which is part of the 7th-century Mādhavacikitsā, a Sanskrit classical work on Āyurveda.
Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and DrugsMeda in the Hindi language is the name of a plant identified with Litsea monopetala (Roxb.) Pers. from the Lauraceae (Laurel) family having the following synonyms: Litsea polyantha, Tetranthera monopetala, Tetranthera alnoides. For the possible medicinal usage of meda, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.
Meda in the Telugu language, ibid. previous identification.
Meda in the Telugu language is the name of a plant identified with Litsea glutinosa from the Lauraceae (Laurel) family having the following synonyms: Litsea laurifolia, Sebifera glutinosa, Tetranthera laurifolia.
Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgrahaMedā (मेदा) refers to the medicinal plant known as “Polygonatum Verticillatum Ali” and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning medā] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuMedā (मेदा) is the Sanskrit name for an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 5.22-24 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. Notes: Also see Mahāmedā. Th. B.S. et al. report that the elongated tuberous roots of (i) Polygonatum verticillatum All. are sold in the market by the name of Medā/Mahāmedā, Uniyāl also proposes (ii) Polygonatum cirrhifolium Royle. and S.M. considers (iii) Orchis mascula Linn/ (Sālab-miśrī) or Orchis latifolia Linn. Muñjātaka.—[...] The tuber of Medā is of white colour and has a thick exudate-like medodhātu (liquid fat).
Medā is mentioned as having eighteen synonyms: Vasā, Maṇicchidrā, Jīvanī, Śalyaparṇikā, Nakhacchedyā, Himā, Raṅgā, Medasārā, Snehavatī, Medinī, Madhurā, Varā, Snigdhā, Medodravā, Sādhvī, Śalyadā, Bahurandhrikā and Puruṣadantikā.
Properties and characteristics: “Medā is sweet (madhura) and cooling (śīta). It alleviates pitta-doṣa, burning sensation, pain and cough. It is also indicated in tuberculosis and fevers. It aggravates vāta. [From synonym one = Medā (or Vasā?) through eight = Raṅgā (or Medasārā?) grows in central part of the country]”.
Source: eJournal of Indian Medicine: Jajjaṭa’s Nirantarapadavyākhyā and Other Commentaries on the CarakasaṃhitāMedā (मेदा) refers to Polygonatum cirrhifolium (Wall.) Royle., and is the name of a medicinal plant mentioned in the 7th-century Nirantarapadavyākhyā by Jejjaṭa (or Jajjaṭa): one of the earliest extant and, therefore, one of the most important commentaries on the Carakasaṃhitā.—(Cf. Indian Medicinal Plants, Arya Vaidya Sala 4:333, 1993-96.); a synonym of medādvaya and mede; “This is one of the drugs of the aṣṭavarga (group of eight drugs) which have not been identified satisfactorily as yet …”.—(Cf. Glossary of Vegetable Drugs in Bṛhattrayī 319-320, Singh and Chunekar, 1999).
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaMeda (मेद).—A serpent of the clan of Airāvata. This serpent was burnt to death at the Sarpasatra of Janamejaya. (Śloka 11, Chapter 57, Ādi Parva).
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.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramMeda (मेद) refers to “fat”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, “May they, whom I have recollected and are satisfied, accept the vessel of the bali. [...] O god! the bali has been offered to (them to chastise) those who despise the heroes, Siddhas and yogis on the surface of the earth here in the gathering of the practice of the Rule. May they destroy the hearing, memory, mind, sight, fat [i.e., meda], flesh, bones and life of the wicked in the great gathering of the Rule!”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraMeda (मेद) is Pali for “fat” (Sanskrit Medas) refers to one of the thirty-substances of the human body according to the Visuddhimagga, as mentioned in an appendix of the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 32-34. The Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra mentions thirty-six substances [viz., meda]; the Sanskrit sources of both the Lesser and the Greater Vehicles, physical substances are 26 in number while the Pāli suttas list thirty-once substances.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarymeda : (m.) the fat.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryMeda, (Vedic medas (nt.) fr. mid, see etym. under mada) fat S. I, 124; Sn. 196; J. III, 484 (ajakaraṃ medaṃ=ajakara-medaṃ C.); Kh III, (explained at Vism. 262 as “thīnasineha” thick or coagulated fluid or gelatine); Vism. 361; VbhA. 66, 225, 245, 249.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarymēḍa (मेड).—f (Usually mēḍha q. v.) mēḍakā m A stake, esp. as bifurcated.
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mēda (मेद).—m S Marrow (whether of the bones or flesh). 2 A root resembling ginger. It is one of the eight principal medicaments. See aṣṭadravyēṃ. 3 Corpulency or obesity.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishmēḍa (मेड).—f mēḍakā m A stake, esp. as bifurcated.
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mēda (मेद).—m Marrow. A kind of root. Obesity
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMeda (मेद).—
1) Fat.
2) A particular mixed tribe; cf. Ms. 1.36; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 13.22.22 (com. medā gomahiṣyādīnāṃ mṛtānāṃ māṃsamaśnantaḥ).
