Madanotsava, Madana-utsava: 9 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMadanotsava (मदनोत्सव).—the vernal festival celebrated in honour of Cupid.
-vā an apsaras.
Derivable forms: madanotsavaḥ (मदनोत्सवः).
Madanotsava is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms madana and utsava (उत्सव).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMadanotsava (मदनोत्सव).—m.
(-vaḥ) The vernal festival of the Hindus, the Holi. f.
(-vā) A courtezan of heaven. E. madana spring of love, and utsava festival.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMadanotsava (मदनोत्सव).—[masculine] (great) festival held in honour of the god of love.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Madanotsava (मदनोत्सव):—[from madana > mad] m. Kāma-deva’s festival (= na-maha) the holy or vernal f°, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. [Religious Thought and Life in India 430])
2) [v.s. ...] a [particular] game, [Catalogue(s)]
3) Madanotsavā (मदनोत्सवा):—[from madanotsava > madana > mad] f. a courtezan of Svarga, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMadanotsava (मदनोत्सव):—[madano+tsava] (vaḥ) 1. m. The vernal festival of the Hindus, the Holi. f. (vā) A courtezan of heaven.
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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 dictionaryMadanotsava (मदनोत्सव) [Also spelled madanotsav]:—(nm) see [holī].
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Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryMadanotsava (मदनोत्सव):—n. 1. the vernal festival in honor of Cupid; 2. Fagu (फागू [phāgū] ), the festival of color;
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.
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Partial matches: Utsava, Madana.
Full-text: Madanotsav.
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