मेदस्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• मेद (meda)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মেদস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬾᬤᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• মেদস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰸𑰟𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑁂𑀤𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• မေဒသ် (Burmese script)
• મેદસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਮੇਦਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍇𑌦𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦺꦢꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂵𑂠𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೇದಸ್ (Kannada script)
• មេទស៑ (Khmer script)
• ເມທສ຺ (Lao script)
• മേദസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡝᡩᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘹𑘟𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠧᢑᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧚𑦿𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐾𑐡𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ମେଦସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢾꢣꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆼𑆢𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖸𑖟𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• මෙදස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩔𑩭𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚲𑚛𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• மேத³ஸ் (Tamil script)
• మేదస్ (Telugu script)
• เมทสฺ (Thai script)
• མེ་ད་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒹𑒠𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨄𑨛𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From मिद् (mid, “to grow fat”, root) +‎ -अस् (-as).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ́j.dɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.d̪ɐs̪/

Noun

मेदस् • (médas) stem, n

1. fat, flesh, marrow, lymph
   • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 4.10.24:

     ववृषू रुधिरौघासृक्पूयविण्मूत्रमेदसः। निपेतुर्गगनादस्य कबन्धान्यग्रतोऽनघ॥

     vavṛṣū rudhiraughāsṛkpūyaviṇmūtramedasaḥ. nipeturgaganādasya kabandhānyagratoʼnagha.

     My dear faultless Vidura, in that rainfall there was blood, mucus, pus, stool, urine and marrow falling heavily before Dhruva Mahārāja, and there were trunks of bodies falling from the sky.

   • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 4.17.25:

     अमूषां क्षुत्परीतानामार्तानां परिदेवितम्। शमयिष्यामि मद्बाणैर्भिन्नायास्तव मेदसा॥

     amūṣāṃ kṣutparītānāmārtānāṃ paridevitam. śamayiṣyāmi madbāṇairbhinnāyāstava medasā.

     Now, with the help of my arrows, I shall cut you to pieces and with your flesh satisfy the hunger-stricken citizens, who are now crying for want of grains.

2. excessive fatness, corpulence

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of मेदस् (médas)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मेदः médaḥ	मेदसी médasī	मेदांसि médāṃsi
Vocative	मेदः médaḥ	मेदसी médasī	मेदांसि médāṃsi
Accusative	मेदः médaḥ	मेदसी médasī	मेदांसि médāṃsi
Instrumental	मेदसा médasā	मेदोभ्याम् médobhyām	मेदोभिः médobhiḥ
Dative	मेदसे médase	मेदोभ्याम् médobhyām	मेदोभ्यः médobhyaḥ
Ablative	मेदसः médasaḥ	मेदोभ्याम् médobhyām	मेदोभ्यः médobhyaḥ
Genitive	मेदसः médasaḥ	मेदसोः médasoḥ	मेदसाम् médasām
Locative	मेदसि médasi	मेदसोः médasoḥ	मेदःसु médaḥsu

Descendants

• Pali: meda
• Prakrit: 𑀫𑁂𑀅 (mea)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “मेदस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 832.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “मेदस्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “मेदस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “medas”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press