मेरु

Sanskrit

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मेरु • (meru) m

Name of a fabulous mountain (regarded as the Olympus of Hindu mythology and said to form the central point of jambu-dvīpa-;all the planets revolve round it and it is compared to the cup or seed-vessel of a lotus, the leaves of which are formed by the different dvi1pa-s q.v;the river Ganges falls from heaven on its summit, and flows thence to the surrounding worlds in four streams;the regents of the four quarters of the compass occupy the corresponding faces of the mountain, the whole of which consists of gold and gems;its summit is the residence of brahmā-, and a place of meeting for the gods, ṛṣi-s, gandharva-s etc., when not regarded as a fabulous mountain, it appears to mean the highland of Tartary north of the himālaya-)

Masculine u-stem declension of मेरु (meru)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मेरुः meruḥ	मेरू merū	मेरवः meravaḥ
Vocative	मेरो mero	मेरू merū	मेरवः meravaḥ
Accusative	मेरुम् merum	मेरू merū	मेरून् merūn
Instrumental	मेरुणा / मेर्वा¹ meruṇā / mervā¹	मेरुभ्याम् merubhyām	मेरुभिः merubhiḥ
Dative	मेरवे / मेर्वे² merave / merve²	मेरुभ्याम् merubhyām	मेरुभ्यः merubhyaḥ
Ablative	मेरोः / मेर्वः² meroḥ / mervaḥ²	मेरुभ्याम् merubhyām	मेरुभ्यः merubhyaḥ
Genitive	मेरोः / मेर्वः² meroḥ / mervaḥ²	मेर्वोः mervoḥ	मेरूणाम् merūṇām
Locative	मेरौ merau	मेर्वोः mervoḥ	मेरुषु meruṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Less common

Monier Williams (1899) , “मेरु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 833.