Madanamahotsava, Madana-mahotsava: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMadanamahotsava (मदनमहोत्सव).—a festival celebrated in honour of Cupid; मदनमहोत्सवाय रसिकमनांसि समुल्लासयन् (madanamahotsavāya rasikamanāṃsi samullāsayan) Daśakumāracarita 2.5.
Derivable forms: madanamahotsavaḥ (मदनमहोत्सवः).
Madanamahotsava is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms madana and mahotsava (महोत्सव). See also (synonyms): madanamaha.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMadanamahotsava (मदनमहोत्सव).—m.
(-vaḥ) A festival held in honour of Kamadeva.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMadanamahotsava (मदनमहोत्सव):—[=madana-mahotsava] [from madana-maha > madana > mad] m. idem, [ib.]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Madana, Mahotsava.
Full-text: Madanamaha, Madanatrayodashi, Madana.
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Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)
Part 1.3 - Religious Festivals < [Chapter 4 - Cultural Aspects of the Mālatīmādhava]
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