madya

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[apte] a. [mādyatyanena karaṇe yat] 1 In- toxicating. --2 Gladdening, exhila- rating. --dyaṃ Spirituous liquor, wine, any intoxicating drink; raṇakṣitiḥ śo- ṇitamadyakulyā R. 7. 49; Ms. 5. 56, 9. 84, 10. 89. --Comp. --āmodaḥ the Bakula tree. --kīṭaḥ a kind of in sect. --drumaḥ a kind of tree (bhāḍavṛkṣa). --paḥ a drunkard, tippler, sot. --paṃkaḥ mash. --pānaṃ 1. drinking intoxicat- ing liquor. --2. any intoxicating drink....

[mw] 1. 2., see pp. 777 and 779. 099146 779,2 155760

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a. [mādyatyanena karaṇe yat] 1 In- toxicating. --2 Gladdening, exhila- rating. --dyaṃ Spirituous liquor, wine, any intoxicating drink; raṇakṣitiḥ śo- ṇitamadyakulyā R. 7. 49; Ms....

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

362

Texts Appeared In

50

DCS: a lamp-shade | Monier-Williams: 1. 2. madya See pp. 777 and 779.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 125 34.5%
2. Suśrutasaṃhitā 72 19.9%
3. Carakasaṃhitā 42 11.6%
4. Garuḍapurāṇa 15 4.1%
5. Ānandakanda 13 3.6%

Concordance (Sample)

• Manusmṛti surface: madye

  na māṃsabhakṣaṇe doṣo na madye na ca maithune

• Manusmṛti surface: madyair

  madyair mūtraiḥ purīṣair vā ṣṭhīvanaiḥ pūyaśoṇitaiḥ

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: madya

  loke vyavāyāmiṣamadyasevā nityā hi jantor na hi tatra codanā