मधुmadhu

मधु (madhu) is a Sanskrit word meaning sweet, delicious, pleasant, or charming, bitter or pungent, the first month of the year, corresponding to March-April, the season of spring, Bassia Latifolia, Jonesia asoka. Its 104 recorded definitions are grouped into 19 contexts, among them Mythological Beings, Deities, Persons, and Lineages, Specific Trees and Plants, Comprehensive Dictionary Definitions.

Etymology: E. मन to mind or respect, Uṇādi aff. उ, and ध substituted for the final
Definitions: 104

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Meanings by context

Mythological Beings, Deities, Persons, and Lineages

36 definitions

an epithet of Shiva

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the names of two demons

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

one of the seven sages under Manu Chakshusha

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the son of the third Manu

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

various princes

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. A son of Bhatta-narayana. 2. A teacher, also known as Madhva or Ananda-tirtha.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the race of Madhu

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Sweet, pleasant, or delightful. 2. The name of a demon killed by Vishnu.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Name of a demon, father of Ravana and killed by Shatrughna

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sweet, pleasant, or delightful; also the name of king Kartavirya.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

none

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

epithets of Vishnu

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a friend

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the god of love

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

an ancient king

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

an Asura slain by Krishna

Madhu², an Asura, slain by Kṛṣṇa (Viṣṇu). § 317b

(Kṛṣṇa Vāsudeva): III, 12, 498 (°-Kaiṭabhau, tried to slay

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Brahmán).—§ 476 (Dhundhumārop.): III, 202, 13532

(°-Kaiṭabhayoḥ putro Dhundhur nāma).—§ 477 (do.): III,

203, 13562 (°uś ca Kaiṭabhaś ca), 13565 (°-Kaiṭabhayoḥ),

(13573) (°-Kaiṭabhau), (13580) (°-Kaiṭabhayoḥ, M. and

Kaiṭabha terrified Brahmán, but were slain by Madhusūdana,

i.e. Kṛṣṇa (Viṣṇu)).—§ 478 (do.): III, 204, 13590

(°-Kaiṭabhayoḥ putro Dhundhuḥ), 13623 (°-Kaiṭabhayoḥ sutaḥ,

i.e. Dhundhu).—§ 567 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 130ζ, 4414

(ekārṇave ca svapatā—sc. Kṛṣṇena—nihatau M°-Kaiṭabhau,

cf. § 477).—§ 581 (Bhīṣmavadhap.): VI, 67, 3025 (karṇa-

srotodbhavañ ca M°ṃ nāma mahāsuraṃ…Brahmaṇo

'pacitiṃ kurvān jaghāna Puruṣottamaḥ, i.e. Kṛṣṇa, therefore

Kṛṣṇa is called Madhusūdana, cf. § 477 and § 664).—

§ 615ee (Ādityatīrtha): IX, 49, 2850 (°-Kaiṭabhau, had

been slain by Viṣṇu, cf. § 477).—§ 615 (Gadāyuddhap.):

IX, 55, 3106 (sadṛśau tau—i.e. Bhīmasena and Duryodhana

—M°-Kaiṭabhayor yudhi).—§ 664 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 207,

7531 (mahāsuraḥ; b: After Brahmán had sprung from the

primeval lotus, M. was born from the attribute of darkness

(tamasā pūrvajaḥ). In order to gratify Brahmán (Brahmaṇo

'pacitiṃ kurvan), Kṛṣṇa (Puruṣottamaḥ) slew M. engaged

even then in the fierce act [of slaying Brahmán]. Therefore

all gods, Dānavas, and men call Kṛṣṇa Madhusūdana (cf.

§ 581)).—§ 673b (Bali-Vāsavasaṃv.): XII, 227α, 8265

(among the Daityas and Dānavas who had ruled the earth).—

§ 717b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 348, 13474 (sprung from a drop

in the primeval lotus; originated from tamas), 13509

(°-Kaiṭabhau, had robbed the Vedas which Viṣṇu recovered),

13519 (rajastamoviṣṭatanū tāv ubhau M°-Kaiṭabhau|

Brahmaṇo 'pacitiṃ kurvan jaghāna Madhusūdanaḥ). Cf.

Asura, Asurendra, dual, Dānava, dual, Dānavendra, dual,

Kaiṭabha.

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— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

1. An epithet of Shiva. 2. An epithet of Vishnu.

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

an ancient people identified with the Vrishnis

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

a son of Binduman and Sangha

— The Purana Index

the father of Asura Lavana who was killed by Hari

— The Purana Index

a son of Kartaviryarjuna

— The Purana Index

A son of Devakshetra and father of Kuruvasa

— The Purana Index

a son of Krishna

— The Purana Index

An Atreya and a sage of the Chakshusha epoch

— The Purana Index

a son of Praheti and a Rakshasa

— The Purana Index

a son of Khasha and a Rakshasa

— The Purana Index

a son of Devana and father of Nandana, Puruvasu Manu, and Manuvasha

— The Purana Index

a Marici god

— The Purana Index

a son of Auttama Manu

— The Purana Index

A demon who attacked Narayana and was slain by Vishnu.

