Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

Derived forms and compounds

• -नः

  1. The god of love, Cupid; व्यापाररोधि मदनस्य निषेवितव्यम् Ś.1.27; हतमपि निहन्त्येव मदनः Bh.3.18.
  2. Love, passion, sexual love, lust; विनयवारितवृत्तिरतस्तया न विवृतो मदनो न च संवृतः Ś.2.11; सतन्त्रिगीतं मदनस्य दीपकम् Ṛs.1.3; R.5.63; so मदनातुर, मदनपीडित etc.
  3. The spring season.
  4. A bee.
  5. Bees'-wax.
  6. A kind of embrace.
  7. The Dhattūra plant.
  8. The Khadira tree.
  9. The Bakula tree.
  10. Name of the 7th mansion (in Astrology).
  11. A kind of measure (in music). ना, नी Spirituous liquor.
  12. Musk.
  13. The atimukta creeper. (नी only in these two senses).

• -नम्

  1. Intoxicating.
  2. Gladdening, delighting.

• -अग्रकः a species of grain (कोद्रव).

• -अङ्कुशः

  1. the penis.
  2. a finger-nail, or a wound inflicted by it in cohabitation.

• -अत्ययः excess of intoxication; मद्येन खलु जायन्ते मदात्ययमुखा गदाः Bhāva. Parasmaipada

• -अन्तकः, -अरिः, -दमनः, -दहनः, -नाशनः, -रिपुः epithets of Śiva.

• -अवस्थ Adjective in love, enamoured.

• -आतपत्रम् the vulva.

• -आतुर, -आर्त, -क्लिष्ट, -पीडित Adjective afflicted by love, smit with love, love-sick; रावणावरजा तत्र राघवं मदनातुरा (अभिपेदे) R.12.32; Ś.3.13.

• -आयुधम्

  1. pudendum muliebre.
  2. 'Cupid's missle', said of a very lovely woman. आलयः, यम् pudendum muliebre.
  3. a lotus.
  4. a king.

• -आशयः sexual desire.

• -इच्छाफलम् a kind of mango.

• -उत्सवः the vernal festival celebrated in honour of Cupid. (-वा) anapsaras.

• -उत्सुक Adjective pining or languid with love.

• -उद्यानम् 'a pleasure-garden', Name of a garden.

• -कण्टकः

  1. erection of hair caused by the feeling of love.
  2. Name of a tree.

• -कलहः 'love's quarrel', sexual union; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedछेद- सुलभाम् Mal.2.12.

• -काकुरवः a dove or pigeon.

• -गृहम् pudendum muliebre.

• -गोपालः an epithet of Kṛiṣṇa.

• -चतुर्दशी the fourteenth day in the bright half of Chaitra, or the festival celebrated on that day in honour of Cupid.

• -तन्त्रम् the science of sexual love.

• -त्रयोदशी the thirteenth day in the bright half of Chaitra, or the festival celebrated on that day in honour of Cupid.

• -द्वादशी a festival in honour of Cupid on the 12th day of the bright half of Chaitra.

• -ध्वजा the पौर्णिमा day of Chaitra month.

• -नालिका a faithless wife.

• -पक्षिन् Masculine the Khañjana bird.

• -पाठकः the cuckoo.

• -पीडा, -बाधा pangs or torments of love.

• -महः, -महोत्सवः a festival celebrated in honour of Cupid; मदनमहोत्सवाय रसिकमनांसि समुल्लासयन् Dk.2.5.

• -मोहनः an epithet of Kṛiṣṇa.

• -रसः poison; मदनरस- योगेनातिसन्धाय अपहरेत् Kau. Atmanepada 1.15.

• -ललितम् amorous sport or dalliance.

• -ललिता Name of a metre; वेदाङ्गाङ्गैर्मदन- ललिता मो भो नमलसाः V. Ratna. (com.).

• -लेखः a loveletter.

• -वश Adjective influenced by love, enamoured.

• -विनोदः Name of a medical vocabulary attributed to मदनपाल.

• -शलाका

  1. the female of the cuckoo.
  2. an aphrodisiac.
  3. the female parrot (also मदनसारिका).

• -संदेशः a message of love.