Medhavi, Medhāvī, Medhāvin, Medhavin, Medha-vi: 23 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
1) Medhāvī (मेधावी).—General information. A fierce sage. His father was a sage known as Bāladhi. For a very long time Bāladhi had no children and so, griefstricken, Bāladhi did penance and Medhāvī was born as a result of his penance. Even from boyhood the child showed wonderful powers of grasping things and so he was named Medhāvī. (Chapter 135, Vana Parva). How Medhāvī cursed a nymph. One day in spring, Mañjughoṣā (Śucismitā), a nymph, was playing with other companions in the Caitrarathodyāna. Medhāvī was doing penance in a place nearby and Mañjughoṣā fell in love with the sage and she went near him and made love to him by dance and music. Medhāvī was attracted by her and the sage accepted her advances and lived with her for a long time.
One day Mañjughoṣā sought permission to go to Devaloka. "Wait till daybreak" said the sage. When it was morning the nymph renewed her request and the sage said "Wait till I finish my evening prayers." Hearing this Śucismitā said "Oh, best of brahmins, how many mornings and evenings have gone by this time! Fiftyfive years nine months and three days have gone by since we started living together". The sage then counted the years and found she was correct. The astounding fact that his penance had such a long break made the sage angry and he cursed her and made her into an evil spirit. She begged for pardon and the sage said "If you observe with fasting the Caitrakṛṣṇaikādaśī called Pāpamocinī it will absolve you of all sins and give you release from the curse". (Chapter 48, Part 4, Padma Purāṇa). In Ṛgveda. The Aśvinīdevas once gave rice to this sage. (Sūkta 117, Anuvāka 17, Maṇḍala 1, Ṛgveda). (See full article at Story of Medhāvī from the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani)
2) Medhāvī (मेधावी).—A brahmin boy. This child once gave Tattvopadeśa to his father. (The philosophy that the human soul or material world is identical with the supreme spirit pervading the universe). Chapter 377, Śānti Parva).
1a) Medhāvin (मेधाविन्).—A son of Sunaya, and father of Nṛpamjaya (Ripumjaya, Viṣṇu-purāṇa).*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 22. 42; Vāyu-purāṇa 99. 276; Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 21. 12-13.
1b) A son of Sutapā.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 50. 84.
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.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Medhāvi (मेधावि) (lit. “one who is intelligent”) is a synonym (another name) for the Parrot (Śuka), according to scientific texts such as the Mṛgapakṣiśāstra (Mriga-pakshi-shastra) or “the ancient Indian science of animals and birds” by Hamsadeva, containing the varieties and descriptions of the animals and birds seen in the Sanskrit Epics such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata.
Medhāvin (मेधाविन्) (lit. “one who is learned”) is a synonym (another name) for the Parrot (Śuka), according to scientific texts such as the Mṛgapakṣiśāstra (Mriga-pakshi-shastra) or “the ancient Indian science of animals and birds” by Hamsadeva, containing the varieties and descriptions of the animals and birds seen in the Sanskrit Epics such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata.
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.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Medhāvin (मेधाविन्) refers to “one who is intelligent”, 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, while describing the signs of one who is a Siddha: “[...] (Such a man) does not feel fear (even if) there is terrible cold or heat outside or he suffers a bad accident. He is very intelligent (atimedhāvin) and his accomplishment is close at hand. He is not greedy or sick and is forbearing. (His) urine is good and sweet smelling and (he passes) little stool. (He possesses) a serene beauty and the first sign of success in Yoga (that he displays) is its fine profundity. [??] and (instead of criticizing, he) praises the good qualities (of people) when they are out of sight”.
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.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Medhāvī (मेधावी) refers to “one who is intelligent”, according to the Pātravidhi—a manual of the Lakulīśa Pāśupata school of Śaivism dealing with purification of the initiate’s vessel (pātra) and other concerned issues.—Accordingly, “[One for whom] a piece of gold and a lump of clay are all the same, who is always delighted to feed upon alms), whose mind is free from anger, [and] who is intelligent (medhāvī), is entitled to eat from the vessel. (64) Having washed the vessel with clay and water [and] made it stainless carefully, he should always wipe [it] with cow’s hairs; [thus] finally, he would attain purity of the vessel. (65)”.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Medhavi (मेधवी): Son of Sage Baladhi who desired that his son should live as long as a certain mountain lasted. Filled with conceit, Medhavi angered Dhanushaksha who killed him by taking on the form of a bull and butting the mountain until it was broken to pieces.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
medhāvī : (m.) the wise.
Medhāvin, (adj.) (medhā+in=*medhāyin›medhāvin; already Vedic, cp. medhasa) intelligent, wise, often combined with paṇḍita & bahussuta: D. I, 120; S. IV, 375; A. IV, 244; Vin. IV, 10, 13, 141; Sn. 323 (Acc. medhāvinaṃ +bahussutaṃ) 627, 1008 (Ep. of Mogharājā), 1125 (id.); Nd2 259 (s. v. jātimā, with var. other synonyms); Dh. 36; J. VI, 294; Miln. 21; DhA. I, 257; II, 108; IV, 169; VvA. 131; PvA. 41. (Page 541)
medhāvī (မေဓာဝီ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[medhā+vī．medhā dhāraṇā matipaññā yassāti medhāvī．,ṭī．229．medhā etesaṃ atthīti medhāvī．paṭisaṃ,ṭṭha,2．14va．thī-nitea medhāvini．]
[မေဓာ+ဝီ။ မေဓာ ဓာရဏာ မတိပညာ ယဿာတိ မေဓာဝီ။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၂၂၉။ မေဓာ ဧတေသံ အတ္ထီတိ မေဓာဝီ။ ပဋိသံ၊ဋ္ဌ၊၂။၁၄ဝ။ ထီ-၌ မေဓာဝိနိ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
medhāvī—
(Burmese text): ပညာရှိသော၊ လိမ္မာ ကျွမ်းကျင့်သော၊ သူ။
(Auto-Translation): A knowledgeable, clever, and skilled person.
