मघा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Probably related to मघ (maghá).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

मघा • (maghā́) stemf

  1. (astronomy) name of a constellation
  2. the star Regulus (Can we verify(+) this sense?)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of मघा
singular dual plural
nominative मघा (maghā́) मघे (maghé) मघाः (maghā́ḥ)
accusative मघाम् (maghā́m) मघे (maghé) मघाः (maghā́ḥ)
instrumental मघया (magháyā)
मघा¹ (maghā́¹)
मघाभ्याम् (maghā́bhyām) मघाभिः (maghā́bhiḥ)
dative मघायै (maghā́yai) मघाभ्याम् (maghā́bhyām) मघाभ्यः (maghā́bhyaḥ)
ablative मघायाः (maghā́yāḥ)
मघायै² (maghā́yai²)
मघाभ्याम् (maghā́bhyām) मघाभ्यः (maghā́bhyaḥ)
genitive मघायाः (maghā́yāḥ)
मघायै² (maghā́yai²)
मघयोः (magháyoḥ) मघानाम् (maghā́nām)
locative मघायाम् (maghā́yām) मघयोः (magháyoḥ) मघासु (maghā́su)
vocative मघे (mághe) मघे (mághe) मघाः (mághāḥ)
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

References

  • Monier Williams (1899), “मघा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 772, column 2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 289