Medini, Medinī: 26 definitions
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In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
The name of this earth is Medinī (मेदिनी), since it was made out of the marrow of the two Asuras Madhu and Kaiṭabha. This earth is termed Dharā because it supports all; is termed Prithvī because it is very capacious; and it is called Mahī because it is great, since it supports so many beings. The Ananta serpent is holding it on her thousand-hoods.
To make the earth remain solid and compact, Brahmā built at places mountains. As iron nails in a log of wood, so these hills and mountains within this earth made it fixed. Therefore the Pundits call these mountains “Mahīdhara,” holder of the earth. Thus the golden Meru, the great mountain, many Yojanas wide, adorned with many golden mountain peaks was created.
Also se the Devī-bhāgavata-purāṇa, chapter 13.
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.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Medinī (मेदिनी).—A synonym for Earth (Bhūmi). (See under Kaiṭabha for details).
Medinī (मेदिनी).—The earth; deluge foretold by the fish;1 of seven dvīpas;2 surrounded by seas; filled with medas of Madhu and Kaiṭabha.3
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.
Gitashastra (science of music)
Medinī (मेदिनी) refers to “the earth” and is the presiding deity of sumatī (‘devotional’), according to the Saṅgītaśiromaṇi 67-84. Sumatī represents one of the sixteen words that together make up the elā musical composition (prabandha). Elā is an important subgenre of song and was regarded as an auspicious and important prabandha (composition) in ancient Indian music (gāndharva). According to nirukta analysis, the etymological meaning of elā can be explained as follows: a represents Viṣṇu, i represents Kāmadeva, la represents Lakṣmī.
Medinī is one of the sixteen deities presiding over the corresponding sixteen words of the elā-prabandha, all of which are defined in the Saṅgītaśiromaṇi (“crest-jewel of music”): a 15th-century Sanskrit work on Indian musicology (gāndharvaśāstra).
Medinī (मेदिनी) refers to a classification of Prabandha based on six Aṅgas (“sections”) according to Kumbha—[Cf. Saṅgītarāja, Gītaratnakośa, Prabandhollāsa, Sūḍaprabandha prakaraṇam, p.552].—Prabandha refers to “musical compositions (that belong to the category of nibaddha-gāna)”. Its aṅgas or “limbs” are six in number. A prabandha can have two, three, four, five or six aṅgas. Based on the number of aṅgas present, prabandhas are classified into five groups (jātis). For example, Modinī which has six aṅgas and is alternatively known as Śruti.—Note: The jāti which is called modinī by Śārṅgadeva is called medinī by Kumbha.—Kumbha says that the nomenclature ‘modinī’ etc. is on the authority of Bharata.
Gitashastra (गीतशास्त्र, gītaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science of Music (gita or samgita), which is traditionally divided in Vocal music, Instrumental music and Dance (under the jurisdiction of music). The different elements and technical terms are explained in a wide range of (often Sanskrit) literature.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Medinī (मेदिनी) refers to “earth” and is mentioned in a list of 53 synonyms for dharaṇi (“earth”), according to the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil [viz., Medinī], mountains, jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees and plants and substances, with their various kinds.
Medinī (मेदिनी) is another name for Medā, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 5.22-24 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Medinī and Medā, there are a total of nineteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
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.
Kavya (poetry)
Medinī (मेदिनी) refers to the “earth”, according to Kālidāsa’s Raghuvaṃśa verse 8.3-4.—Accordingly: “Having experienced his great consecration with water gathered by Vasiṣṭha, the earth (medinī) seemed to express her contentment with clear sighs. When the ritual had been performed for him by the guru who knew the Atharvaveda, he became unassailable by his enemies, for when Brahman is united with the power of weapons it is a union of wind and fire”.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
India history and geography
Medinī (मेदिनी) is another name for Medinīpā: one of the eighty-four Siddhas (Siddhācāryas) of the Sahajayāna school, according to sources such as the Varṇaratnākara of Jyotirīśvara (i.e., the Varna-Ratnakara by Jyotirishwar Thakur).—The Sahaja-Yana is a philosophical and esoteric movement of Tantric Buddhism which had enormous influence in the Indian subcontinent and the Himalayas.—Many of these Mahāsiddhas [e.g., Medinī-pā] were historical figures whose lives and mystical powers were the subject of legends. They are often associated with teachings belonging to Hinduism, Buddhism, Ajivikism and Jainism such as the Nath Tradition.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
medinī : (f.) the earth.
