See also: मुग्ध

Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Etymology edit

The name is of uncertain origin.[1] One theory recounts that, according to the Tibetan translator Chak Lotsawa, it derives from मध्य (madhya, middle) + गति (gati, becoming), referencing both its location in India and it being a place of reflection and meditation. This is also suggested by the Tibetan translation, དབུས་འགྱུར་འཆང (dbus 'gyur 'chang, holding that which became the center).[2]

Another theory translates the name as "great bull," from महत् (mahat) and Sumerian 𒄞 (/⁠gud⁠/, bull) (likely by way of Iranian).[3]

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

मगध (magádha) stem?

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

Noun edit

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 edit

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

Descendants edit

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

References edit

  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. ^ Huber, T. (2008). The Holy Land Reborn: Pilgrimage and the Tibetan Reinvention of Buddhist India. Germany: University of Chicago Press, p. 79
  3. ^ Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona. (1995). India: The Institute, p. 210