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Entry मध्यम

  1. मध्यमmadhyamaThe middle finger.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -मा

      1. The middle finger.
      2. A marriageable girl, one arrived at the age of puberty.
      3. The pericarp of a lotus.
      4. One of the classes of heroines (Nāyikās) in poetic compositions, a woman in the middle of her youth; Compare S. D. 1.
      5. A central blossom.
    • मध्यम madhyama, Adjective

      1. मध्ये भवः म
      2. Being or standing in the middle, middle, central; पितुः पदं मध्यममुत्पतन्ती V.1.19; मध्यमोपलम् Ki.9.2; so मध्यमलोकपालः, मध्यमपदम्, मध्यमरेखा q. quod vide, which see v.
      3. Intermediate, intervening; नाप्नोद्योऽयं मध्यमः प्राणस्तानि ज्ञातुं दध्रिरे Bṛi. Up.1.5.21.
      4. Middling condition or quality, mediocre; as in उत्तमाधममध्यम.
      5. Middling, moderate; तेन मध्यमशक्तीनि मित्राणि स्थापितान्यतः R.17.58.
      6. Middle-sized.
      7. Neither youngest nor oldest, the middleborn (as a brother); प्रणमति पितरौ वां मध्यमः पाण्डवोऽयम् Ve.5.26; ततोऽर्धं मध्यमस्य स्यात् तुरीयं तु यवीयसः Ms.9.112.
      8. Impartial, neutral.
      9. Mean (in Astronomy).
      10. Belonging to the meridian.
    • -मः

      1. The fifth note in music.
      2. A particular musical mode.
      3. The mid-land country; see मध्यदेश.
      4. The second person (in grammar).
      5. A neutral sovereign; धर्मोत्तरं मध्यममाश्रयन्ते R.13.7.
      6. the middle-most prince; मध्यमस्य प्रचारं च विजिगीषोश्च चेष्टितम् Ms.7.155.
      7. the middle character in plays.
      8. The governor of a province.
      9. An epithet of Bhīma; (Compare मध्वमव्यायोग).
    • -मम्

      1. The middle.
      2. The waist; तदैव यन्न दग्धस्त्वं धर्षयंस्तनुमध्यमाम् Rām.6.111.24.
      3. The defectiveness.
      4. (In Astronomy) The meridian ecliptic point.
    • -अङ्गुलिः the middle finger.

    • -आगमः one of the four Āgamas; Buddh.

    • -आहरणम् (in Algebra) elimination of the middle term in an equation.

    • -उत्खातः a particular division of time.

    • -उपलः Equivalent to मध्यमणिः quod vide, which see; मध्यमोपलनिभे लसदंशौ Ki.9.2.

    • -कक्षा the middle courtyard.

    • -खण्डम् the middle term of an equation.

    • -गतिः (in Astronomy) the mean motion of a planet.

    • -ग्रामः (in music) the middle scale.

    • -जात Adjective middle-born.

    • -पदम् the middle member (of a compound). denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedलेपिन् Masculine a subdivision of the Tatpuruṣa compound in which the middle word is omitted in composition; the usual instance given is शाकपार्थिवः which is dissolved as शाकप्रियः पार्थिवः; here the middle word प्रिय is omitted; so छायातरु, गुडधानाः etc.

    • -पाण्डवः an epithet of Arjuna.

    • -पुरुषः the second person (in grammar).

    • -पूरुषः a mediocre person.

    • -भृतकः a husbandman or cultivator (who works both for himself and his master or landlord).

    • -यानम् the middle way to salvation.

    • -रात्रः midnight.

    • -राष्ट्रकम् a variety of diamonds; Kau. Atmanepada 2.11.29.

    • -रेखा the central meridian of the earth.

    • -लोकः the middle world, the earth. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedपालः a king; तां ...... अन्वग्ययौ मध्यमलोकपालः R.2.16.

    • -वयस् Neuter middle age.

    • -वयस्क Adjective middle-aged.

    • -संग्रहः intrigue of a middling character, such as sending presents of flowers etc. to another's wife; it is thus defined by Vyāsa: प्रेषणं गन्धमाल्यानां धूपभूषणवाससाम् । प्रलोभनं चान्नपानैर्मध्यमः संग्रहः स्मृतः ॥ -साहसः the second of the three penalties or modes of punishment; see Ms.8. 138. (-सः, -सम्) an outrage or offence of the middle class.

    • -स्थ Adjective being in the middle.

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Headwords under म

Part 2 of 12 मण्डलकम् – मनीकम्All parts
  1. म – मण्डल
  2. मण्डलकम् – मनीकम्
  3. मनीकृ – मरूक
  4. मरूव – महल्ल
  5. महल्लक – माधविका
  6. माधवी – मार्द्वीक
  7. मार्मिक – मिश्
  8. मिश्र् – मुन्थ्
  9. मुमुक्षा – मृग्
  10. मृग – मेल
  11. मेलनम् – मौलिन्
  12. मौलेयक – म्लै