mādhukara

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[apte] a. (rī f.) [madhukara-aṇ] Relating to or resembling a bee; as in mādhukarī vṛtti. --rī 1 Collecting alms by begging from door to door, as a bee collects honey by moving from flower to flower. --2 Alms obtained from five different places.

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a. (rī f.) [madhukara-aṇ] Relating to or resembling a bee; as in mādhukarī vṛtti. --rī 1 Collecting alms by begging from door to door, as a bee collects honey by moving from...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

25

Texts Appeared In

14

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Harṣacarita 5 20.0%
2. Mahābhārata 4 16.0%
3. Daśakumāracarita 3 12.0%
4. Āryāsaptaśatī 2 8.0%
5. Yogasūtrabhāṣya 2 8.0%

Concordance (Sample)

• Bhramarāṣṭaka surface: madhukaraḥ

  gandhāḍhyāṃ navamallikāṃ madhukarastyaktvā gato yūthikāṃ daivāttāṃ ca vihāya cam

• Mahābhārata surface: madhukarair

  madhurasvarair madhukarair virutān kamalākarān

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: madhukarā

  puṣpakasya babhañjuste śīghraṃ madhukarā iva