— The Purana Index

a mind-born son of Lord Vishnu born with Kaitabha representing rajas and tamas qualities

— The Purana Index

a son of Vishvesha

— The Purana Index

a son of Langali

— The Purana Index

a son of Vrisha

— The Purana Index

a son of Chakshusha Manu

— The Purana Index

1. An ancient tribe whose lord was Krishna. 2. Related to the Pandavas. 3. Defenders of Dvaraka. 4. Relieved by Kamsa's death. 5. Met Krishna with presents when he went to Mithila. 6. Praised the heroic deeds of Vishnu. 7. Fought with their kinsmen and perished.

— The Purana Index

Specific Trees and Plants

12 definitions

Bassia Latifolia

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Jonesia asoka

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

liquorice

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a particular plant

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Sweet, pleasant, or delightful. 2. The Ashoka tree.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

neuter

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

sweet potato

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a pomegranate tree

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a kind of citron

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Sweet-flavoured. 2. The wine-palm. 3. Sugar-cane. 4. Sweetness.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A bunch of grapes. 2. A vine.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Liquorice. 2. The third day in the bright half of Shravana.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Comprehensive Dictionary Definitions

10 definitions

1. Sweet, delicious, pleasant, or charming. 2. The first spring month, Caitra. 3. Spring. 4. Nectar, mead, milk, butter, honey, or sweet intoxicating liquor.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Sweet. 2. Spirituous liquor or wine. 3. Honey. 4. Nectar or flower honey. 5. Water. 6. Milk. 7. Sugar. 8. Sweetness in flavor, sound, or disposition. 9. The month Chaitra. 10. Spring. 11. The Bassia latifolia tree. 12. A demon slain by Vishnu. 13. The Ashoka tree. 14. Liquorice. 15. A rakshasa killed by Shatrughna. 16. A plant.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Spirituous liquor, honey, milk, water, sugar, or sweetness. 2. The spring month of Chaitra. 3. A tree. 4. A demon. 5. A plant. 6. Sweet or agreeable.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The month of Chaitra. 2. The spring season. 3. The ashoka tree. 4. Name of a demon killed by Vishnu. 5. Name of a demon killed by Shatrughna. 6. An epithet of King Kartavirya.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Honey. 2. Spirituous liquor. 3. The nectar of flowers. 4. Sugar. 5. Sweetness. 6. Water.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Sweet. 2. Spirituous liquor or wine. 3. Honey. 4. Nectar of flowers. 5. Water. 6. Milk. 7. Sugar. 8. Sweetness in flavor, sound, or disposition. 9. The month Chaitra. 10. The season of spring. 11. The Bassia latifolia tree. 12. A demon slain by Vishnu. 13. The Ashoka tree. 14. Liquorice. 15. A rakshasa killed by Satrughna. 16. An epithet of king Kartavirya. 17. The Celtis orientalis plant.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Sweet. 2. Liquorice. 3. The tree Bassia latifolia. 4. The month Caitra, corresponding to March and April. 5. The season of spring. 6. The name of a demon slain by Vishnu. 7. Honey. 8. The nectar of flowers. 9. Milk. 10. Sugar. 11. Spirituous liquor or wine. 12. Water.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Sweet, pleasant, or agreeable. 2. The first month of the year or the spring season. 3. Name of certain Asuras and princes. 4. Sweet food or drink, especially honey, milk, mead, or wine.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Sweet, of a pleasant taste or flavor, pleasant, agreeable. 2. Anything sweet, especially if liquid, mead, Soma, honey, milk or anything produced from milk, the juice or nectar of flowers, any sweet intoxicating drink, wine, spirituous liquor, sugar, sweetness, water. 3. A particular Brahmana or a particular metre. 4. The first month of the year, Caitra, spring, Bassia latifolia, Jonesia asoka, liquorice. 5. An Asura slain by Vishnu, another Asura who was the father of Lavana, a son of the third Manu, one of the seven sages under Manu Caksusha, various princes, a teacher, a mountain. 6. The race of Madhu or the Yadavas. 7. A particular plant.

मधु (madhu) [Printed book page 0736-b]
मधु (madhu) madhu, us, us or ūs or vī, u (connected

with rt. 2. mad, but in Uṇādi-s. 1. 19. said to be fr.

rt. man; for declension of neut. see Gram. 115; in

Ved. the gen. of the neut. may be madhos, inst.

madhvā, loc. madhau, fem. nom. pl. madhvīs),

sweet, of a pleasant taste or flavour, pleasant, agree-

able; (u), n. anything sweet (especially if liquid),

mead; Soma (Somyam madhu, Ṛg-veda 1. 19, 9);

honey (said to possess intoxicating qualities and to be

of eight kinds); milk or anything produced from

milk (as butter, melted butter, ghee, Ved.); the juice

or nectar of flowers, any sweet intoxicating drink,

wine, spirituous liquor; sugar; sweetness; water;

