amedhya

Dictionary meanings for amedhya from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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amedhya

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a. 1 Not able or allowed to sacrifice.

2 Unfit for a sacrifice; nāmedhyaṃ prakṣipedagnau Ms. 4. 53, 56; 5. 5, 132.

2 Unholy, filthy, foul, dirty, impure; Bg. 17. 10; Bh. 3. 106. dhyaṃ 1 Excrement, ordure; samutsṛjedrājamārge yastvamedhyamanāpadi Ms. 9. 282; 5. 126, 128; 12. 71.

2 An unlucky or inauspicious omen; a- medhyaṃ dṛṣṭvā sūryamupatiṣṭheta Kāty. Comp. kuṇapāśin a. feeding on carrion. yukta,...

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

mfn. not able or not allowed to sacrifice, not fit for sacrifice, impure, unholy, nefarious, foul S3Br.; Mn. &c 83,1 14325 mfn. (am),n. faeces, excrement Ka1tyS3r.; Mn. ix, 282; Ya1jn5. &c 010548 83,1 14326 mfn. feeding on carrion. 010549 83,1 14327 n. conjuring of unlucky omens, A1pY. 1315,3 14327.1

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