Madhava, Mādhava, Mādhavā: 36 definitions
Introduction:
Madhava means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Madhav.
In Hinduism
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
One of the 108 names of Krishna; Meaning: "Knowledge Filled God"
Mādhava (माधव).—A name for the Supreme Personality of Godhead meaning “He who appeared in the Madhu dynasty.” It is also a name for the Yadu dynasty; also a name of Kṛṣṇa comparing Him to the sweetness of springtime or the sweetness of honey.
Mādhava (माधव) refers to:—A name for Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the consort of Śrīmatī Rādhikā; Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who possesses the sweetness of both the spring season and of honey; one who is in the Madhu dynasty. (cf. Glossary page from Śrī Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta).
Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Mādhava (माधव, “He propounds the true knowledge about himself”):—One of the twenty-four forms of Viṣṇu through which Nārāyaṇa manifests himself. He is accompanied by a counterpart emanation of Lakṣmī (an aspect of Devī) who goes by the name Tuṣṭi.
Mādhava (माधव) refers to a Mūrti of the Lord which should be honored in the month of Māgha during the Saṃvatsaravrata (“supererogatory observances to be done during the year”), as discussed in chapter 8 of the Sāttvatasaṃhitā: one of the most ancient of Pāñcarātra Āgamas consisting of roughly 3500 verses which stresses the theological standpoint of the oneness of God despite his various vyūhas (modes of existence), vibhavas (manifestations) and avatāras (incarnations).—Description of the chapter [saṃvatsaravrata-vidhi]: The first vrata mentioned (3-136) is one that covers a twelve-month cycle, in each month of which a different mūrti-aspect of the Lord is given especial daily honor [e.g., Mādhava during māgha-month]—from the tenth day of the bright fortnight of one month until the tenth day of the bright fortnight of the next month.
Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Mādhava (माधव) is another name for Kuśala, one of the seven regions situated in Krauñcadvīpa, according to the Varāhapurāṇa chapter 88. Krauñcadvīpa is one of the seven islands (dvīpa), ruled over by Jyotiṣmān, one of the ten sons of Priyavrata, son of Svāyambhuva Manu, who was created by Brahmā, who was in turn created by Nārāyaṇa, the unknowable all-pervasive primordial being.
The Varāhapurāṇa is categorised as a Mahāpurāṇa, and was originally composed of 24,000 metrical verses, possibly originating from before the 10th century. It is composed of two parts and Sūta is the main narrator.
1) Mādhava (माधव).—A synonym of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Because Śṛī Kṛṣṇa could be properly understood by Manana, Dhyāna and Yoga he got the name Mādhava. (Śloka 4, Chapter 7, Udyoga Parva).
2) Mādhava (माधव).—Son of Vikrama, King of Tāladhvaja. The Kriyā Khaṇḍa of Padma Purāṇa gives the following story about him.
2) Mādhava desired to marry a beautiful and good-natured Kṣatriya girl named Candrakalā. She was not prepared for that and she informed Mādhava thus: "There is a princess in the island of Plakṣa named Sulocanā. She is far more beautiful than myself and is fit to be your consort. Do try to get her."
2) Mādhava accepted the advice of Candrakalā and started for the island of Plakṣa with a servant of his named Praceṣṭa. The news that welcomed him when he reached the island was that the marriage of Sulocanā had been fixed with one Vidyādhara. Undaunted Mādhava sent a love-letter to the princess mentioning his arrival in the city, seeking her hand in marriage. In reply to that Sulocanā wrote that if Mādhava appeared on the marriage-dais in time she would accept him as her husband.
2) The marriage day arrived and Mādhava waited for the time of the function. But when the auspicious hour came Mādhava was asleep. Praceṣṭa, his servant, took advantage of the opportunity and carried away Sulocanā. But Sulocanā was determined to marry only Mādhava and she escaped from the custody of Praceṣṭa and reached the palace of a King called Suṣeṇa and stayed there as a servant wearing the robes of a male, calling himself Vīravara.