N. of one of the Brāhmaṇas; a particular metre,

four times ˘˘; (us), m., N. of the first month of

the year, = Caitra (March-April); the spring; Bassia

Latifolia; Jonesia Asoka; liquorice (= madhūka,

madhu-druma); N. of an Asura or Daitya (gene-

rally associated with Kaiṭabha and along with him

slain by Viṣṇu); N. of another Asura (father of the

Rākṣasa Lavaṇa and killed in Madhu-vana by

Śatru-ghna, who founded there the city of Mathurā

or Madhurā; this Asura is sometimes identified with

the previous one); N. of a son of the third Manu;

of one of the seven sages under Manu Cākṣuṣa;

of various princes, of a son of Vṛṣa, of Deva-

kṣatra, of Bindumat, of Arjuna Kārtavīrya; N. of

a teacher [cf. madhva]; N. of a mountain; (avas),

m. pl. the race of Madhu, = the Yādavas or Mā-

thuras; (us), f. a particular plant, = Jīvā or Jīvantī;

[cf. Zend madhu, ‘honey;’ Gr. μέθ-υ, μεθ-ύ-ω,

μεθ-ύ-σκ-ω, μέλι in which θ or δ is changed into λ;

Lat. mel, mellis for melvis = meduis (?); Angl. Sax.

med-u, med-o; Old Germ. met-o, medu; Slav.

med-ŭ; Lith. mid-u-s, ‘honey;’ Hib. mil, gen.

meala, ‘honey.’] —Madhu-kaṇṭha, as, m. the

Indian cuckoo, koïl (= kokila). —Madhu-kara, as,

m. ‘honey-maker,’ a bee; a lover, libertine; Eclipta

Prostrata (= bhṛṅga-rāja-vṛkṣa); Asparagus

Racemosus; Achyranthes Aspera; sweet lime; (ī),

f. a female bee. —Madhukara-gaṇa, as, m. a

swarm of bees. —Madhukara-rājan, ā, m. the

king of bees, i. e. the queen bee. —Madhukara-

śreṇi, is, f. a line of bees. —Madhukara-sāha, as,

or madhukara-sāhi, is, m., N. of a king, son of

Pratāpa-rudra. —Madhukarāya, Nom. A. madhu-
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karāyate, &c., to act the part of a bee, represent a

bee. —Madhukarikā, f., N. of a woman. —Ma-

dhu-karkaṭikā, f. a species of Madhura-jambīra (=

madhurā or madhu-kharjūrikā). —Madhu-kar-

kaṭī, f. a kind of citron, sweet lime; a kind of date

(= madhu-bīja-pūra). —Madhu-karṇa, see Gaṇa

Kumud-ādi to Pāṇ. IV. 2, 80. —Madhu-kaśā, f.

(= madhumatī kaśā,) Ṛg-veda I. 22, 3), Ved. the

whip belonging to the Aśivins with which they are said

to mix up the Soma juice (described in Atharva-veda

IX. 1, 1, &c. as produced from the heaven, earth, air,

ocean, fire, or as a daughter of the Wind); an imple-

ment furnished with thongs for whipping up milk &c.

—Madhu-kāṇḍa, am, n., N. of the first Kāṇḍa of the

Bṛhad-āraṇyakopaniṣad. —Madhu-kānana, am,

n. = madhu-vana, the forest of the Daitya Madhu.

—Madhu-kāra, as, m. ‘honey-maker,’ a bee; (ī),

f. a female bee. —Madhu-kārin, ī, m. a bee. —Ma-

dhu-kukkuṭikā or madhu-kukkuṭī, f. a kind of

citron tree with ill-smelling blossoms [cf. pūti-

puṣpikā]; (ikā), f. a kind of plant (= madhurā).

—Madhu-kumbhā, f., N. of one of the Mātṛs

attending on Skanda. —Madhu-kulyā, f. a stream

of honey, honey in streams (sometimes used to

express an overflowing abundance of good things);

N. of a river in Kuśa-dvīpa. —Madhu-kūla, as, ā,

am, whose banks consist of Madhu. —Madhu-kṛt,

t, t, t, making honey or sweetness; (t), m. ‘honey-

maker,’ a bee. —Madhu-keśaṭa, as, m. ‘honey-

insect,’ a bee. —Madhu-kośa or madhu-koṣa, as,

m. ‘honey-receptacle,’ a bee-hive; a honey-comb.

—Madhu-krama, as, m. a bee-hive; a honey-

comb; (ās), m. pl. a drinking bout, drunkenness.

—Madhu-kṣīra, as, m. Phœnix Silvestris. —Ma-

dhu-kharjūrikā or madhu-kharjūrī, f. a kind of

date. —Madhu-gandhika, as, ā, am, sweet-smell-

ing. —Madhu-gāyana, as, m. the Indian cuckoo.

—Madhu-guñjana, as, m. Hyperanthera Moringa.

