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Entry माधव

  1. माधवmādhavaN. of Kṛiṣṇa; राधामाधवयोर्जयन्ति यमुनाकूले रहःकेलयः Gīt.1; माधवे मा कुरु मानिनि मानमये 9.
    1. Name of Kṛiṣṇa; राधामाधवयोर्जयन्ति यमुनाकूले रहःकेलयः Gīt.1; माधवे मा कुरु मानिनि मानमये 9.
    2. The spring season, a friend of Cupid; स्मर पर्युत्सुक एष माधवः Ku. 4.28; स माधवेनाभिमतेन सख्या (अनुप्रयातः) 3.23; माधवप्रथमे मासि बलस्य प्रथमे पुनः Charaka-sūtrasthāna.
    3. The month called Vaiśākha; जगाम माधवे मासि रैभ्याश्रमपदं प्रति Mb. 3.136.1; भास्करस्य मधुमाधवाविव R.11.7.
    4. Name of Indra.
    5. of Paraśurāma.
    6. Name of the Yādavas (Plural); प्रहितः प्रधनाय माधवान् Śi.16.52.
    7. Name of a celebrated author, son of Māyaṇa and brother of Sāyaṇa and Bhoganātha, and suppossed to have lived in the fifteenth century. He was a very reputed scholar, numerous important works being ascribed to him; he and Sāyaṇa are suppossed to have jointly written the commentary on the Ṛigveda; श्रुतिस्मृतिसदाचारपालको माधवो बुधः । स्मार्तं व्याख्याय सर्वार्थं द्विजार्थं श्रौत उद्यतः ॥ J. Name V.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -उचितम् a kind of perfume (कक्कोल).

    • -द्रुमः Spondias Mangifera (Marâthî अंबाडा).

    • -निदानम् Name of a medical work.

    • -वल्ली Equivalent to माधवी quod vide, which see

    • -श्री vernal beauty.

    • माधव mādhava, Adjective

      1. (-वी Feminine) मधु-अण्
      2. Honey-like, sweet.
      3. Made of honey.
      4. Vernal, relating to the spring; सावज्ञेव मुखप्रसाधनविधौ श्रीमाधवी योषिताम् M.3.5.
      5. Relating to the descendants of Madhu.
    • -वः माया लक्ष्म्या धवः

    In the Gita1·141·37

    माधवः पाण्डवश्चैव दिव्यौ शङ्खौ प्रदध्मतुः॥

    mādhavaḥ pāṇḍavaś caiva divyau śaṅkhau pradaghmatuḥ. — Then, seated in their great chariot, yoked to white horses, Madhava (Sri Krishna) and the son of Pandu (Arjuna) blew their divine conchs. 1·14
    • माधवःmādhavaḥnominative singular of the masculine noun mādhava (Krishna, the consort of Lakshmi).
    • माधवmādhavavocative singular of the masculine noun mādhava (Krishna, the consort of Lakshmi).

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Headwords under म

Part 5 of 12 महल्लक – माधविकाAll 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