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
mēdhāvī (मेधावी).—a masc S (-vinī fem -vi neut) Quick of understanding; of ready apprehension or conception.
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
Medhāvin (मेधाविन्).—a. [medhā-vini]
1) Very intelligent, having a good memory.
2) Intelligent, wise, endowed with intellect; मेधाविनो नीतिगुणप्रयुक्तां पुरः स्फुरन्तीमिव दर्शयन्ति (medhāvino nītiguṇaprayuktāṃ puraḥ sphurantīmiva darśayanti) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.61; मेधावी छिन्नसंशयः (medhāvī chinnasaṃśayaḥ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 18.1. -m.
1) A learned man, sage, scholar.
2) A parrot.
3) An intoxicating drink.
-nī An epithet of the wife of Brahmā.
Medhāvin (मेधाविन्).—mfn. (-vī-vinī-vi) Intelligent, comprehending, ready comprehension or conception. m. (-vī) 1. A parrot. 2. A learned man, a sage. 3. Intoxicating beverage. 4. The inspired writer Vyari. f. (-nī) The wife of Brahma. E. medhā apprehension, vini aff.
Medhāvin (मेधाविन्).—[medhā + vin], adj., f. nī, Intelligent, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 110; wise, [Hitopadeśa] ii. [distich] 20.
Medhāvin (मेधाविन्).—[adjective] intelligent, wise, judicious.
1) Medhāvin (मेधाविन्):—[=medhā-vin] [from medhā > medh] mfn. = -vat, [Atharva-veda] etc. etc.
2) [v.s. ...] m. a learned man, teacher, Pandit, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] a parrot, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] an intoxicating beverage, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] Name of Vyāḍi, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] of a Brāhman, [Mahābhārata]
7) [v.s. ...] of a king son of Su-naya (Su-tapas) and father of Nṛpaṃ-jaya (Puraṃ-jaya), [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
8) [v.s. ...] of a son of Bhavya and (n.) of a Varṣa named after him, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
Medhāvin (मेधाविन्):—[medhā+vin] (vī-vinī-vi) a. Intelligent, intellectual. m. A parrot; a pandit. f. A brāhman’s wife.
Medhāvin (मेधाविन्):—(von medhā)
1) adj. mit Geisteskraft ausgerüstet, verständig, weise [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 2, 121.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 7, 29.] [das 3, 15.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 1, 7.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 341.] [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna 201.] [Halāyudha 2, 178.] yāmṛṣayo bhūta.ṛto me.hāṃ medhā.ino vi.uḥ [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6. 108. 4.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 32, 14.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 7, 1, 41.] [Pāraskara’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 2, 4.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 89.] [Chāndogyopaniṣad 6, 14, 2.] [Bhagavadgītā 18, 10.] [Mahābhārata 12, 6524. 9930.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 4, 4.] [Spr. 145. 1174. 1539. 2255. 2916. 2987. 4747.] [Mālavikāgnimitra 7, 11] [?(f.). Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 68, 36. BṚH. 17. 6.] Vgl. durmedhāvin, maidhāva, maidhāvaka . —
2) m. a) Papagei (vgl. medhātithi) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 5, 17.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1335,] [Scholiast] [Medinīkoṣa] — b) ein berauschendes Getränk [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] medhāvī vielleicht nur fehlerhaft für mādhavī . — c) Nomen proprium eines Brahmanen [Mahābhārata 12, 6524. 9930.] eines Fürsten, Sohnes des Sunaya (Sutapas) und Vaters des Nṛpaṃjaya (Puraṃjaya), [Viṣṇupurāṇa 462.] [Oxforder Handschriften 40,b,16. fg.] eines Sohnes des Bhavya und eines nach ihm benannten Varṣa [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 53, 21. fg.] Beiname Vyāḍis [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 7, 25.] —
3) f. nī Beiname der Gemahlin Brahman's [Medinīkoṣa]
Medhāvin (मेधाविन्):——
1) Adj. mit Geisteskraft ausgerüstet , verständig , klug , weise. —
2) m. — a) *Papagei [Rājan 19,113.] — b) *ein berauschendes Getränk [Rājan 14,36.] — c) *Beiname Vyāḍi's. — d) Nomen proprium verschiedener Männer. —
3) *f. medhāvinī — a) Beiname der Gattin Brahman's. — b) Predigerkrähe [Rājan 19,144.] — c) eine Art Jyotismati [Rājan 3,73.] —
4) n. Nomen proprium eines nach einem Medhāvin benannten Varṣa.
Medhāvin (मेधाविन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Mehāvi.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Mēdhāvi (ಮೇಧಾವಿ):—
1) [noun] a highly intellectual person; a very intelligent person.
2) [noun] a learned person; a scholar.
3) [noun] a parrot.
4) [noun] a making of a mark with the ashes taken from the sacrifical fire, at the end of a sacrifice.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Medhāvī (मेधावी):—adj. wise; intellectual; learned;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Medha, Vi, Vish.
Starts with (+0): Medhavika, Medhavila, Medhavinem, Medhavini, Medhavirudra, Medhavisammata, Medhavita, Medhavitana, Medhavite, Metavilacam.
Full-text (+49): Durmedhavin, Medhavita, Medhavika, Amedhavi, Medhavisammata, Medhavirudra, Maidhava, Medhira, Matutha, Kenipa, Nripamjaya, Medhiyas, Medhishtha, Puranjaya, Dhanusaksha, Medhavila, Manjughosha, Medhavini, Madhishtha, Mehavi.
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