—Madhu-graha, as, m. a libation of honey (in

the Vāja-peya). —Madhu-ghoṣa, as, m. ‘sweetly-

sounding,’ the Indian cuckoo. —Madhu-cchadā, f.

a particular shrub (= mayūra-śikhā). —Madhu-

cchanda, as, m. (a later form of madhu-cchandas),

N. of one of the seven sages (in Hari-vaṃśa 1462).

—Madhu-cchandas, ās, m., N. of the middlemost

(51st) of Viśvāmitra's 101 sons; (asas), m. pl., N.

of all the sons of Viśvāmitra. —Madhu-cyut, t, t, t,

or madhu-cyuta, as, ā, am, dropping honey, dis-

tilling honey, overflowing with sweets. —Madhu-ja,

as, ā, am, obtained from honey; (ā), f. sugar made

from honey, sugar-candy; the earth; (am), n. bees-

wax. —Madhu-jambīra, madhu-jambha, or ma-

dhu-jambhala, as, m. a kind of citron. —Madhu-

jāta, as, ā, am, ‘honey-born,’ sprung or produced from

honey. —Madhu-jit, t, m. ‘conqueror of the Daitya

Madhu,’ an epithet of Viṣṇu. —Madhu-jihva, as,

ā, am, Ved. ‘honey-tongued, sweet-tongued’ (said of

fire, because of the butter melted upon it); sweetly-

speaking, (Sāy. = madhura-bhāṣi-jihvopeta.)

—Madhu-tṛna, am, n. sugar-cane. —Madhu-

traya, am, n. the three sweet things (sitā, māk-

ṣikā,) and sarpis, q. q. v. v.). —Madhu-tva, am, n.

sweetness. —Madhu-dīpa, as, m. ‘lamp of spring,’

the god of love. —Madhu-dugha, as, ā, am, Ved.

milking (i. e. yielding) sweetness; (Sāy.) water-

yielding. —Madhu-dūta, as, m. ‘the messenger of

spring,’ the mango tree; (ī), f. Bignonia Suaveolens.

—Madhu-dogha, as, m., Ved. the milking of

sweetness; (Sāy.) water-yielding (as adj. = udakasya

dohaka or vṛṣṭy-udakasya kartri). —Madhu-

doha, as, m. the milking out or extracting of honey,

the extracting of sweetness. —Madhu-dra, as, m.

‘hastening after honey or sweets’ [cf. rt. 2. drā], a

bee; a libertine. —Madhu-drava, as, m. a red-blos-

somed Hyperanthera Moringa. —Madhu-druma, as,

m. Bassia Latifolia (see madhūka), the mango tree.

—Madhu-dviṣ, ṭ, m. ‘the foe of the Daitya Madhu,’

an epithet of Viṣṇu. —Madhu-dhā, ās, ās, am, Ved.

dispensing or holding sweetness; (Sāy. madhu =

madhurāṇi stuti-lakṣaṇāni vākyāni or āditya

or stoma.) —Madhu-dhātu, us, m. a kind of yellow
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pyrites (see mākṣika). —Madhu-dhāra, as, ā,

am, Ved. pouring out sweetness; pouring down

water, (Sāy. = udaka-dhārā yasya.) —Madhu-

dhārā, f. a stream of honey; N. of a mythical

river. —Madhu-dhūli, is, f. molasses, unrefined

brown sugar. —Madhu-dhenu, us, f. honey offered

to Brāhmans in the form of a milch cow. —Madhu-

nāḍī, f. a cell in a honey-comb; an epithet of the

hymns Ṛg-veda III. 54, 55. —Madhu-nālikeraka,

as, m. a kind of cocoa-nut. —Madhu-nirgama, as,

m. the departure of spring. —Madhu-nisūdana, as,

and madhu-nihantṛ, tā, m. ‘destroyer of Madhu,’

an epithet of Viṣṇu. —Madhu-netṛ, tā, m. a bee.

—Madhuno-leha (?), as, m. ‘licker of honey,’ a bee.

—Madhun-tama, as, ā, am (a superlative of madhu

formed analogously to madin-tima), very intoxi-

cating, sweetest. —Madhu-pa, as, ā, am, honey-

drinking, drinking sweetness, (madhupaḥ khagaḥ,

a bee); (as), m. a bee. —Madhu-paṭala, as, m. a

bee-hive. —Madhu-pati, is, m. ‘chief of the race

of Madhu,’ an epithet of Kṛṣṇa. —Madhu-parka,

as, m. a mixture of honey, an offering of honey

and milk, a respectful offering to a guest or to the

bridegroom on his arrival at the door of the father

of the bride (sometimes consisting of equal parts of

curds, honey, and clarified butter, see Manu III. 119,

V. 41); the ceremony of receiving a guest; N. of a

son of Garuḍa. —Madhuparka-dāna, am, n. the

offering of the Madhu-parka. —Madhuparka-pāṇī,

is, is, i, having the Madhu-parka oblation in the

hand, offering the Madhu-parka. —Madhu-parkā-

camana (°ka-āc°), am, n. the tasting of the Madhu-

parka. —Madhu-parkika, as, ā, am, presenting

the offering of honey, &c. —Madhu-parkya, as, ā,

am, worthy of the honey offering (Pāṇ. V. 1, 66).

—Madhu-parṇikā, f. Gmelina Arborea; the indigo

plant, Indigofera Tinctoria; a species of creeper,

Lycopodium Imbricatum; Cocculus Cordifolius; =

sudarśanā. —Madhu-parṇī, f. Cocculus Cordi-

folius; Gmelina Arborea; Indigofera Tinctoria; the

pomegranate tree; Lycopodium; Menispermum;

sweet lime. —Madhu-pā, ās, ās, am, Ved. honey-

drinking, drinking sweetness. —Madhu-pāṇi, is, is,

i, Ved. having honey or sweetness in the hand.

