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meṣa

m

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What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. mesä-

mesä- m. Widder, Schafbock (RV +), mesi- f. Schafmutter, Schafhaar, Schaffeli (RV +; s. AiGr HI 170, 173, 174). - Mi., nu., dard., ni., pkt. mesa- m. Schaf, usw. (Tu 10334 [mit Verweisen]; TuAdd 10334a). - Iir., jav. maesa- m. Schaf, maesi- f. Schafmutter, maesina- vom Schafherrührend, altiran. *safa-maisa- (*9ata’) m. N. pr. („*Hunderte von Schafböcken habend“ — RV satam mesän;, Schm, StIr 19 [1990] Sf., 10), mp. … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. mesä-, p. 408]

2. meṣa

meṣa m. (√ 2. miṣ) a ram, sheep (in the older language applied also to a fleece or anything woollen), RV. &c. &c.

3. meṣa

the sign of the zodiac Aries or the first arc of 30 degrees in a circle, Sūryas. ; Var. ; BhP.

4. meṣa

N. of a partic. demon, L. ( cf. nejam)

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Sanskrit corpus record built from GRETIL sources (citations and statistics; GRETIL running text is not redistributable). Passage text, where shown, from the Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (CC BY 4.0). Dictionary senses from Monier-Williams (1899, public domain), via the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries.