Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

medhāvin मेधाविन् – wise; intelligent; judicious

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary adjective

wise; intelligent; judicious

Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

medhāvín ·a. intelligent, wise, judicious.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

—Medhā-vin, ī, inī, i, pos- sessed of mental power, intelligent, intellectual, wise, judicious, endowed with sound judgment, having a good memory; (ī), m. a learned man, sage, teacher, Pandit; a parrot [cf. medhātithi]; an intoxicating beverage, (in this sense perhaps an error for mā- dhavī); N. of a Brāhman; of a king (son of Su-naya and father of Nṛpañ-jaya); of a son of Bhavya and of a Varṣa named after him; an epithet of Vyāḍi; (inī), f. epithet of the wife of Brahmā.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

medhāvín (von medhā) 1〉 adj. mit Geisteskraft ausgerüstet, verständig, weise P. 5,2,121. VOP. 7,29. NAIGH. 3,15. TRIK. 3,1,7. H. 341. MED. n. 201. HALĀY. 2,178. yāmṛṣàyo bhūta̱kṛtò me̱dhāṃ mèdhā̱vinò vi̱duḥ AV. 6,108,4. VS. 32,14. ŚAT. BR. 14,7,1,41. PĀR. GṚHY. 2,4. KAUŚ. 89. CHĀND. UP. 6,14,2. BHAG. 18,10. MBH. 12,6524. MBH. 12,9930. R. 1,4,4. Spr. 145. Spr. 1174. Spr. 1539. Spr. 2255. Spr. 2916. Spr. 2987. Spr. 4747. MĀLAV. 7,11 (f.). VARĀH. BṚH. S. 68,36. BṚH. 17. BṚH. 6. Vgl. durmedhāvin, maidhāva, maidhāvaka. — 2〉 m. a〉 Papagei (vgl. medhātithi) TRIK. 2,5,17. H. 1335, Sch. MED. — b〉 ein berauschendes Getränk RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. medhāvī vielleicht nur fehlerhaft für mādhavī. — c〉 N. pr. eines Brahmanen MBH. 12,6524. MBH. 12,9930. eines Fürsten, Sohnes des Sunaya (Sutapas) und Vaters des Nṛpaṃjaya (Puraṃjaya), VP. 462. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 40,b,16. fg. eines Sohnes des Bhavya und eines nach ihm benannten Varṣa MĀRK. P. 53,21. fg. Bein. Vyāḍis TRIK. 2,7,25. — 3〉 f. ˚nī Bein. der Gemahlin Brahmanʼs MED.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

medhāvín — 1〉 Adj. mit Geisteskraft ausgerüstet, verständig, klug, weise. — 2〉 m. — a〉 *Papagei RĀJAN. 19,113. — b〉 *ein berauschendes Getränk RĀJAN. 14,36. — c〉 *Bein. Vyāḍiʼs. — d〉 N. pr. verschiedener Männer. — 3〉 *f. medhāvinī — a〉 Bein. der Gattin Brahmanʼs. — b〉 Predigerkrähe RĀJAN. 19,144. — c〉 eine Art Jyotiṣmatī RĀJAN. 3,73. — 4〉 n. N. pr. eines nach einem Medhāvin benannten Varṣa.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine

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medhāvin a. [medhā-vini] 1 Very intelligent, having a good memory. 2 Intelligent, wise, endowed with intellect; Pt. 1. 61. — m. 1 A learned man, sage, scholar. 2 A parrot. 3 An intoxicating drink. — nī An epithet of the wife of Brahman.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

medhāvín weise, klug, verständig.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

medhāvin a. (sfx. vin) intelligent, sagace. — S. m. homme savant ou sagace, un pandit. Perroquet. — F. medāvinī l'épouse de Brahmā.

Occurrences in source texts (5)

DYS 2 occurrences
DYS 54–59: The Yogi’s Hut 1 occurrence

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DYS 125–130: Liberation in Life 1 occurrence

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SiSa 3 occurrences
SiSa 3.61-3.67: Paricaya und Niṣpatti 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.48-5.71: Innere Meditation 2 occurrences

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