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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. मागधmāgadhaa.(-धी f.) [मगधदेशे भवः अण्] Relating to or living in the country of Magadha or the people of Magadha.

    (-धी Feminine) मगधदेशे भवः अण् Relating to or living in the country of Magadha or the people of Magadha.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -धः

      1. A king of the Magadhas.
      2. Name of a mixed tribe, said to have been the offspring of a Vaiśya father and a Kṣatriya mother, (the duty of the members of this caste being that of professional bards); Ms.1.11,17; क्षत्रिया मागधं वैश्यात् Y.1.94; Mb.13.49.1.
      3. A bard or panegyrist in general; सूतमागधबन्दिनः Bhāg.1.11.2; परिणतिमिति रात्रेर्मागधा माधवाय Śi.11.1.

    • -धाः (Plural) Name of a people, the Magadhas.

    • -धा

      1. A princess of the Magadhas.
      2. Long pepper.

    • -धी

      1. A princess of the Magadhas; तयोर्जगृहतुः पादान् राजा राज्ञी च मागधी R.1.57.
      2. The language of the Magadhas, one of the four principal kinds of Prākṛita.
      3. Long pepper.
      4. White cumin.
      5. Refined sugar.
      6. A kind of jasmine.
      7. A variety of cardamoms.
      8. The daughter of a Kṣatriya mother and a Vaiśya father.
      9. Anise.
      10. Name of a river (शोणा).
      11. A kind of रीति in rhetorics. The अलङ्कारशेखर (7) gives the following illustration: पाणौ पद्मधिया मधूक- कुसुमभ्रान्त्या पुनर्गण्डयोर्नीलेन्दीवरशङ्कया नयनयोर्बन्धूकबुद्ध्याधरे । लीयन्ते कबरीषु बान्धवजनव्यामोहजातस्पृहा दुर्वारा मधुपाः कियन्ति तरुणि स्थानानि रक्षिष्यसि ॥
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. मागधmāgadha[mâgadhá] a. (î) relating to, derived from, produced or current in Magadha; m. prince of Magadha; mixed caste…

    [mâgadhá] adjective (î) relating to, derived from, produced or current in Magadha; masculine prince of Magadha; mixed caste (offspring of a Vaisya and a Kshatriyâ), professional bard, panegyrist of a prince: plural people of Magadha; a-ka, adjective belonging to Magadha; -desîya, adjective coming from the country of Ma gadha; -pura, neuter noun of a town.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. मागधmāgadhamf(ई)n. relating to or born in or living in or customary among the Magadhas मगध s or the Magadha मगध country…
    1. mf(ई)neuter gender relating to or born in or living in or customary among the Magadhas मगध s or the Magadha मगध country AV.Paris3. Lalit. etc.
    2. masculine gender a king of the M Magadha मगध MBh. Hariv.
    3. masculine gender Name of a mixed caste AV. etc. etc. (accord to Mn. x, 11 the son of a Kshatriya क्षत्रिय mother and a Vais3ya वैश्य father; he is the professional bard or panegyrist of a king, often associated with सुत and बन्दिन् MBh. Ka1v. etc.; according to to according to others one who informs a Ra1ja राज of what occurs in bazaars; also an unmarried woman's son who lives by running messages or who cleans wells or dirty clothes etc.; also opprobrious Name of a tribe still numerous in Gujarat Gujarat, and called the Bha1ts Bhats W.)
    4. masculine gender white cumin Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender Name of one of the seven sages in the 14th Manv-antara मन्व्-अन्तर Hariv.
    6. masculine gender of a son of Yadu यदु ibidem
    7. masculine gender (plural) Name of a people (Equivalent to मगधाः) AV.Paris3. MBh. etc.
    8. masculine gender of the warrior-caste in S3a1ka-dvi1pa शाक-द्वीप VP.
    9. masculine gender of a dynasty ibidem
    10. masculine gender long pepper Lexicographers
    11. masculine gender the daughter of a Kshatriya क्षत्रिय mother and a Vais3ya वैश्य father MBh.
    12. masculine gender a female bard Ka1d.
    13. masculine gender (with or scilicet भाषा), the language of the M Magadhas मगध s (one of the Prakr2it प्रकृत् dialects) Sa1h. etc. (confer, compare अर्ध-म्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
    14. masculine gender Jasminum Auriculatum Lexicographers
    15. masculine gender a kind of spice Sus3r. (long pepper; white cumin; anise; dill; a species of cardamoms grown in Gujarat. Lexicographers)
    16. masculine gender refined sugar Lexicographers
    17. masculine gender a kind of metre VarBr2S.
    18. masculine gender Name of a river (Equivalent to शोणा) R.
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  2. अर्धमागधकardhamāgadhakamfn. belonging to half the Magadhas मगध s (as a country) Pat.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective belonging to half the Magadhas मगध s (as a country) Pat.

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  3. अर्धमागधीardhamāgadhīf. a variety of the Ma1gadhi1 मागधी dialect (being the language of the sacred literature of the Jains).

    feminine a variety of the Ma1gadhi1 मागधी dialect (being the language of the sacred literature of the Jains).

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  4. पूर्वमागधकpūrvamāgadhakamfn. relating or belonging to the eastern Magadhas मगध s L.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective relating or belonging to the eastern Magadhas मगध s Lexicographers

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  5. मागधकmāgadhakamfn. belonging to Magadha मगध Ka1ran2d2.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective belonging to Magadha मगध Ka1ran2d2.
    2. masculine gender plural Name of a people (Equivalent to मगढाः) Lalit.
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  6. मागधदेशीयmāgadhadeśīyamfn. belonging to or born in the land of the Magadhas मगध s S3rS.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective belonging to or born in the land of the Magadhas मगध s S3rS.

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  7. मागधपुरmāgadhapuran. "city of the Magadhas मगध s", N. of a city Cat.

    neuter gender "city of the Magadhas मगध s", Name of a city catalogue or catalogues

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  8. मागधमाधवmāgadhamādhavam. N. of a poet ib.

    masculine gender Name of a poet ibidem

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