मगध

See also: मुग्ध

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • মগধ (Assamese script)
  • ᬫᬕᬥ (Balinese script)
  • মগধ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰦𑰐𑰠 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀫𑀕𑀥 (Brahmi script)
  • မဂဓ (Burmese script)
  • મગધ (Gujarati script)
  • ਮਗਧ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌮𑌗𑌧 (Grantha script)
  • ꦩꦒꦣ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂧𑂏𑂡 (Kaithi script)
  • ಮಗಧ (Kannada script)
  • មគធ (Khmer script)
  • ມຄຘ (Lao script)
  • മഗധ (Malayalam script)
  • ᠮᠠᡤᠠᢡᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘦𑘐𑘠 (Modi script)
  • ᠮᠠᠺᠠᢑᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧆𑦰𑧀 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐩𑐐𑐢 (Newa script)
  • ମଗଧ (Odia script)
  • ꢪꢔꢤ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆩𑆓𑆣 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖦𑖐𑖠 (Siddham script)
  • මගධ (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩴𑩞𑩮 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚢𑚌𑚜 (Takri script)
  • மக³த⁴ (Tamil script)
  • మగధ (Telugu script)
  • มคธ (Thai script)
  • མ་ག་དྷ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒧𑒑𑒡 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨢𑨍𑨜 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

Proper noun

मगध • (magádha) stem, ?

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

Noun

मगध • (magádha) stem, m

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

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

References
  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
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