mādhava

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[apte] a. (vī f.) [madhu-aṇ] 1 Honey-like sweet. --2 Made of honey. --3 Vernal, relating to the spring; sāvajñeva mukhaprasādhanavidhau śrīmādhavī yoṣi- tāṃ M. 3. 5. --4 Relating to the descen- dants of Madhu. --vaḥ [māyā lakṣmyā dhavaḥ] 1 N. of Kṛṣṇa; rādhāmādhavayo- rjayaṃti yamunākūle rahaḥkelayaḥ Gīt. 1; mā- dhave mā kuru mānini mānamaye 9. --2 he spring season, a friend of Cupid; smara paryutsuka eṣa mādhavaḥ Ku. 4....

[mw] mf (I) n. (fr. madhu; f (A). only in mādhavā [ = madhavyā ] tanūḥ Pa1n2. 4-4, 129 Sch.) relating to spring, vernal Hariv.; Vikr.; Katha1s. 808,2 162531 mf (I) n. belonging or peculiar to the descendants of Madhu madhu i.e. the Ya1davas yAdava s Hariv. 808,2 162532 mf (I) n. representing Kr2ishn2a kṛṣṇa (as a picture) Hcat. 808,2 162533 m. N. of the second month of spring (more usually called Vais3a1kha vaiśākha, =...

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a. (vī f.) [madhu-aṇ] 1 Honey-like sweet. --2 Made of honey. --3 Vernal, relating to the spring; sāvajñeva mukhaprasādhanavidhau śrīmādhavī yoṣi- tāṃ M. 3. 5. --4 Relating to the...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

434

Texts Appeared In

33

DCS: name of a town | Monier-Williams: (also m. ) a partic. intoxicating drink, L.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 284 65.4%
2. Gītagovinda 39 9.0%
3. Liṅgapurāṇa 16 3.7%
4. Kūrmapurāṇa 15 3.5%
5. Matsyapurāṇa 11 2.5%

Concordance (Sample)

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: mādhavau

  saṃvatsaro 'smy animiṣām ṛtūnāṃ madhumādhavau

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: mādhave

  kokilo hṛdayagrāhī mādhave ruciradrume

• Matsyapurāṇa surface: mādhavaḥ

  madhuś ca mādhavaścaiva nabhasyo'tha nabhāstathā