—Madhupā-tama, as, ā, am, excessively drink-

ing sweetness or Soma, (Sāy. = atiśayena madhoḥ

somasya pātṛ.) —Madhu-pāna, am, n. sipping

the nectar of flowers. —Madhupāna-kala, as, ā,

am, indistinct through the sipping of the nectar of

flowers (as the humming of bees). —Madhu-pāyin,

ī, m. ‘honey-drinker,’ a bee. —Madhu-pāla, as, m.

a honey-keeper (Rāmāyaṇa V. 60, 10). —Madhu-

pālikā, f. Gmelina Arborea. —Madhu-piṅgākṣa

(°ga-ak°), as, ī, am, having eyes as yellow as honey;

(as), m., N. of a Muni. —Madhu-pīlu, us, m. a

species of tree, a kind of Pīlu tree. —Madhu-pura,

am, n. the city of the Daitya Madhu; N. of a city in

Northern India; (ī), f. the city of the Madhus, i. e.

Mathurā. —Madhu-puṣpa, as, m. Bassia Latifolia;

Acacia Sirissa (= śirīṣa); Jonesia Asoka; Mimu-

sops Elengi; (ā), f. Croton Polyandrum, or Croton

Tilglium; Tiaridium Indicum. —Madhu-pū, ūs, ūs,

u, Ved. becoming clear in sweetness. —Madhu-

pṛc, k, k, k, Ved. dispensing sweetness; (Sāy.)

granting the sweet fruit of the sacrifice. —Madhu-

pṛṣṭha, as, ā, am, Ved. whose back or surface

consists of sweetness (said of Soma). —Madhu-peya,

as, ā, am, Ved. sweet to drink; (am), n., Ved. the

drinking of sweetness (of Soma &c.). —Madhu-

praṇaya, as, m. fondness for wine, addiction to

wine. —Madhupraṇaya-vat, ān, atī, at, fond of

or addicted to wine. —Madhu-pratīka, as, ā, am,

Ved. having a sweet mouth or face, having sweetness

in the mouth; (Sāy.) having sweetness in every part

(= ghṛta-prayuktāvayavaḥ); epithet of certain

supernatural powers and properties belonging to a

Yogin. —Madhu-prameha, as, m. honey-like or

saccharine urine, diabetes. —Madhu-prāsana, am,

n. putting a little honey into the mouth of a new-

born male infant, one of the Saṃskāras or purificatory

ceremonies of the Hindūs. —Madhu-priya, as, ā,
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am, fond of honey or the juice of flowers; (as), m.

a kind of shrub, = bhūmi-jambu, Ardisia Solanacea;

an epithet of Bala-bhadra. —Madhu-pluta, as, ā,

am, swimming with honey, mixed with honey.

—Madhu-psaras, ās, ās, as, Ved. longing for

sweetness; (Sāy.) feeding on the sweet Soma juice,

or of sweet form (= madhurasya soma-rasasya

bhakṣayitṛ or manohara-rūpa). —Madhu-pha-

la, as, m. a kind of cocoa-nut; Flacourtia Sapida

or Cataphracta. —Madhu-phalikā, f. a kind of

date (= madhu-kharjūrikā). —Madhu-bahulā, f.

Gærtnera Racemosa. —Madhu-bīja, as, m. a pome-

granate tree. —Madhu-bījapūra, as, m. a kind of

citron. —Madhu-brāhmaṇa, am, n., N. of a Brāh-

maṇa. —Madhu-bhakṣaṇa, am, n., N. of a chapter

of the Bāla-kāṇḍa of the Rāmāyaṇa. —Madhu-

bhadra, as, m. a proper N. —Madhu-bhāga, as,

ā, am, Ved. whose lot or portion is sweetness.

—Madhu-bhāva, as, m. a particular Prākṛt metre.

—Madhu-bhid, t, m. ‘the slayer of the Daitya

Madhu,’ an epithet of Viṣṇu. —Madhu-bhuj, k,

k, k, enjoying sweetness or gladness. —Madhu-bhū-

mika, as, m. an epithet of a Yogin or ascetic in the

second order or degree. —Madhu-makṣa, as, ā, m.

f. or madhu-makṣikā, f. ‘honey-fly,’ a bee. —Ma-

dhu-majjan, a kind of tree (= ākhoṭa). —Madhu-

mat, ān, atī, at, possessing or containing sweetness,

sweet; pleasant, agreeable; mixed with honey, honied;

rich in honey, richly provided with the juice of flowers;

containing the word madhu; (ān), m., N. of a

country; of a city?; (antas), m. pl., N. of a people;

(atī), f. Gmelina Arborea; N. of a particular step or

degree in the Yoga [cf. bhūmikā]; of a particular

supernatural faculty belonging to a Yogin; of a kind

of metre, four times ˘˘˘˘˘˘¯; of a river; of a

city in Saurāṣṭra; of a daughter of the Daitya Madhu

(wife of Hary-aśva). —Madhu-matta, as, ā, am,

drunk with wine or mead; intoxicated or excited by

the spring; (as), m., N. of a man; (ās), m. pl.,

N. of a people. —Madhu-math, t, or madhu-ma-

thana, as, m., Ved. ‘the destroyer of the Daitya

Madhu,’ an epithet of Viṣṇu. —Madhu-mada, as,

m. the intoxication of wine. —Madhu-manta, am,

n., N. of a town. —Madhu-mantha, as, m. a kind

of drink mixed with honey. —Madhu-maya, as,

ī, am, made of honey, honied, sweet as honey,

sweet, luscious. —Madhu-mallī, f. Jasminum Gran-

diflorum. —Madhu-mastaka, am, n. a kind of

sweetmeat (made of honey, flour, oil, and ghee).

