Maddu, Maḍḍu: 8 definitions

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Maḍḍu (मड्डु).—A kind of drum; see मङ्कुक (maṅkuka).

Derivable forms: maḍḍuḥ (मड्डुः).

See also (synonyms): maḍḍuka.

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

Maḍḍu (मड्डु).—m.

(-ḍḍuḥ) A sort of drum. E. masj to purify, aff. un, deriv. irr.; also with kan added, maḍḍuka .

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

Maḍḍu (मड्डु).—m. A sort of drum.

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

Maḍḍu (मड्डु):—m. a kind of drum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. maṭṭa).

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

Maḍḍu (मड्डु):—(ḍḍaḥ) 2. m. A sort of drum.

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Maddu 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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Maḍḍu (ಮಡ್ಡು):—[noun] = ಮಡ್ಡಿ [maddi]1.

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Maḍḍu (ಮಡ್ಡು):—[adjective] = ಮಡ್ಡ [madda]1.

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Maḍḍu (ಮಡ್ಡು):—[noun] = ಮಡೆಯ [madeya].

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Maḍḍu (ಮಡ್ಡು):—[noun] the outer genital organ of a female animal.

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Maḍḍu (ಮಡ್ಡು):—[noun] a kind of percussion instrument.

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Maddu (ಮದ್ದು):—

1) [noun] any substance or substances used in treating disease or illness; medicament; remedy; medicine.

2) [noun] a substance fed along with food, that acts as a slow-poison.

3) [noun] anything or means that relieves from pain, distress, agony, harm, etc.

4) [noun] a means (as a mystical word, formula, incantation, etc.) used to bring a peson under spell.

5) [noun] a substance that can explode, as gunpowder.

6) [noun] 'a usu. small paper cylinder that contains an explosive and an attached fuse and makes a sharp noise when exploded: used at celebrations, etc.; a fire-cracker.'7) [noun] ಮದ್ದರೆ [maddare] maddare = ಮದ್ದಿಕ್ಕು - [maddikku -] 2; ಮದ್ದಿನ ತಿಲಕ [maddina tilaka] maddina tilaka a thin, vertical mark made on the forehead with the paste of a substance which is supposed to have the power to mesmorise; ಮದ್ದು ತಾಗು [maddu tagu] maddu tāgu (fig.) (a means, trick, etc.) to prove to be effective; ಮದ್ದು ಮಾಡು [maddu madu] maddu māḍu = ಮದ್ದಿಕ್ಕು - [maddikku -] 2; 2. to find a means to counter, win over, achieve (something); ಮದ್ದುಹಾಕು [madduhaku] maddu hāku = ಮದ್ದಿಕ್ಕು - [maddikku -] 2.

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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.

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