# अमेध्य
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अमेध्य (amedhyá).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ə.meːd̪ʱ.jᵊ/, [ɐ.meːd̪ʱ.jᵊ]

### Adjective

अमेध्य • (amedhya) (indeclinable)
* (formal) impure, unholy, filthy, foul, dirty

### Noun

अमेध्य • (amedhya) m (formal)
* an impure substance
** excrement, ordure

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अमेध्य”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* Platts, John T. (1884) “अमेध्य”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अमेध्य”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* অমেধ্য (Assamese script)
* ᬅᬫᬾᬥ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
* অমেধ্য (Bengali script)
* 𑰀𑰦𑰸𑰠𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀅𑀫𑁂𑀥𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
* အမေဓျ (Burmese script)
* અમેધ્ય (Gujarati script)
* ਅਮੇਧ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌅𑌮𑍇𑌧𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦩꦺꦣꦾ (Javanese script)
* 𑂃𑂧𑂵𑂡𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
* ಅಮೇಧ್ಯ (Kannada script)
* អមេធ្យ (Khmer script)
* ອເມຘ຺ຍ (Lao script)
* അമേധ്യ (Malayalam script)
* ᠠᠮᡝᢡᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘀𑘦𑘹𑘠𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
* ᠠᠮᠧᢑᠾᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦠𑧆𑧚𑧀𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐀𑐩𑐾𑐢𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
* ଅମେଧ୍ଯ (Odia script)
* ꢂꢪꢾꢤ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆃𑆩𑆼𑆣𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
* 𑖀𑖦𑖸𑖠𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
* අමෙධ්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩴𑩔𑩮 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚀𑚢𑚲𑚜𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
* அமேத்⁴ய (Tamil script)
* అమేధ్య (Telugu script)
* อเมธฺย (Thai script)
* ཨ་མེ་དྷྱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒁𑒧𑒹𑒡𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨢𑨄𑨜𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From अ- (a-, negative prefix) +‎ मेध्य (médhya, “fit for sacrifice; pure”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɐ.mɐjdʱ.jɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɐˈmeːd̪ʱ.jɐ/

### Adjective

अमेध्य • (amedhyá) stem
* unfit for sacrifice; impure, unholy, filthy, foul, dirty, abominable, unlucky, inauspicious
** c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 17.10:यातयामं गतरसं पूति पर्युषितं च यत्। उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम्॥yātayāmaṃ gatarasaṃ pūti paryuṣitaṃ ca yat. ucchiṣṭamapi cāmedhyaṃ bhojanaṃ tāmasapriyam.Food prepared more than three hours before being eaten, food that is tasteless, decomposed and putrid, and left-over food that is untouchable and impure is dear to those in the mode of darkness.
** c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 10.79.2:ततोऽमेध्यम्अयं वर्षं बल्वलेन विनिर्मितम्। अभवद्यज्ञशालायां सोऽन्वद‍ृश्यत शूलधृक्॥Next, onto the sacrificial arena came a downpour of abominable [things] sent by Balvala, after which the demon himself appeared, trident in hand.

#### Declension
### Noun

अमेध्य • (amedhyá) stem, n
* any substance unfit for sacrifice
** an impure substance
** excrement, ordure
* impurity
* an unlucky or inauspicious omen

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “अमेध्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 83.
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “amedhya”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “अमेध्य”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “अमेध्य”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press