As a deity name
Name 804 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 257 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 341 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
मेधा · medhā · s.f.
Mental vigour or power, understanding, apprehension, intelligence, intellect, conception, sense, prudence, wisdom, sagacity, genius — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1105
मेधा · feminine
a female given name, Medha, from Sanskrit
मेधा · feminine
wisdom, intelligence; mental ability
Cited formation "मेधा" is मेध + -आ: मेध means "Offering, oblation, sacrifice", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "मेधा" is मेध + -आ: मेध means "Offering, oblation, sacrifice", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi मे॒धा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit मे॒धा (medhā́).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
mental vigour or power, intelligence, prudence, wisdom (pl. products of intelligence, thoughts, opinions), &c. &c.
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M1 · same meaning "medhā" is the feminine form of "medha" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
medhā (ā), f., see below
medhā f. mental vigour or power, intelligence, prudence, wisdom (pl. products of intelligence, thoughts, opinions), RV. &c. &c.
Intelligence personified (esp. as the wife of Dharma and daughter of Dakṣa), MBh.; R.; Hariv.; Pur.
a form of Dākṣāyaṇī in Kaśmīra, Cat.
a form of Sarasvatī, W.
medha m. the juice of meat, broth, nourishing or strengthening drink, RV.; ŚBr.; KātyŚr.
marrow (esp. of the sacrificial victim), sap, pith, essence, AV.; TS.; Br.
Alternative readings
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