मगध

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See also: मुग्ध

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

The name is of uncertain origin.[1] One theory translates the name as "great bull," from महत् (mahat) and Sumerian 𒄞 (/⁠gud⁠/, bull) (likely by way of Iranian).[2]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

मगध (magádha) stem?

  1. name of a country in ancient India, in southern Bihar

Noun

मगध (magádha) stemm

  1. the country of the मगधs, South Bihar
  2. (in the plural) the people of that country
  3. a minstrel who sings the praises of a chief's ancestry

Derived terms

  • मागध (māgadhá)
    • Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀫𑀸𑀕𑀥 (māgadha)
    • Pali: māgadha

Descendants

  • Ashokan Prakrit:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Middle Chinese: 摩揭陀 (MC ma kjot|kjet da)

References

  1. ^ Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. (1915). (n.p.): Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland, p. 422
  2. ^ Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona. (1995). India: The Institute, p. 210