—Madhu-mādhava, au, m. du. or am, n. the two

spring months, (madhu-mādhave, in the spring.)

—Madhu-mādhavī, f. any spring flower abounding

in honey or a particular species of flower; a kind of

intoxicating drink; a kind of metre, four times

¯¯˘¯˘˘˘¯˘˘¯˘¯¯; a particular Rāgiṇī or

musical mode (?); N. of a commentary on the

Amara-kośa. —Madhu-mādhvīka, am, n. any in-

toxicating drink; a particular spirit or intoxicating

drink distilled from the flowers of the Bassia Lati-

folia; [cf. madhu-mādhavī.] —Madhu-māraka,

as, m. ‘destroyer of honey,’ a bee; [cf. madhu-

sūdana.] —Madhu-mālapattrikā, f. a species of

small shrub (= civillikā). —Madhu-miśra, as, ā,

am, mixed with honey or sweet milk; (as), m., N.

of a man (the son of Bhava-candra). —Madhu-

mura-naraka-vināśana, as, m. ‘the destroyer of

(the Daityas) Madhu, Mura, and Naraka,’ an epithet

of Viṣṇu (Kṛṣṇa). —Madhu-mūla, am, n. the

edible root of Amorphophallus Campanulatus, a sort

of yam, the Indian potato. —Madhu-meha, as, m.

honey-like or saccharine urine, diabetes. —Madhu-

meha-tva, am, n. the state of passing saccharine

urine. —Madhu-mehin, ī, inī, i, suffering from

saccharine urine or diabetes. —Madhu-yaṣṭi, is,

or madhu-yaṣṭī, f. sugar-cane (= tikta-parvan).

—Madhu-yaṣṭikā, f. liquorice, liquorice-stick (=

yaṣṭi-madhukā; the root of Abrus Precatorius is

said to be similarly used). —Madhu-rasa, as, m.

juice of honey, sweetness; sugar-cane; the wine

palm; (ā), f. Sanseviera Roxburginana; a vine, a

bunch of grapes; a kind of Asclepias, Gmelina
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Arborea; (as, ā, am), sweet-flavoured, sweet. —Ma-

dhu-ripu, us, m. ‘the enemy of the Daitya Madhu,’

an epithet of Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa. —Madhu-ruha, as,

m., N. of a son of Ghṛta-pṛṣṭha. —Madhu-reṇu,

us, m. a species of tree (= kaṭa-bhī). —Madhu-

lagna, as, m. a red-blossomed Moringa. —Madhu-

latā, f. a kind of grass (= śūlī). —Madhu-lih, ṭ,

or madhu-leha, as, or madhu-lehin, ī, m. ‘honey-

sucking,’ a bee. —Madhu-lolupa, as, m. ‘longing

after honey,’ a bee. —Madhu-vacas, ās, ās, as,

Ved. sweet-voiced, sweetly speaking. —Madhu-vaṭī,

f., N. of a district. —Madhu-vana, as, m. the Indian

cuckoo; N. of the forest of the ape Sugrīva (which

abounded in honey); of the forest of the Daitya Madhu

on the Yamunā (where Śatru-ghna, after slaying

Lavaṇa, son of Madhu, founded the city of Mathurā

or Madhurā; it was sacred to Sarasvatī). —Madhu-

varṇa, as, ā, am, Ved. honey-coloured, having an

agreeable aspect; sweet; N. of a being attending on

Skanda. —Madhu-vallī, f. liquorice (= yaṣṭī-ma-

dhu, klītanaka). —Madhu-vātīya, as, ā, am, be-

ginning with the words madhu vātāḥ. —Madhu-

vāra, ās, m. pl. drinking repeatedly, tippling, ca-

rousing. —Madhu-vāhana, as, ā, am, Ved. bearing

or carrying sweet things (as honey, milk, &c. said

of the chariots of ther Aśvins). —Madhu-vāhin, ī,

inī, i, bearing or carrying sweet things; (inī), f.,

N. of a river. —Madhu-vidyā, f. ‘the science of

sweetness,’ epithet of a particular mystical doctrine.

—Madhu-vidviṣ, ṭ, m. ‘the enemy of (the Daitya)

Madhu,’ epithet of Viṣṇu. —Madhu-vīja, as, m.

the pomegranate. —Madhu-vṛdh, t, t, t, Ved. in-

creasing sweetness, abounding in sweetness. —Ma-

dhu-vṛṣa, as, ā, am, dropping or raining sweet-

ness. —Madhu-vrata, as, ā, am, Ved. occupied

with sweetness; (Sāy.) discharging the functions of

water, = udakārtha-karman; (as), m. a bee.

