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Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Śrīmad Devī Bhāgavatam

The name of this earth is Medinī (मेदिनी), since it was made out of the marrow of the two Asuras Madhu and Kaiṭabha. This earth is termed Dharā because it supports all; is termed Prithvī because it is very capacious; and it is called Mahī because it is great, since it supports so many beings. The Ananta serpent is holding it on her thousand-hoods.

To make the earth remain solid and compact, Brahmā built at places mountains. As iron nails in a log of wood, so these hills and mountains within this earth made it fixed. Therefore the Pundits call these mountains “Mahīdhara,” holder of the earth. Thus the golden Meru, the great mountain, many Yojanas wide, adorned with many golden mountain peaks was created.

Also se the Devī-bhāgavata-purāṇa, chapter 13.

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Medinī (मेदिनी).—A synonym for Earth (Bhūmi). (See under Kaiṭabha for details).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Medinī (मेदिनी).—The earth; deluge foretold by the fish;¹ of seven dvīpas;² surrounded by seas; filled with medas of Madhu and Kaiṭabha.³

• 1) Matsya-purāṇa 1. 24-9.
• 2) Vāyu-purāṇa 1. 89.
• 3) Ib. 63. 1 and 2.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Saṅgītaśiromaṇi

Medinī (मेदिनी) refers to “the earth” and is the presiding deity of sumatī (‘devotional’), according to the Saṅgītaśiromaṇi 67-84. Sumatī represents one of the sixteen words that together make up the elā musical composition (prabandha). Elā is an important subgenre of song and was regarded as an auspicious and important prabandha (composition) in ancient Indian music (gāndharva). According to nirukta analysis, the etymological meaning of elā can be explained as follows: a represents Viṣṇu, i represents Kāmadeva, la represents Lakṣmī.

Medinī is one of the sixteen deities presiding over the corresponding sixteen words of the elā-prabandha, all of which are defined in the Saṅgītaśiromaṇi (“crest-jewel of music”): a 15th-century Sanskrit work on Indian musicology (gāndharvaśāstra).

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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: Wisdom Library: Raj Nighantu

Medinī (मेदिनी) refers to “earth” and is mentioned in a list of 53 synonyms for dharaṇi (“earth”), according to the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia).  The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil [viz., Medinī], mountains, jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees and plants and substances, with their various kinds.

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Medinī (मेदिनी) is another name for Medā, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 5.22-24 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Medinī and Medā, there are a total of nineteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Kavya (poetry)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (kavya)

Medinī (मेदिनी) refers to the “earth”, according to Kālidāsa’s Raghuvaṃśa verse 8.3-4.—Accordingly: “Having experienced his great consecration with water gathered by Vasiṣṭha, the earth (medinī) seemed to express her contentment with clear sighs. When the ritual had been performed for him by the guru who knew the Atharvaveda, he became unassailable by his enemies, for when Brahman is united with the power of weapons it is a union of wind and fire”.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

medinī : (f.) the earth.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Medinī, (f.) (of adj. medin, fr. meda fat, but cp. Vedic medin an associate or companion fr. mid in meaning to be friendly) the earth (also later Sk.) Mhvs 5, 185; 15, 47; Vism. 125. (Page 541)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

mēdinī (मेदिनी).—f S The terraqueous globe.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

mēdinī (मेदिनी).—f The earth.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Medinī (मेदिनी).—

1) The earth; न मामवति सद्वीपा रत्नसूरपि मेदिनी (na māmavati sadvīpā ratnasūrapi medinī) R.1.65; चञ्चलं वसु नितान्तमुन्नता मेदिनीमपि हरन्त्यरातयः (cañcalaṃ vasu nitāntamunnatā medinīmapi harantyarātayaḥ) Kirātārjunīya 13. 52; (madhukaiṭabhayorāsīnmedasaiva pariplutā | teneyaṃ medinīnāmnā sarvataḥ parikīrtitā ||).

2) Ground, land, soil.

3) Spot, place.

4) Name of a lexicon (medinīkośa).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Medinī (मेदिनी).—f. (-nī) The earth. E. medas adeps, ini and ṅīp affs.; being made, according to the legend, of the adeps of two demons slain by Brahma.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Medinī (मेदिनी).— (probably = mṛdinī, and based on its original form mardinī, cf. geha, vetana; or perhaps meda + in + ī), f. 1. The earth, [Pañcatantra] iii. [distich] 41; earth, [Johnson's Selections from the Mahābhārata.] 95, 67. 2. A country, Cān. 45 in Berl. Monatsb. 1864, 410.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Medinī (मेदिनी):—[from medin > med] a f. See next.

2) [v.s. ...] b f. ‘having fatness or fertility’, the earth, land, soil, ground, [Taittirīya-āraṇyaka; Mahābhārata] etc.

3) [v.s. ...] a place, spot, [Harivaṃśa]

4) [v.s. ...] a kind of musical composition, [Saṃgīta-sārasaṃgraha]

5) [v.s. ...] Gmelina Arborea, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) [v.s. ...] = medā, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

7) [v.s. ...] Name of a lexicon (also -kośa or medini-k).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Medinī (मेदिनी):—(nī) 3. f. The earth.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Medinī (मेदिनी) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Meiṇi, Meiṇī.

[Sanskrit to German]

Medini in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Medinī (मेदिनी):—(nf) the earth.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Mēdini (ಮೇದಿನಿ):—

1) [noun] the earth.

2) [noun] a country or nation.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with (+3): Medinicakra, Medinichakra, Medinidana, Medinidhara, Medinidina, Medinidrava, Medinija, Medinikara, Medinikosha, Medinilla assamica, Medinilla corallina, Medinilla crassifolia, Medinilla crassinervia, Medinilla mirabilis, Medinilla teysmanni, Medininandana, Medinipa, Medinipala, Medinipati, Medinisha.

Ends with: Cakramedini, Gandhamedini, Kancana-medini, Metini, Suvarnamedini, Vishvamedini, Yuddhamedini.

Full-text (+102): Medinidrava, Medin, Medinidhara, Medinidina, Medinipati, Medinija, Medinisha, Medinikara, Medinikosha, Medininandana, Suvarnamedinidana, Medinidana, Medinishatantra, Trishulinimudra, Metini, Kuhana, Kancana-medini, Vishvamedini, Nirgulma, Akampa.

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