# मघा (maghā)

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मघा (maghā) is a Sanskrit word meaning a gift, reward, or bounty, wealth, power, a kind of flower, a particular drug or medicine, name of a Dvipa, of a country of the Mlecchas. Its 16 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them The Nakshatra Maghā (Lunar Mansion), Botanical Items, Geographical Names (Dvīpa, Country).

- **Root:** मंह् (maṃh)
- **SLP1:** `maGA`  **IAST:** maghā  **Devanagari:** मघा
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magha_%28nakshatra%29
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/magha/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** माघ (māgha), मघ (magha)

## Meanings by context

### The Nakshatra Maghā (Lunar Mansion) (7 definitions)
- the tenth or fifteenth Nakshatra  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1B) [Printed book page 772,2] मघा (maghā) a ( आ (ā) ), f. (also pl. ) N. of the 10th or 15th Nakṣatra (sometimes regarded as a wife of the Moon), Atharva-veda (Title) &c. &c. [ ID=154098 ]
- the tenth lunar mansion containing five stars  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > मघा (maghā) [Printed book page 0830-c ] मघा (maghā) N. of the tenth lunar mansion containing five stars
- the tenth lunar asterism  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > मघा (maghā) [Printed book page 212-a2 ] मघा (maghā) magh-ā, f. sg. & pl. N. of the tenth lunar asterism. [ ID=13506 ]
- The tenth lunar mansion consisting of five stars.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > मघा (maghā) [Printed book page 542-01 ] मघा (maghā) f. Name of the tenth lunar mansion consisting of five stars. [ ID=28259 ]
- name of a nakshatra  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > मघा (maghā) [Printed book page 453-2 ] Maghā, mostly pl. ( °āḥ ), name of a nakṣatra (v. Su. Si.).— § 246 (Sundopasundop.): I, 210, 7653 ( °āsu ).—§ 370 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 84, 8029 ( Kṛttikā-M°yoḥ…tīrthaṃ ). —§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 3, 81 ( °āsv Aṅgārako vakraḥ, omens). —§ 576 (Bhagavadgītāp.): VI, 17, 637 ( °viṣayago somaḥ ).— § 746 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 64, 3263 ( °āsu, the merit of making gifts under the constellation of M.).—§ 749 (do.): XIII, 88, 4251 ( °āsu ), 4252 (do.); 89 α, 4259 ( °āsu, the merit of performing a śrāddha under the constellation of M.). —§ 759 (do.): XIII, 110, 5394 ( °āṃ, sg., description of the cāndravrata, cf. Aśleṣāḥ).—§ 766 (do.): XIII, 126, 6040 (sg., a śrāddha should be performed under the constellation of M.). [ ID=6711 ]
- a constellation  
  *The Purana Index*
  > मघा (maghā) [Printed book page 2-592 ] Maghā or Maghas — a constellation attached to Śiśu- māra; 1 śrāddha in, marks the rise in social status. 2 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. V. 23. 6; VII. 14. 22; XII. 2. 28-9. Vā. 66. 49; 80. 44; 81. 25; 82. 6; 99. 423.] [ Footnote: 2) Br. III. 17. 21; 18. 5; M. 17. 3; 54. 18; 55. 14; 204. 5.] [ ID=9875 ]
- See Nakshatra and Agha.  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > मघा (maghā) [Printed book page 2-118 ] Maghā. See Nakṣatra and Aghā. [ ID=2318 ]

### Botanical Items (3 definitions)
- a kind of flower  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a kind of flower, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=154094 ]
- A particular drug or medicine  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a partic. drug or medicine (also f( आ (ā) ). ), Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=154095 ]
- a species of grain  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1B) [Printed book page 772,2] मघ (magha) f( ई (ī), आ (ā) ). a species of grain, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=154100 ]

### Geographical Names (Dvīpa, Country) (2 definitions)
- name of a Dvipa  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a Dvīpa ( s.v. ), Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=154096 ]
- of a country of the Mlecchas  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a country of the Mlecchas, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=154097 ]

### Gift, Wealth, or Power (2 definitions)
- a gift, reward, or bounty  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 772,2] मघ (magha) m. (√ मंह् (maṃh) ) a gift, reward, bounty, Ṛg-veda (Title) [ ID=154092 ]
- wealth, power  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > wealth, power, in the same place [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ ID=154093 ]

### Grammatical Note (1 definition)
- female of magha  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 772,2] मघ (magha) ा (maghā) b f. of मघ (magha), in comp. [ ID=154109 ]

### Name of a Deity (1 definition)
- an epithet of the wife of Shiva  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of the wife of Śiva, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=154099 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index; The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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