3) Name of a serpent-demon.
4) Name of a plant (alaṃbuṣā).
-dā A root resembling ginger (one of the eight principal medicines).
Derivable forms: medaḥ (मेदः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMeda (मेद).—m.
(-daḥ) 1. Adeps, fat, the supposed proper seat of which is the abdomen. 2. One of the outcast tribes. f.
(-dā) A drug, described as a sort of root resembling ginger, brought from the Morung district; it is one of the eight principal medicaments, and is said to be of cooling and emollient properties, and of particular use in fever and consumption. E. mida to be greasy or unctuous, aff. ghañ; also medas .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryMeda (मेद).—m. 1. Adeps, fat. 2. The son of a Vaideha by a Kārāvara female, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 10, 36.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMeda (मेद).—[masculine] = medas; a cert. mixed caste.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Meda (मेद):—[from med] 1. meda m. fat (= medas), [Rāmāyaṇa; Kāmandakīya-nītisāra]
2) [v.s. ...] a species of plant (= alambuṣā), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] a [particular] mixed caste (the son of a Vaideha and a Kārāvara or a Niṣāda female [according to] to some ‘any person who lives by degrading occupations’), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.
4) [v.s. ...] Name of a serpent-demon, [Mahābhārata]
5) Medā (मेदा):—[from meda > med] f. a root resembling ginger (said to be one of the 8 principal medicines), [Suśruta]
6) Meda (मेद):—[from med] 2. meda in [compound] for medas.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Meda (मेद):—(ña, ṛ) medati, te 1. c. To understand; to kill or injure.
2) (daḥ) 1. m. Adeps, fat; an outcast tribe. f. (dā) A drug like ginger.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Meda (मेद) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Mea.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 dictionary1) Meḍa (मेड):—(nf) a list; boundary-wall between two fields or beds; fieldridge; ~[baṃdī] listing; hedging.
2) Medā (मेदा):—(nm) the stomach.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusMeḍa (ಮೆಡ):—[noun] the part of the human body that connects the head to the rest of the body; the neck.
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Meda (ಮೆದ):—[noun] grain not separated from its awn.
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Mēḍa (ಮೇಡ):—[noun] (dial.) a wooden bar that prevents the door from being opened; a wooden latch.
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Mēḍa (ಮೇಡ):—[noun] the fret of a vīṇe, a stringed musical instrument.
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Mēda (ಮೇದ):—
1) [noun] the caste the occupation of the members of which is plaiting of baskets, mats, etc. using bamboo splits.
2) [noun] a man belonging to this caste.
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Mēda (ಮೇದ):—[noun] = ಮೇದಸ್ಸು - [medassu -] 1.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+54): Meda-thumri, Medaahuti, Medabhilla, Medadere, Medadhatu, Medadu, Medaganthi, Medagi, Medagni, Medah, Medahkrit, Medahpinda, Medahpuccha, Medahpucchaka, Medahpuchchhaka, Medahsara, Medahuti, Medaja, Medaja Vriddhi, Medak.
Ends with: Ahimeda, Arimeda, Asimeda, Atimeda, Dhameda, Edameda, Gajakomeda, Girimeda, Gomeda, Irimeda, Mahameda, Mandavameda, Putimeda, Ragameda, Rimeda, Sammeda, Shakhadameda, Surameda, Umeda, Unmeda.
Full-text (+165): Medas, Mea, Mahameda, Manicchidra, Ashtavarga, Asimeda, Medahkrit, Medini, Purushadantika, Medogranthi, Girimeda, Medoja, Daityamedaja, Arimeda, Gomeda, Medasvin, Medodbhava, Medakrit, Medabhilla, Bahurandhrika.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 3 - Thirty-two substances of the human body < [Chapter XXXII-XXXIV - The eight classes of supplementary dharmas]
Act 1.5: The Buddha lights up the trichiliocosm < [Chapter XIV - Emission of rays]
II. ‘Inexhaustible’ root < [Part 4 - Planting inexhaustible roots of good]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 3.21.5 < [Sukta 21]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 10.36 < [Section II - Mixed Castes]
Verse 10.48 < [Section IV - Occupations of the Mixed Castes]
Verse 10.40 < [Section II - Mixed Castes]
Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 29 - The therapeutics of Rheumatic Conditions (vata-shonita-cikitsa) < [Cikitsasthana (Cikitsa Sthana) — Section on Therapeutics]
Chapter 4 - The Pharmaceutics of the Sponge Gourd (dhamargava-kalpa) < [Kalpasthana (Kalpa Sthana) — Section on Pharmaceutics]
Chapter 2a - The preparations of roots of pen-reed grass (shara-mula) < [Cikitsasthana (Cikitsa Sthana) — Section on Therapeutics]
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 4: Iatrochemistry (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 12 - Treatment of Piles (11): Arsha-binasha rasa < [Chapter V - Piles]
Part 3 - Visama-jvara (chronic fever) < [Chapter II - Fever (jvara)]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)