—Madhuvrata-pati, is, m. ‘king of bees,’ i. e.

the queen bee. —Madhuvrata-varūtha (?), a swarm

of bees. —Madhu-śarkarā, f. honey-sugar. —Ma-

dhu-śākha, as, ā, am, having sweet branches;

(as), m. Bassia Latifolia. —Madhu-śigru, us, m.

Moringa Pterygosperma. —Madhu-śiṣṭa or ma-

dhu-śeṣa, am, n. bees-wax, wax. —Madhu-ścut or

madhu-ścyut, t, t, t, or madhu-ścyuta, as, ā, am,

distilling sweetness, overflowing with sweets, (Sāy.

= madhu-srāvin.) —Madhu-śrava, see madhu-

srava. —Madhu-śrī, īs, f. Beauty of Spring (per-

sonified). —Madhu-śreṇī, f. the plant Sanseviera

Roxburghiana (of Ceylon). —Madhu-śvāsā, f. a

species of plant (= jīvantī). —Madhu-ṣut, t, t, t

(ṣut for sut), Ved. generating sweetness, producing

a sweet taste; (Sāy.) distilling the sweet Soma juice

(= somam abhiṣuṇvat). —Madhuṣut-tama, as,

ā, am, Ved. excessively distilling or producing sweet

juice. —Madhu-ṣṭhāna, am, n., Ved. = madhu-

sthāna, q. v. —Madhu-ṣyanda, see madhu-syan-

da. —Madhu-sakha, as, m. ‘friend of spring,’ the

god of love. —Madhu-saṅkāśa, as, ā, am, Ved.

looking sweet, appearing pleasant. —Madhu-san-

dṛśa, as, ī, am, Ved. sweet-looking, appearing

lovely (Atharva-veda 1. 34, 3). —Madhu-sambhava,

as, ā, am, producing honey or sweetness. —Madhu-

sahāya, as, m. ‘companion of spring,’ epithet of

the god of love. —Madhu-sāt, ind. to honey, into

the state of honey. —Madhusād-bhūta, as, ā, am,

become honey, become sweet. —Madhu-sārathi,

is, m. ‘having spring for a charioteer,’ epithet of

the god of love. —Madhu-sikthaka, as, m. a kind

of poison. —Madhu-suhṛd, t, m. ‘the friend of

spring,’ the god of love. —Madhu-sūdana, as, m.

‘destroyer of honey,’ a bee [cf. madhu-māraka];

‘destroyer of the demon Madhu,’ an epithet of Viṣṇu

or Kṛṣṇa; N. of a scholar to whom a recension of

the Mahā-nāṭaka is attributed [cf. madhu-saras-

vatī, madhu-guru]; (ī), f. Bengal beet. —Madhu-

sūdana-sarasvatī, m., N. of an author of various

works. —Madhu-sena, as, m., N. of a prince of

Madhu-pura. —Madhu-skanda, as, m., N. of a

Tīrtha. —Madhu-sthāna, am, n. ‘bee-place,’ a bee-

hive (= caṣāla). —Madhu-syanda, as, m., N. of
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one of the sons of Viśvāmitra. —Madhu-srava, as,

ā, am, dropping sweetness, distilling sweets; (as),

m. Bassia Latifolia; Sanseviera Zeylanica; (ā), f.,

N. of various plants, = jīvantī (Sanseviera Roxbur-

ghiana); = haṃsa-padī, liquorice; N. of the third

day in the light half of the month Śrāvaṇa; N. of

a river sacred to Sarasvatī; (am), n., N. of a Tīrtha.

—Madhu-sravas, ās, m. Bassia Latifolia. —Ma-

dhu-svara, as, m. ‘sweet-voiced,’ the Indian cuckoo.

—Madhu-han, ā, m. a destroyer of honey; a col-

lector of honey; a particular bird of prey; ‘the slayer

of the Daitya Madhu,’ an epithet of Viṣṇu or

Kṛṣṇa; a soothsayer. —Madhu-hantṛ, tā, m. ‘the

slayer of the Daitya Madhu,’ epithet of Rāma as an

incarnation of Viṣṇu. —Madhu-hastya, as, ā, am,

Ved. ‘sweet-handed,’ having sweetness in the hand.

—Madhūcchiṣṭa (°dhu-uc°), am, n. bees-wax;

[cf. madhu-śiṣṭha, madhu-śeṣa.] —Madhūc-

chiṣṭa-sthita, as, ā, am covered on the outside

with wax (said of baskets, Mahā-bh. Vana-p. 17132).

