मीळ्ह

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *miẓḍʰám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *miždʰám, from Proto-Indo-European *mis-dʰ(h₁)o-, according to Lubotsky.

Pronunciation

Noun

मीळ्ह (mīḷhá) n

  1. (Vedic) contest, strife
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.46.4
      बाधसे जनान्वृषभेव मन्युना घृषौ मीळ्ह ऋचीषम ।
      अस्माकं बोध्यविता महाधने तनूष्वप्सु सूर्ये ॥
      bādhase janānvṛṣabheva manyunā ghṛṣau mīḷha ṛcīṣama .
      asmākaṃ bodhyavitā mahādhane tanūṣvapsu sūrye .
      Rcisama, thou forcest men as with a bull, with anger, in the furious fray.
      Be thou our Helper in the mighty battle fought for sunlight, water, and for life.

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of मीळ्ह
Nom. sg. मीळ्हम् (mīḷham)
Gen. sg. मीळ्हस्य (mīḷhasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative मीळ्हम् (mīḷham) मीळ्हे (mīḷhe) मीळ्हानि (mīḷhāni)
Vocative मीळ्ह (mīḷha) मीळ्हे (mīḷhe) मीळ्हानि (mīḷhāni)
Accusative मीळ्हम् (mīḷham) मीळ्हे (mīḷhe) मीळ्हानि (mīḷhāni)
Instrumental मीळ्हेन (mīḷhena) मीळ्हाभ्याम् (mīḷhābhyām) मीळ्हैः (mīḷhaiḥ)
Dative मीळ्हाय (mīḷhāya) मीळ्हाभ्याम् (mīḷhābhyām) मीळ्हेभ्यः (mīḷhebhyaḥ)
Ablative मीळ्हात् (mīḷhāt) मीळ्हाभ्याम् (mīḷhābhyām) मीळ्हेभ्यः (mīḷhebhyaḥ)
Genitive मीळ्हस्य (mīḷhasya) मीळ्हयोः (mīḷhayoḥ) मीळ्हानाम् (mīḷhānām)
Locative मीळ्हे (mīḷhe) मीळ्हयोः (mīḷhayoḥ) मीळ्हेषु (mīḷheṣu)

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 818
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