Medinī, (f.) (of adj. medin, fr. meda fat, but cp. Vedic medin an associate or companion fr. mid in meaning to be friendly) the earth (also later Sk.) Mhvs 5, 185; 15, 47; Vism. 125. (Page 541)
medinī (မေဒိနီ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[meda+ī+inī]
[မေဒ+ဤ+ဣနီ]
[Pali to Burmese]
medinī—
(Burmese text): မြေကြီး။
(Auto-Translation): Earth.
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
mēdinī (मेदिनी).—f S The terraqueous globe.
mēdinī (मेदिनी).—f The earth.
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
Medinī (मेदिनी).—
1) The earth; न मामवति सद्वीपा रत्नसूरपि मेदिनी (na māmavati sadvīpā ratnasūrapi medinī) R.1.65; चञ्चलं वसु नितान्तमुन्नता मेदिनीमपि हरन्त्यरातयः (cañcalaṃ vasu nitāntamunnatā medinīmapi harantyarātayaḥ) Kirātārjunīya 13. 52; (madhukaiṭabhayorāsīnmedasaiva pariplutā | teneyaṃ medinīnāmnā sarvataḥ parikīrtitā ||).
2) Ground, land, soil.
3) Spot, place.
4) Name of a lexicon (medinīkośa).
Medinī (मेदिनी).—f. (-nī) The earth. E. medas adeps, ini and ṅīp affs.; being made, according to the legend, of the adeps of two demons slain by Brahma.
Medinī (मेदिनी).— (probably = mṛdinī, and based on its original form mardinī, cf. geha, vetana; or perhaps meda + in + ī), f. 1. The earth, [Pañcatantra] iii. [distich] 41; earth, [Johnson's Selections from the Mahābhārata.] 95, 67. 2. A country, Cān. 45 in Berl. Monatsb. 1864, 410.
1) Medinī (मेदिनी):—[from medin > med] a f. See next.
2) [v.s. ...] b f. ‘having fatness or fertility’, the earth, land, soil, ground, [Taittirīya-āraṇyaka; Mahābhārata] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] a place, spot, [Harivaṃśa]
4) [v.s. ...] a kind of musical composition, [Saṃgīta-sārasaṃgraha]
5) [v.s. ...] Gmelina Arborea, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] = medā, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) [v.s. ...] Name of a lexicon (also -kośa or medini-k).
Medinī (मेदिनी):—(nī) 3. f. The earth.
Medini (मेदिनि):—s. u. medin 2,d.
Medini (मेदिनि):—s.u. medin 2)h).
Medinī (मेदिनी) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Meiṇi, Meiṇī.
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
Medinī (मेदिनी):—(nf) the earth.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Mēdini (ಮೇದಿನಿ):—
1) [noun] the earth.
2) [noun] a country or nation.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Medinī (मेदिनी):—n. 1. the earth; 2. name of a lexicon (in Sanskrit language);
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: Ini, Medas, I.
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Studies in Indian Literary History (by P. K. Gode)
43. Some new Evidence for the Date of the Lexicon Medini < [Volume 1 (1945)]
54, 54. Date of Jagaddhara, the Commentator of the Malatimadhava < [Volume 1 (1945)]
9. Date of Visvalocanakosa of Sridharasena < [Volume 1 (1945)]
Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 29 - The Story of Pṛthu (continued) < [Section 2 - Bhūmi-khaṇḍa (section on the earth)]
Chapter 18 - Jālandhara Is Killed < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)
Part 3 - Structure of the Maṅkhakośa contents < [Chapter V - The Maṅkhakośa]
Part 7 - Comparison [of the Maṅkhakośa] with other koṣas < [Chapter V - The Maṅkhakośa]
Part 1 - Sanskrit koṣa texts < [Chapter V - The Maṅkhakośa]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 264 < [Hindi-English-Nepali (1 volume)]
Page 653 < [Hindi-Bengali-English Volume 2]
Page 158 < [Bengali-Hindi-English, Volume 2]
Abhijnana Sakuntalam (with translation and notes) (by Bidhubhusan Goswami)
Chapter 2: Translation and notes < [Abhijnana Sakuntalam, text and notes]
Chapter 7: Translation and notes < [Abhijnana Sakuntalam, text and notes]
Chapter 5: Translation and notes < [Abhijnana Sakuntalam, text and notes]
Brahma Purana (by G. P. Bhatt)