—Madhūttha (°dhu-ut°), as, ā, am, made or pro-

duced from honey; (am), n. bees-wax. —Madhūt-

thita (°dhu-ut°), am, n. ‘produced from honey,’

wax. —Madhūtsava (°dhu-ut°), as, m. the spring

festival (on the day of the full moon in the month

Caitra). —Madhūdaka (°dhu-ud°), am, n. ‘honey-

water,’ honey diluted in water, hydromel. —Madhū-

daka-prasravaṇa, as, ā, am, flowing with honey

and water. —Madhūdyāna (°dhu-ud°), am, n. a

spring garden. —Madhūpaghna (°dhu-up°), am,

n., N. of a city, = Mathurā or Madhurā. —Madhv-

akṣa, as, ī, am, having eyes of the colour of

honey (said of Agni). —Madhv-ad, t, t, t, Ved. eating

sweetness. —Madhu-arnas, ās, ās, as, Ved. having

sweet springs or waters (said of a river; Sāy. = ma-

dhurodaka). —Madhv-aṣṭhīlā, f. a lump of honey,

honey in lumps, clotted honey. —Madhu-ācārya,

as, m., N. of a Vaiṣṇava teacher of the thirteenth

century. —Madhv-āhāra, as, m. bees-wax. —Ma-

dhv-āpāta, as, ā, am, having honey at the begin-

ning, having sweetness at the first taste, (madhvā-

pāto viṣāsvādaḥ, in Manu XI. 9, is probably a

proverb, ‘beginning with the taste of honey but

ending with swallowing poison.’) —Madhv-āmra,

as, m. a kind of mango tree (= baddha-rasāla).

—Madhv-ālu, u, or madhv-āluka, am, n. a kind

of plant with sweet tubercles, sweet potato. —Madhv-

āvāsa, as, m. the mango tree. —Madhv-āśin, ī,

inī, i, eating honey or sweets, enjoying sweetness.

—Madhv-āsava, as, m. a decoction of honey, an

intoxicating drink made from honey or from the

blossoms of the Bassia Latifolia, sweet spirituous

liquor. —Madhvāsava-kṣīva, as, ā, am, drunk

with liquor distilled from honey. —Madhvāsava-

nika, as, m. a preparer of sweet intoxicating drinks,

a distiller. —Madhv-āsvāda, as, ā, am, honey-

flavoured, having the taste of honey. —Madhv-

āhuti, is, f. a sacrificial offering consisting of sweet

things, an oblation of honey, &c. [ID=36298]

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Anything sweet used as food or drink, mead, Soma, milk, or honey.

— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

The Quality of Sweetness / Sweet (Adjective)

7 definitions

sweet, delicious, pleasant, or charming

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Sweet, pleasant, or delightful. 2. Honey.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Sweet, pleasant, or delightful. 2. Sweetness.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Sweet, pleasant, or delightful. 2. Anything sweet.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

dropping honey or sweetness

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sweet, pleasant, or agreeable

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Sweet. 2. Sweet food and drink, especially honey, Soma, or milk products.

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

Miscellaneous Specific Items, Concepts, or Roles

4 definitions

pyrites

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. A Brahmana. 2. A kind of metre.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the extracting of sweetness or honey

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

diabetes mellitus

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Named Places (Cities, Forests, Mountains)

3 definitions

of a mountain

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a city, town, fortress

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The forest inhabited by the demon Madhu where Shatrughna founded Mathura. 2. The forest of Sugriva.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sugar or Sugary Substances

3 definitions

sugar

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Sweet, pleasant, or delightful. 2. Sugar.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Sugar-candy. 2. The earth.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sweet Intoxicating Drinks (Wine, Liquor, Mead)

3 definitions

anything sweet, especially if liquid, or mead

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

flower nectar or any sweet intoxicating drink

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Sweet, pleasant, or delightful. 2. Wine or spirituous liquor.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The Spring Season

3 definitions

the season of spring

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Sweet, pleasant, or delightful. 2. The spring season.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The spring season, associated with the God of Love. 2. The lunar month of Chaitra, marking the first of the six seasons.

— The Purana Index

Honey (Substance)

2 definitions

honey

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Honey fit for ceremonies. 2. Used for the ablution of deities. 3. Fit for funeral offerings at Gaya.

— The Purana Index

Milk or Dairy Products

2 definitions

milk or anything produced from milk

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Sweet, pleasant, or delightful; milk or anything produced from milk.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Soma Juice

2 definitions

Soma

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Sweet, pleasant, or delightful. 2. Soma juice.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The Cuckoo Bird

2 definitions

the cuckoo

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the cuckoo

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The Month of Chaitra

2 definitions

the first month of the year, corresponding to March-April

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Sweet, pleasant, or delightful. 2. The month of Chaitra.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Water

2 definitions

water

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Sweet, pleasant, or delightful. 2. Water.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Atypical Meaning: Bitter or Pungent

1 definition

bitter or pungent

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Etymological Notes

1 definition

madhu

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Nectar or Juice of Flowers

1 definition

1. Sweet, pleasant, or delightful. 2. The juice or nectar of flowers.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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Definitions on this page come from 14 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.

मधुmadhu

Meanings by context

Mythological Beings, Deities, Persons, and Lineages

Specific Trees and Plants

Comprehensive Dictionary Definitions

Bees and Bee-Related Items (Beeswax, Beehives)

The Quality of Sweetness / Sweet (Adjective)

Miscellaneous Specific Items, Concepts, or Roles

Named Places (Cities, Forests, Mountains)

Sugar or Sugary Substances

Sweet Intoxicating Drinks (Wine, Liquor, Mead)

The Spring Season

Honey (Substance)

Milk or Dairy Products

Soma Juice

The Cuckoo Bird

The Month of Chaitra

Water

Atypical Meaning: Bitter or Pungent

Etymological Notes

Nectar or Juice of Flowers

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