बुधbudha

बुध (budha) is a Sanskrit word meaning awaking, intelligent, clever, wise, a wise or learned man, a god, a dog, Mercury. Its 37 recorded definitions are grouped into 10 contexts, among them The Planet Mercury / Son of Soma, Wise, Intelligent, Learned, Other Individuals Named Budha.

Root: बुध् (budh)
Etymology: E. बुध to know or understand, aff. क
Definitions: 37

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Meanings by context

The Planet Mercury / Son of Soma

11 definitions

1. Name of a descendant of Soma and father of Pururavas, identified with the planet Mercury.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Mercury

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The planet Mercury

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

also

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Intelligent, clever, or wise. 2. A wise man, sage, or god. 3. The planet Mercury.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The planet Mercury personified as the son of the moon. 2. A wise man or sage. 3. Indian spikenard.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The planet Mercury, personified as son of the moon, or a wise man. 2. Indian spikenard.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Mercury or Buddha. 2. A wise or learned person. 3. Indian spikenard.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Wise, intelligent, prudent, or clever. 2. Awake or waking. 3. A wise or learned man. 4. The planet Mercury. 5. Indian spikenard.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

the planet Mercury

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

one of the nine planets

— The Purana Index

Wise, Intelligent, Learned

9 definitions

intelligent, clever, wise

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a wise or learned man

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Wise, clever, learned

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Intelligent

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A wise or learned man

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Wise, learned, clever

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A learned man. 2. The planet Mercury.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Wise. 2. Budha, the son of the moon and regent of the planet Mercury. 3. A proper name.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Intelligent and clever. 2. A wise or learned person. 3. A deity. 4. A man's name.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Other Individuals Named Budha

5 definitions

the son of Vegavat and father of Trinabindu

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of various authors

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the son of Veghavan and father of Trinabindhu

— The Purana Index

A vanara chieftain and a son of Shveta.

— The Purana Index

a son of Mahadeva and Rohini

— The Purana Index

Awaking, Waking

3 definitions

awaking

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Waking or awaking

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Awake, intelligent, or wise. 2. A wise man.

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

A God (General Sense)

2 definitions

a god

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A god

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Spikenard (Plant)

2 definitions

Nardostachys Jatamansi

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Spikenard

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Verbal Root 'budh'

2 definitions

the root budh

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

To know or understand

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A Dog

1 definition

a dog

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A Sutapa God

1 definition

one of the twenty Sutapa gods

— The Purana Index

Wednesday

1 definition

on a Wednesday

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 13 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.