मागध

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हिन्दी (hindi) WN

   See : जरासंध

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

मागध n.  एक राजा, जो भारतीय युद्ध में कौरवों के पक्ष में शामिल था । महाभारत में इसे ‘मगध देशाधिपति’ कहा गया है । अभिमन्यु नें इसका वध किया था [म.भी.५८.४४] ।
मागध II. n.  मगधराज जरासंध का नामान्तर [भा.३.३.१०] ।
मागध III. n.  भौत्य मन्वन्तर का एक देवतागण ।
मागध IV. n.  भौत्य मन्वन्तर के सप्तर्षियों में से एक ।

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   māgadha m S A bard or minstrel.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

  m  A bard or minstrel.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

  पु. 
   बंदी ; भाट ; कवि . अठरा मागध करिती वर्णन । सगुण निर्गुण चरित्रें । - स्वादि १० . १ . ६ .
   क्षत्रिय स्त्रीस वैश्यापासून झालेला मुलगा ; एक संकर जात . . तेचि संतति प्रसिद्ध । सूत वैदेह मागध । ऐशिया नामाचें जें पद । तें जाण शुद्ध प्रतिलोमज । - एमा २० . ३१ . [ सं . ]
०देश  पु. गया जिल्हा . - अश्वप १ . ३४ . मागधी स्त्री . ( साहित्य ) एक पदरचना पद्धती ; हीस रीति असें साहित्यशास्त्रांत नांव दिलें आहे . ही रीति कोमल , कठोर , मध्यम अशी तीन प्रकारची आहे ; यांपैकीं एक . वैदर्भी तशि मागधी स्फुरु अम्हां घेवोत रीती अशा । - कम १ . २ . [ सं . ]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

मागध  mfn.  mf( ई)n. relating to or born in or living in or customary among the मगधs or the मगध country, [AV.Pariś.]; [Lalit.] &c.
मागध  m.  m. a king of the M°, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]
सूत    N. of a mixed caste, [AV.] &c. &c. (accord to, [Mn. x, 11] the son of a क्षत्रिय mother and a वैश्य father; he is the professional bard or panegyrist of a king, often associated with and बन्दिन्, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; accord. to others one who informs a राज of what occurs in bazaars; also an unmarried woman's son who lives by running messages or who cleans wells or dirty clothes &c.; also opprobrious N. of a tribe still numerous in Gujarat, and called the Bhāts, [W.])
   white cumin, [L.]
    N. of one of the seven sages in the 14th मन्व्-अन्तर, [Hariv.]
   of a son of यदु, ib.
मगधाः   ( pl.) N. of a people (= ), [AV.Pariś.]; [MBh.] &c.
   of the warrior-caste in शाक-द्वीप, [VP.]
   of a dynasty, ib.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

मागध [māgadha] a.  a. (-धी f.) [मगधदेशे भवः अण्] Relating to or living in the country of Magadha or the people of Magadha.
   धः A king of the Magadhas.
  N. N. of a mixed tribe, said to have been the offspring of a Vaiśya father and a Kṣatriya mother, (the duty of the members of this caste being that of professional bards); [Ms.1.11,17;] क्षत्रिया मागधं वैश्यात् [Y.1.94;] [Mb.13.49.1.]
   A bard or panegyrist in general; सूतमागधबन्दिनः [Bhāg.1.11.2;] परिणतिमिति रात्रेर्मागधा माधवाय [Śi.11.1.]
-धाः   (pl.) N. of a people, the Magadhas.
   धा A princess of the Magadhas.
   Long pepper.
   धी A princess of the Magadhas; तयोर्जगृहतुः पादान् राजा राज्ञी च मागधी [R.1.57.]
   The language of the Magadhas, one of the four principal kinds of Prākṛita.
   White cumin.
   Refined sugar.
   A kind of jasmine.
   A variety of cardamoms.
   The daughter of a Kṣatriya mother and a Vaiśya father.
   Anise.
  N. N. of a river (शोणा).
   A kind of रीति in rhetorics. The अलङ्कारशेखर (7) gives the following illustration: पाणौ पद्मधिया मधूक- कुसुमभ्रान्त्या पुनर्गण्डयोर्नीलेन्दीवरशङ्कया नयनयोर्बन्धूकबुद्ध्याधरे । लीयन्ते कबरीषु बान्धवजनव्यामोहजातस्पृहा दुर्वारा मधुपाः कियन्ति तरुणि स्थानानि रक्षिष्यसि ॥

Shabda-Sagara

मागध  mfn.  ( -धः-धी-धं) Belonging to, or produced in the province of Magadha or south Behar.
  m.  ( -धः)
   1. A bard, a minstrel, whose duty it is, to recite the praises of sovereigns, their genealogy, and the deeds of their ancestors, in their presence; and to attend oni the march of an army, and animate the soldiers by martial songs: the minstrel forms a particular caste, said to spring from a Vaisya father, and Kshetriya mother; in mythology, they are said to have been created at once by the will of ŚIVA; under the name of Bhauts, they are still numerous in the west of Inda where they are a privileged tribe.
   2. Cumin-seed. m. Plu. ( -धाः) The inhabitants or people of Magadha.
  f.  ( -धी)
   1. A kind of jas- mine. (Jasminum auriculatum.)
   2. Long-pepper, (Piper longum.) 3. A sort of cardamoms grown in Guzerāt.
   4. Refined sugar.
   5. A dialect of Sanskrit: one of the principal forms of Prākrita, and nearly the same as that used in the sacred books of the Bauddhas and Jainas: in the drama it is the dialect of the attendants and companions of royal personages.
    E. मगध a Kandwādi verb, to ask, (reward,) aff. अण्; or मगध the country, and अण् derivative aff.

ROOTS:

मगध अण्; मगध अण्