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माद्रीmādrī

माद्री (mādrī) is a Sanskrit word meaning a king of the Madras, a species of plant, the second wife of Pandu and mother of Nakula and Sahadeva, the wife of Sahadeva, also called Vijaya, of the wife of Kroshtu, of the wife of Krishna. Its 25 recorded definitions are grouped into 8 contexts, among them Wife of Pāṇḍu, Wife of other Puranic figures, Wife of Sahadeva.

Etymology
E. मद्र a king, अण् patronymic aff
Definitions
25
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Meanings by context

Wife of Pāṇḍu

11 definitions
the second wife of Pandu and mother of Nakula and Sahadeva

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the second wife of Pandu

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The wife of Pandu and mother of the youngest Pandava princes

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The wife of Pandu

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Name of the second wife of Pandu

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The wife of Pandu and mother of the youngest Pandava princes.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The wife of Pandu and mother of the two youngest Pandava princes.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

princess of the Madras and the second wife of Pandu

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The second wife of Pandu and mother of Nakula and Sahadeva. 2. The wife of Sahadeva. 3. The wife of Kroshtu. 4. The wife of Krishna. 5. A species of plant.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

The wife of Pandu and mother of Nakula and Sahadeva.

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

see Madravati

— The Purana Index

Wife of other Puranic figures

3 definitions
of the wife of Kroshtu

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

one of the wives of Drishti

— The Purana Index

the second wife of Vrishni

— The Purana Index

Wife of Sahadeva

3 definitions
the wife of Sahadeva, also called Vijaya

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Vijayā, the wife of Sahadeva

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

the mother of Suhotra by Sahadeva

— The Purana Index

Name for multiple wives

2 definitions
princess of Madra, and name of a wife of Pandu

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A princess of the Madras, particularly a wife of Pandu

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Wife of Kṛṣṇa

2 definitions
of the wife of Krishna

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. A queen of Krishna. 2. The mother of Vrika and other sons.

— The Purana Index

A species of plant

1 definition
a species of plant

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Referential or meta-definitions

1 definition
See below.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 12 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.