Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

Derived forms and compounds

• -ध्या

  1. The middle finger.
  2. A young woman, one arrived at puberty.

• -ध्यम्

  1. Ten thousand billions. [The Accusative, Instrumental, Ablative and Locative singulars of मध्य are used adverbially. (a) मध्यम् into the midst of, into. (b) मध्येन through or between. (c) मध्यात् out of, from among, from the midst (with Genitive); तेषां मध्यात् काकः प्रोवाच Pt.1. (d) मध्ये
  2. in the middle, between, among, in the midst; स जहार तयोर्मध्ये मैथिलीं लोकशोषणः R.12.29.
  3. in, into, within, inside, Often times as the first member of adverbial compounds; Exempli gratia, for example मध्येगङ्गम् into the Ganges; मध्येजठरम् in the belly; Bv.1.61; मध्येनगरम् inside the city; मध्येनदि in the middle of the river; मध्येपृष्ठम् on the back; मध्येभक्तम् a medicine taken in the middle of one's meals; मध्येरणम् in the battle; Bv.1.128; मध्ये- सभम् in or before an assembly; Name6.76; मध्येसमुद्रम् in the midst of the sea; Śi.3.33.].

• -अङ्गुलिः, -ला Feminine the middle finger.

• -अह्नः (for अहन्) midday, noon; प्रातःकालो मुहूर्तांस्त्रीन् संगवस्तावदेव तु । मध्याह्नस्त्रिमुहूर्तं स्यात् ...... Dakṣasamhitā. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedकृत्यम्, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedक्रिया a midday rite or observance. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedकालः, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedवेला, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedसमयः noontime, midday. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedस्नानम् midday ablution.

• -आदित्यः the mid-day sun.

• -उदात्त Adjective having the उदात्त accent on the middle syllable.

• -कर्णः a radius.

• -क्ष्मामा Name of a metre.

• -ग Adjective being or going in the middle or among.

• -गत Adjective central, middle, being in the middle.

• -गन्धः the mango tree.

• -ग्रहणम् the middle of an eclipse.

• -छाया mean or middle shadow.

• -जिह्वम् the organ of the palatals.

• -ज्या the sign of the meridian.

• -तमस् Neuter circular or annular darkness, central darkness.

• -तापिनी Name of an Upaniṣad.

• -दन्तः a front tooth.

• -दिनम्

  1. (also मध्यंदिनम्); मध्यंदिनेऽर्धरात्रे च Ms.7.151.
  2. midday, noon.
  3. a midday offering.

• -दीपकम् a variety of the figure called Dīpaka, in which the common attribute that throws light on the whole description is placed in the middle;Exempli gratia, for example(;) गरुडानिलतिग्मरश्मयः पततां यद्यपि संमता जवे । अचिरेण कृतार्थमागतं तममन्यन्त तथाप्यतीव ते ॥ Bk.1.25.

• -देशः

  1. the middle region or space, the middle part of anything.
  2. the waist.
  3. the belly.
  4. the meridian.
  5. the central region, the country lying between the Himālaya and Vindhya mountains; हिमवद्विन्ध्ययोर्मध्यं यत्प्राग्विनशनादपि । प्रत्यगेव प्रयागाच्च मध्यदेशः स कीर्तितः ॥ Ms.2.21.

• -देहः the trunk of the body, the belly.

• -निहित Adjective inserted, fixed into.

• -पदम् the middle word. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedलेपिन् see मध्यमपदलोपिन्.

• -परिमाणम् the middle measure (between an atom and infinitude).

• -पातः

  1. communion, intercourse.
  2. (in Astronomy) the mean occurrence of the aspect.

• -प्रविष्ट Adjective one who has stolen into another's confidence; Ks.

• -भः (in Astronomy) the meridian ecliptic point.

• -भागः

  1. the middle part.
  2. the waist.

• -भावः

  1. middle state, mediocrity.
  2. a middling or moderate distance.

• -मणिः the principle or central gem of a necklace.

• -यवः a weight of six white mustard-seeds.

• -योगिन् Adjective being in the middle of a conjunction, completely obscured.

• -रात्रः, -रात्रिः Feminine midnight.

• -रेखा the central or first meridian; (the line supposed to be drawn through लङ्का, उज्जयिनी, कुरुक्षेत्र and other places to the mount मेरु).

• -लग्नम् the point of the ecliptic situated on the meridian.

• -लोकः the middle of the three worlds; id est, that is the earth or world of mortals. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedईशः, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedईश्वरः a king.

• -वयस् Adjective middle-aged.

• -वर्तिन्

  1. Adjective
  2. middle, central.
  3. being among or in the middle. (-Masculine) an arbitrator, a mediator.

• -वृत्तम् the navel.

• -शरीर

  1. Adjective
  2. having a middle-sized body.
  3. one of moderately full habit.

• -सूत्रम् Equivalent to मध्यरेखा quod vide, which see

• -स्थ

  1. Adjective
  2. being or standing in the middle, central.
  3. intermediate, intervening.
  4. middling.
  5. mediating, acting as umpire between two parties.
  6. impartial, neutral; सुहृन्मित्रार्युदासीनमध्यस्थ- द्वेष्यबन्धुषु ... समबुद्धिर्विशिष्यते Bg.6.9.
  7. indifferent, unconcerned; अन्या मध्यस्थचिन्ता तु विमर्दाभ्यधिकोदया Rām. 2.2.16; मध्यस्थो देशबन्धुषु Pt.4.6; वयमत्र मध्यस्थाः Ś.5.
  8. (स्थः) an umpire, arbitrator, a mediator.
  9. an epithet of Śiva.

• -स्थता

  1. intermediate position.
  2. middle state or character.
  3. mediocrity.
  4. arbitration, mediatorship.
  5. impartiality; मध्यस्थतां गृहीत्वा भण M.3 'say impartially'; मध्यस्थतानैकतरोपहासः Name
  6. indifference. स्थलम्, स्थली the middle or centre.
  7. the middle space or region.
  8. the waist.
  9. the hip; कुचौ मरिचसंनिभौ मुरजमध्यमध्यस्थली Udb.

• -स्थानम्

  1. the middle station.
  2. the middle space; id est, that is air.
  3. a neutral region.

• -स्थित Adjective central, intermediate.

• -ता indifference.

• -स्वरित Adjective having the स्वरित accent on the middle syllable.