2) Vīravara, i. e. Sulocanā in disguise, saved Vidyādhara and Praceṣṭa from committing suicide. At that time Mādhava also in despair was about to commit suicide when Sulocanā appeared before him in time and stopped him from doing it. Sulocanā then told him all that had happened and they were happily united as husband and wife.
3) Mādhava (माधव).—A son born to Yadu of his Nāga wife Dhūmravarṇā. The renowned Yādava dynasty was established by this Yadu and his son Mādhava. (Harivaṃśa).
4) Mādhava (माधव).—A virtuous brahmin. Once when he was about to sacrifice a goat in the sacrificial fire the goat in human voice told the story of its previous birth and requested the brahmin to sacrifice it after reciting the ninth chapter of the Gītā. Mādhava did so and the goat got salvation. (Uttara Khaṇḍa, Padma Purāṇa).
1a) Mādhava (माधव).—A name of Kṛṣṇa.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa I. 15. 18; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 31. 77; III. 33. 18; 72. 140; IV. 9. 61; 34. 72 and 77; Viṣṇu-purāṇa V. 20. 35.
1b) The month sacred to Aryaman;1 (Tamil Vaikāśi); with the month of Madhu forms a ṛtu.2
1c) With Vaṭeśvara in Prayāgā;1 forming a part of the figure, Śivanārāyaṇa;2 in the middle of the Viśvacakra.3
1d) An Asura killed by Śatrughna.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 88. 185; 112. 40.
1e) A tribe deriving its name from Madhu.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 23. 30.
2) Madhava (मधव).—A son of Auttama Manu.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 9. 12.
3) Mādhavā (माधवा).—An Apsarasa sent by Indra to destroy Viṣṇu's tapas.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 61. 22.
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.
Kavya (poetry)
1) Mādhava (माधव) and Śiva were thiefs, from the city Ratnapura, who used to rob the rich men by means of trickery, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 24. Their story was told by princess Kanakarekhā to her father Paropakārin in order to demonstrate that “all kinds of deceptions are practised on the earth by rogues”.
2) Mādhava (माधव) is the name of a Brāhman whose female slave later incarnated as Nāgaśrī: wife of Dharmadatta: king of Kośala, according to a story in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 27. The story of Mādhava and Nāgaśrī was narrated to king Kaliṅgadatta by his wife Tārādattā in order to demonstrate that “actions, good and bad, have a wonderful power, producing the perception of joy and sorrow”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Mādhava, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Mādhava (माधव).—The well-known epoch-making scholar of the 14th century who has written a number of treatises in various Saastras. His धातुवृत्ति (dhātuvṛtti) is a well-known work in grammar.
Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
1) Mādhava (माधव) is the name of a tantric practicioner mentioned in the Mālatīmādhava written by Bhavabhūti (born about 680 CE).—The Kāpālika Aghoraghaṇṭa wishes to propitiate the Great Goddess Gaurī, Śiva’s consort, by sacrificing to her the most beautiful girl he can find, at her Karālā temple in a cemetery in Padmāvatī. He abducts Mālatī for the purpose, but Mādhava, performing a tantric rite in the same cemetery, hears her cries and rescues her, killing Aghoraghaṇṭa.
2) Mādhava (माधव) is also mentioned as the birth-name of Gulmadeva—one of the Sixteen Siddhas according to the Kubjikānityāhnikatilaka.—These sixteen spiritual teachers represent the disciples of the Nine Nāthas who propagated the Western Transmission noted in the Kubjikā Tantras.—Gulmadeva is the Caryā name of this Nātha (i.e., the public name the Siddha uses when living as a wandering renouncer). His birth-name is Viṣṇuśarmā (alternatively, his birth-name is Mādhava and his father is Viṣṇuśarmā according to the Kulakaulinīmata);
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Shilpashastra (iconography)
Mādhava (माधव) is the name of a Māsa-Adhipati (“Lords of the months”) whose iconography is discussed in chapter 22 of the Ādikāṇḍa of the Hayaśīrṣasaṃhitā: a large Pāñcarātra Āgama consisting of roughly 6500 verses dealing primarily with architecture, temple-building and consecration rituals and iconography.—Description of the chapter [keśavādi-pratimālakṣaṇa-paṭala]: The twelve mūrtis are called māsādhipatis, “the Lords of the months”—and their origins are traced to the four vyūhas (1-2). The iconography of the māsa-adhipati is described. [e.g., Mādhava (6-7a)] [...] In each case, their wives should be shown holding a lotus and viṇā (23-24a).
