As a deity name
Name 365 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
Name 397 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
मार्ग · noun · masculine
रास्ता । पंथ · गुदा · कस्तुरी — Śabdasāgara
मार्ग · adj
मृग संबंधी — Śabdasāgara
मार्ग · mārga · s.m.
Search, investigation, inquiry; trace, track; road, course, path, way, highway; passage, channel — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 980
मार्ग · masculine
path, road, route; way
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi मार्ग — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मार्ग (mārga). Doublet of माँग (māṅg).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
mārga m. (in most meanings fr. mṛga, of which it is also the Vṛddhi form in comp.) seeking, search, tracing out, hunting, L.
(exceptionally also n.; ifc. f(ā). ) the track of a wild animal, any track, road, path, way to (loc. or comp.) or through (comp.), course (also of the wind and the stars), Mn.; MBh. &c. (mārgaṃ-√ dā or yam, with gen. of pers., to give up the way to, allow to pass; māgeṇa ifc. = by way of i.e. through, across or along; with √ yā, to go the way of i.e. suffer the same fate as; mārgais ifc., through; mārgāya, with gen., in order to make way for any one; mārge, by the wayside or on the way; with pra-√ cal, to set out on one's way; nijamārgaṃ-√ gam, to go one's way)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
seeking, search, tracing out, hunting
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (13)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "mārga" is derived from "mārg" with the aṇ/añ suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
mārg (properly Nom. fr. mārga; cf. √ mṛg) cl. 1. 10. P. (Dhātup. xxxiv, 39) mārgati, mārgayati (ep. also Ā. mārgate; pf. mamārga Gr.; aor. amārgīt, ib.; fut., mārgitā, ib.; mārgeṣyati, R.; inf. mārgitum, R.; ind.p. mārgitvā, ib.), to seek, look for, MBh.; Hariv.; R.; to search through, ib.; to seek after, strive to attain, MBh.; Var.; BhP.; to endeavour to buy, Kathās.; to request, ask, beg, solicit anything from any one (with abl. of pers. and acc. of thing, or with two acc.), MBh.; Kāv. &c.; to ask (a girl) in marriage, Śatr.; (cl. 10. P. mārgayati), to purify, adorn; to go (?), Dhātup. xxxii, 74.
mārg I. 1 P., 10 U. (mārgati, mārgayati-te) 1 To seek, seek for. 2 To hunt after, chase. 3 To strive to attain, strive after; ātmotkarṣaṃ na mārgeta pareṣāṃ pariniṃdayā . svaguṇaireva mārgeta viprakarṣaṃ pṛthagjanāt Subhāṣ. 4 To solicit, beg, ask for; varaṃ vareṇyo nṛpateramā rgīt Bk. 1. 12; Y. 2. 66. 5 To ask in marriage. 6 To seek through, trace out. II. 10 U. (mārgayati-te) 1 To go, move. 2 To decorate, adorn. -WITH pari to seek, look out for.
mārga m. (in most meanings fr. mṛga, of which it is also the Vṛddhi form in comp.) seeking, search, tracing out, hunting, L.
(exceptionally also n.; ifc. f(ā). ) the track of a wild animal, any track, road, path, way to (loc. or comp.) or through (comp.), course (also of the wind and the stars), Mn.; MBh. &c. (mārgaṃ-√ dā or yam, with gen. of pers., to give up the way to, allow to pass; māgeṇa ifc. = by way of i.e. through, across or along; with √ yā, to go the way of i.e. suffer the same fate as; mārgais ifc., through; mārgāya, with gen., in order to make way for any one; mārge, by the wayside or on the way; with pra-√ cal, to set out on one's way; nijamārgaṃ-√ gam, to go one's way)
Dictionary citations
mārga m. (in most meanings fr. mṛga, of which it is also the Vṛddhi form in comp.) seeking, search, tracing out, hunting, L.
(exceptionally also n.; ifc. f(ā). ) the track of a wild animal, any track, road, path, way to (loc. or comp.) or through (comp.), course (also of the wind and the stars), Mn.; MBh. &c. (mārgaṃ-√ dā or yam, with gen. of pers., to give up the way to, allow to pass; māgeṇa ifc. = by way of i.e. through, across or along; with √ yā, to go the way of i.e. suffer the same fate as; mārgais ifc., through; mārgāya, with gen., in order to make way for any one; mārge, by the wayside or on the way; with pra-√ cal, to set out on one's way; nijamārgaṃ-√ gam, to go one's way)
a walk, journey, VarBṛS.
reach, range, Kir.
a scar, mark (left by a wound &c.), Ragh.
mārg (properly Nom. fr. mārga; cf. √ mṛg) cl. 1. 10. P. (Dhātup. xxxiv, 39) mārgati, mārgayati (ep. also Ā. mārgate; pf. mamārga Gr.; aor. amārgīt, ib.; fut., mārgitā, ib.; mārgeṣyati, R.; inf. mārgitum, R.; ind.p. mārgitvā, ib.), to seek, look for, MBh.; Hariv.; R.; to search through, ib.; to seek after, strive to attain, MBh.; Var.; BhP.; to endeavour to buy, Kathās.; to request, ask, beg, solicit anything from any one (with abl. of pers. and acc. of thing, or with two acc.), MBh.; Kāv. &c.; to ask (a girl) in marriage, Śatr.; (cl. 10. P. mārgayati), to purify, adorn; to go (?), Dhātup. xxxii, 74.
mārg I. 1 P., 10 U. (mārgati, mārgayati-te) 1 To seek, seek for. 2 To hunt after, chase. 3 To strive to attain, strive after; ātmotkarṣaṃ na mārgeta pareṣāṃ pariniṃdayā . svaguṇaireva mārgeta viprakarṣaṃ pṛthagjanāt Subhāṣ. 4 To solicit, beg, ask for; varaṃ vareṇyo nṛpateramā rgīt Bk. 1. 12; Y. 2. 66. 5 To ask in marriage. 6 To seek through, trace out. II. 10 U. (mārgayati-te) 1 To go, move. 2 To decorate, adorn. -WITH pari to seek, look out for.
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