medinī

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] 1 The earth; na māmavati sadvīpā ratnasūrapi medinī R. 1. 65; cacalaṃ vasu nitāṃtamunnatā medinīmapi haraṃtyarātayaḥ Ki. 13. 52; (madhukaiṭabhayorāsīnmedasaiva pari- plutā. teneyaṃ medinīnāmnā sarvataḥ parikīrtitā). --2 Ground, land, soil. --3 Spot, place. --4 N. of a lexicon (medinīkośa). --Comp. --īśaḥ, --patiḥ, a king. --dravaḥ dust.

Root

Appears in 46 texts

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1 The earth; na māmavati sadvīpā ratnasūrapi medinī R. 1. 65; cacalaṃ vasu nitāṃtamunnatā medinīmapi haraṃtyarātayaḥ Ki. 13. 52; (madhukaiṭabhayorāsīnmedasaiva pari- plutā....

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

228

Texts Appeared In

32

DCS: to be sought for; desirable

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 105 46.1%
2. Rāmāyaṇa 48 21.1%
3. Liṅgapurāṇa 9 3.9%
4. Rasaratnākara 8 3.5%
5. Skandapurāṇa (Revākhaṇḍa) 8 3.5%

Concordance (Sample)

• Vṛddhayamasmṛti surface: ācchādya

  grāmāhur ataraṅgatvā tṛṇair ācchādya medinīm

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: medinīm

  yāvat turagasaṃdarśas tāvat khanata medinīm

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: medinīm

  viśvamitro mahātejāḥ pālayāmāsa medinīm