Mādhava (माधव) refers to one of the Dvādaśa-mūrti or “twelve sacred names of Viṣṇu”, whose iconographical details are mentioned in the Śrītattvanidhi (verse 2.19-42) citing the Pāñcarātrāgama-Kriyapāda.—Mādhava’s Mien is like blue-lily (nilotpala), garments of many colours (citrāmbara) and eyes like lotus flowers. According to the Caturviṃśatimūrtilakṣaṇa, Mādhava is fitted with the Cakra, Śaṅkha, Gāda and Padma, in that particular order.
Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Mādhava (माधव): One of the names of Krishna. It means the Lord of Lakshmi.
Mādhava (माधव) refers to the proposed author of the Sarvadarśanasaṃgraha (lit., “ompendium of all the darśanas”) by Mādhavācārya (fourteenth century CE) refers to the most famous text of the Saṃgraha literary genre dealing in 16 chapters with different darśanas or schools of Indian philosophy.—As far as the authorship of the Sarvadarśanasaṃgraha is concerned, a great debate is active about the identity of its author: should we consider Mādhava as the same as Vidyāraṇya (born to Māyaṇācārya and Śrīmatīdevī in Pampakṣetra), the brother of Sāyaṇa, or identical with Sāyaṇa, or what else? Should we consider Vidyāraṇya as a different person, and Mādhava and Sāyaṇa as his disciples? The author of the treatise should be identified with Mādhava-Sāyaṇa, or with Bharatītīrtha, or with Cinnambhaṭṭa? (Thakur 1961).
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
A Damila chief, ally of Kulasekhara. Cv.lxxvii.77, 79.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Mādhava (माधव) participated in the war between Rāma and Rāvaṇa, on the side of the latter, as mentioned in Svayambhūdeva’s Paumacariu (Padmacarita, Paumacariya or Rāmāyaṇapurāṇa) chapter 57ff. Svayambhū or Svayambhūdeva (8th or 9th century) was a Jain householder who probably lived in Karnataka. His work recounts the popular Rāma story as known from the older work Rāmāyaṇa (written by Vālmīki). Various chapters [mentioning Mādhava] are dedicated to the humongous battle whose armies (known as akṣauhiṇīs) consisted of millions of soldiers, horses and elephants, etc.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
India history and geography
Mādhava (माधव) is an example of a Vaiṣṇavite name mentioned in the Gupta inscriptions. Classification of personal names according to deities (e.g., from Vaiṣṇavism) were sometimes used by more than one person and somehow seem to have been popular. The Gupta empire (r. 3rd-century CE), founded by Śrī Gupta, covered much of ancient India and embraced the Dharmic religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Derivation of personal names (e.g., Mādhava) during the rule of the Guptas followed patterns such as tribes, places, rivers and mountains.
1) Mādhava (माधव) (fl. 1039 AD) is the name of a Brāhmaṇa mentioned in the “Ṭhāṇā plates of Nāgārjuna”. Accordingly, “... the great Brāhmaṇa Mādhava Paṇḍita, son of Gokarṇa Paṇḍita, of the Pārāsara-gotra and the Yajurveda-śākhā, who has emigrated from Hasti-grāma situated in the Madhyadeśa”.
