Alternative spellings of this word include Madak.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and places

Maḍaka (मडक) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. VI.46.49) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Maḍaka) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Madaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Hyoscyamus niger in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Hyoscyamus niger var. chinensis Makino (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Poisonous Plants in Britain and Their Effects on Animals and Man. (1984)
· Botanical Magazine (2394)
· Nordic Journal of Botany (1999)
· Botaničeskij Žurnal
· Nucleus (1987)
· Opera Botanica (1999)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Madaka, for example diet and recipes, chemical composition, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, health benefits, side effects, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

mādaka (मादक).—a S That intoxicates, lit. fig.--liquors, drugs, riches, learning, power.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

mādaka (मादक).—a That intoxicates.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Maḍaka (मडक).—A kind of corn; L. D. B.

Derivable forms: maḍakaḥ (मडकः).

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Mādaka (मादक).—a. (-dikā f.) [मद्-णिच् ण्वुल् (mad-ṇic ṇvul)]

1) Intoxicating, maddening, stupefying.

2) Gladdening.

-kaḥ A gallinule.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Maḍaka (मडक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A kind of grain, (Eleusine corocana.) E. maḍi-kvun .

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Mādaka (मादक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A gallinule. f.

(-dikā) 1. Intoxicating. 2. Gladdening. E. mad to delight, aff. ṇvul .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mādaka (मादक).—[adjective] inebriating.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Maḍaka (मडक):—m. Eleusine Corocana, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [plural] Name of a people, [Mahābhārata] ([Bombay edition] maruta).

3) Mādaka (मादक):—[from māda] mfn. intoxicating, exhilarating, gladdening, stupefying (-tā f. -tva n.), [Kāmandakīya-nītisāra; Kapila [Scholiast or Commentator]]

4) [v.s. ...] m. a gallinule (= dātyūka), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Maḍaka (मडक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A kind of grain.

2) Mādaka (मादक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A gallinule.

[Sanskrit to German]

Madaka in German

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Madaka (मदक) [Also spelled madak]:—(nm) a preparation of opium which causes deep intoxication; ~[cī] a [madaka]-addict.

2) Mādaka (मादक) [Also spelled madak]:—(a) intoxicating; bewitching, fascinating; ~[tā] intoxication, drunkenness; fascinating power/charm.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Mādaka (ಮಾದಕ):—

1) [adverb] causing intoxication; intoxicating; intoxicant.

2) [adverb] giving joy or pleasure; delighting.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with (+1): Madaka-padartha, Madaka-phasala, Madakadravya, Madakal, Madakala, Madakalakokilakujita, Madakalayuvati, Madakalita, Madakapaniya, Madakapeya, Madakapulusu, Madakapusu, Madakara, Madakarana, Madakari, Madakarin, Madakarini, Madakata, Madakate, Madakatva.

Ends with: Kumadaka, Padmadaka, Pramadaka, Somadaka, Unmadaka.

Full-text: Madakata, Madakatva, Madak, Unmadaka, Majaka, Manthaka, Mattaka, Manduka, Maruta, Madana.

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