"मगध" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [Sanskrit]

IPA: /mɐ.ɡɐ́.dʱɐ/ [Vedic], /ˈmɐ.ɡɐ.d̪ʱɐ/ [Classical] Forms: magádha [romanization]
Etymology: The name is of uncertain origin. One theory recounts that, according to the Tibetan translator Chak Lotsawa, it derives from मध्य (madhya, “middle”) + गति (gati, “becoming”), referencing both its location in India and it being a place of reflection and meditation. This is also suggested by the Tibetan translation, དབུས་འགྱུར་འཆང (dbus 'gyur 'chang, “holding that which became the center”). Another theory translates the name as "great bull," from महत् (mahat) and Sumerian 𒄞 (/⁠gud⁠/, “bull”) (likely by way of Iranian). Etymology templates: {{unc|sa|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{m|sa|मध्य|t=middle}} मध्य (madhya, “middle”), {{m|sa|गति|t=becoming}} गति (gati, “becoming”), {{m|bo|དབུས་འགྱུར་འཆང|t=holding that which became the center}} དབུས་འགྱུར་འཆང (dbus 'gyur 'chang, “holding that which became the center”), {{m|sa|महत्}} महत् (mahat), {{der|sa|sux|𒄞|t=bull|ts=gud}} Sumerian 𒄞 (/⁠gud⁠/, “bull”), {{der|sa|ira|-}} Iranian Head templates: {{sa-proper noun|tr=magádha}} मगध • (magádha) stem, ?
  1. name of a country in ancient India, in southern Bihar Categories (place): India
    Sense id: en-मगध-sa-name-O68p-xHS Disambiguation of India: 79 18 2 2 Categories (other): Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 56 36 1 7 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 63 27 2 8

Noun [Sanskrit]

IPA: /mɐ.ɡɐ́.dʱɐ/ [Vedic], /ˈmɐ.ɡɐ.d̪ʱɐ/ [Classical] Forms: magádha [romanization]
Etymology: The name is of uncertain origin. One theory recounts that, according to the Tibetan translator Chak Lotsawa, it derives from मध्य (madhya, “middle”) + गति (gati, “becoming”), referencing both its location in India and it being a place of reflection and meditation. This is also suggested by the Tibetan translation, དབུས་འགྱུར་འཆང (dbus 'gyur 'chang, “holding that which became the center”). Another theory translates the name as "great bull," from महत् (mahat) and Sumerian 𒄞 (/⁠gud⁠/, “bull”) (likely by way of Iranian). Etymology templates: {{unc|sa|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{m|sa|मध्य|t=middle}} मध्य (madhya, “middle”), {{m|sa|गति|t=becoming}} गति (gati, “becoming”), {{m|bo|དབུས་འགྱུར་འཆང|t=holding that which became the center}} དབུས་འགྱུར་འཆང (dbus 'gyur 'chang, “holding that which became the center”), {{m|sa|महत्}} महत् (mahat), {{der|sa|sux|𒄞|t=bull|ts=gud}} Sumerian 𒄞 (/⁠gud⁠/, “bull”), {{der|sa|ira|-}} Iranian Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=m|tr=magádha}} मगध • (magádha) stem, m
  1. the country of the मगधs, South Bihar
    Sense id: en-मगध-sa-noun-iLfiObfJ
  2. (in the plural) the people of that country Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-मगध-sa-noun-XaRUgGLn
  3. a minstrel who sings the praises of a chief's ancestry
    Sense id: en-मगध-sa-noun-V013sHR1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms (मागध (māgadhá)): 𑀫𑀸𑀕𑀥 (māgadha), māgadha [Pali]
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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "tr": "magádha"
      },
      "expansion": "मगध • (magádha) stem, m",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the country of the मगधs, South Bihar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the people of that country"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) the people of that country"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a minstrel who sings the praises of a chief's ancestry"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "minstrel",
          "minstrel"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐ.ɡɐ́.dʱɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɐ.ɡɐ.d̪ʱɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "मगध"
}

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