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Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature

Madakala (मदकल) refers to one of the 23 types of dohā metres (a part of mātrā type) described in the 1st chapter of the Vṛttamauktika by Candraśekhara (17th century): author of many metrical compositions and the son of Lakṣmīnātha Bhaṭṭa and Lopāmudrā.

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Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Madakala (मदकल).—a. speaking softly or inarticulately, speaking indistinctly; मदकलोदकलोलविहंगमाः (madakalodakalolavihaṃgamāḥ) R.9.37; मद- कलमदिराक्षीनीविमोक्षो हि मोक्षः (mada- kalamadirākṣīnīvimokṣo hi mokṣaḥ) Udb.

2) uttering low sounds of love.

3) drunk with passion; एतस्मिन् मदकलमल्लिकाक्षपक्ष (etasmin madakalamallikākṣapakṣa)... Uttararāmacarita 1.31; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 9.14.

4) indistinct yet sweet; मदकलं कूजितं सारसानाम् (madakalaṃ kūjitaṃ sārasānām) Meghadūta 31.

5) ruttish, furious, under the influence of rut; V.4.46.

6) furious, mad.

-laḥ an elephant in rut;

Madakala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mada and kala (कल).

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

Madakala (मदकल).—mfn.

(-laḥ-lā-laṃ) 1. Speaking inarticulately or like a drunken person. 2. Uttering low sounds of love. 3. Sweet and indistinct. m.

(-laḥ) An elephant in rut. E. mada inebriety, &c., kal to sound, aff. ac .

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

Madakala (मदकल).—1. adj. speaking like a drunken person. 2. m. an elephant in rut; see kalā.

Madakala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mada and kala (कल).

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

Madakala (मदकल).—[adjective] sounding or singing softly (in love or rut).

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

1) Madakala (मदकल):—[=mada-kala] [from mada > mad] mfn. sounding or singing softly or indistinctly (as if intoxicated), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature]

2) [v.s. ...] drunk, intoxicated (with liquor or passion), ruttish, furious, mad, [Kālidāsa]

3) [v.s. ...] m. an elephant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Madakala (मदकल):—[mada-kala] (laḥ) 1. m. An elephnat in rut. a. Speaking like a drunkard.

[Sanskrit to German]

Madakala 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Madakala (ಮದಕಲ):—[adjective] making an indistinct, but sweet sound (while being intoxicated with love).

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Madakala (ಮದಕಲ):—[noun] an elephant in rut.

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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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

1) Madakala (मदकल):—adj. sounding intoxicated; excited; frenzied;

2) Madakāla (मदकाल):—n. Biol. rut;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Mada, Kala.

Starts with: Madakalakokilakujita, Madakalayuvati.

Full-text: Madakalayuvati, Madakalakokilakujita, Madkaal, Kalaha, Doha, Mada.

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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)

Text 10.181 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]

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Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)

Verse 3.5.18 < [Part 5 - Conjugal Love (mādhurya-rasa)]

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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)

Appendix 2.3: new and rare words < [Appendices]

Appendix 1.6: New and rare words < [Appendices]

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