# मिद्ध (middha)

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मिद्ध (middha) is a Sanskrit word meaning sloth and indolence, sleepiness and torpor, dullness and heaviness of spirit or intellect, sloth or indolence, sleepiness or torpor, dulness of spirits or intellect.

- **SLP1:** `midDa`  **IAST:** middha  **Devanagari:** मिद्ध
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middha
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/middha/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Sluggishness, lethargy, or mental dullness (6 definitions)
- sloth and indolence  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 817,2] मिद्ध (middha) n. sloth, indolence, Lalita-vistara (Title); Divyāvadāna (Title) (one of the 24 minor evil passions, Dharmasaṃgraha (Title) 69 ). [ ID=164440 ]
- 1. Sloth or indolence. 2. Sleepiness or torpor. 3. Dulness of spirits or intellect.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > मिद्ध (middha) [Printed book page 662 ] मिद्ध (middha) n. ( - द्धं (-ddhaṃ) ) 1 Sloth, indolence. 2 Sleepiness, torpor. 3 Dulness, heaviness of spirits or intellect. [ ID=30395 ]
- Sloth or sleepiness.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > मिद्ध (middha) [Printed book page 593-a ] मिद्ध (middha) ( द्धं ) ((ddhaṃ)) 1. n. Sloth; sleepiness. [ ID=29932 ]
- 1. Sloth, sleepiness, or torpor. 2. Dullness.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > मिद्ध (middha) [Printed book page 573-13 ] मिद्ध (middha) n. 1. Sloth, sleepiness, torpor; 2. dullness. [ ID=30223 ]
- 1. Sloth or indolence. 2. Sleepiness or torpor. 3. Dulness of spirits or intellect.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > मिद्ध (middha) [Printed book page 568-a ] मिद्ध (middha) n. ( - द्धं (-ddhaṃ) ) 1. Sloth, indolence. 2. Sleepiness, torpor. 3. Dulness, heaviness of spirits or intellect. [ ID=31502 ]
- 1. Sloth and indolence. 2. Sleepiness and torpor. 3. Dullness and heaviness of spirit or intellect.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > मिद्ध (middha) [Printed book page 0779-a ] मिद्ध (middha) middha, am, n. sloth, indolence; sleepiness, torpor; dulness, heaviness of spirits or intellect. [ ID=37400 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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