2) Mādhava Jyotirvid (fl. 1049 AD), the son of Dāmupaiya, is mentioned in the “Ṭhāṇā plates of Mummuṇirāja”. Accordingly, Mādhava Jyotirvid is mentioned amongst fourteen Brāhmaṇas living together, hailing from Karahāṭaka (Karahāṭa), as receiving a gift of several villages. He is associated with the Ātreya gotra (clan)
3) Mādhava (fl. 1184 A.D.) is the name of a person mentioned in the “Lonāḍ stone inscription of Aparāditya II”. Accordingly, “Knowing this and also (the meaning of) the half verse, viz. whoever is the owner of the land, to him belongs then the religious merit of the gift, none should destroy this gift. On the other hand, all should preserve it. This has been written by the sāndhivigrahika Mādhava”.
Mādhava (माधव) is the name of a Poet mentioned in the 13th century Saduktikarṇāmrita by Śrīdhara Dāsa (son of Vaṭu Dāsa) who was a chief over several districts (called a mahāmaṇḍalika).—The Sadukti-Karnamrita is a collection of miscellaneous verses by different authors and on various subjects, five verses being devoted to each subject. There are 446 poets identified (for example, Mādhava) some of which in the feminine gender (intended for females) while others are of Buddhist monks etc.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
Madhava in India is the name of a plant defined with Acacia intsia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Mimosa caesia L. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· A Numerical List of Dried Specimens (5250)
· Flora Caroliniana (1788)
· Species Plantarum.
· Species Plantarum (1753)
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Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
madhavā (मधवा).—a madhavēlā a R madhivalā a C (madhya) The middle one; the one between the eldest and the youngest;--used of brothers and sisters.
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mādhava (माधव).—m (S) A name of Kriṣṇa or Viṣṇu. 2 The month vaiśākha or the season composed of caitra & vaiśākha.
madhavā (मधवा).—a The middle one.
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
Mādhava (माधव).—a. (-vī f.) [मधु-अण् (madhu-aṇ)]
1) Honey-like, sweet.
2) Made of honey.
3) Vernal, relating to the spring; सावज्ञेव मुखप्रसाधनविधौ श्रीमाधवी योषिताम् (sāvajñeva mukhaprasādhanavidhau śrīmādhavī yoṣitām) M.3.5.
4) Relating to the descendants of Madhu.
-vaḥ [māyā lakṣmyā dhavaḥ]
1) Name of Kṛṣṇa; राधामाधवयोर्जयन्ति यमुनाकूले रहःकेलयः (rādhāmādhavayorjayanti yamunākūle rahaḥkelayaḥ) Gītagovinda 1; माधवे मा कुरु मानिनि मानमये (mādhave mā kuru mānini mānamaye) 9.
2) The spring season, a friend of Cupid; स्मर पर्युत्सुक एष माधवः (smara paryutsuka eṣa mādhavaḥ) Ku. 4.28; स माधवेनाभिमतेन सख्या (sa mādhavenābhimatena sakhyā) (anuprayātaḥ) 3.23; माधवप्रथमे मासि बलस्य प्रथमे पुनः (mādhavaprathame māsi balasya prathame punaḥ) Charaka-sūtrasthāna.
3) The month called Vaiśākha; जगाम माधवे मासि रैभ्याश्रमपदं प्रति (jagāma mādhave māsi raibhyāśramapadaṃ prati) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.136.1; भास्करस्य मधुमाधवाविव (bhāskarasya madhumādhavāviva) R.11.7.
4) Name of Indra.
5) of Paraśurāma.
6) Name of the Yādavas (pl.); प्रहितः प्रधनाय माधवान् (prahitaḥ pradhanāya mādhavān) Śiśupālavadha 16.52.
7) Name of a celebrated author, son of Māyaṇa and brother of Sāyaṇa and Bhoganātha, and suppossed to have lived in the fifteenth century. He was a very reputed scholar, numerous important works being ascribed to him; he and Sāyaṇa are suppossed to have jointly written the commentary on the Ṛgveda; श्रुतिस्मृतिसदाचारपालको माधवो बुधः । स्मार्तं व्याख्याय सर्वार्थं द्विजार्थं श्रौत उद्यतः (śrutismṛtisadācārapālako mādhavo budhaḥ | smārtaṃ vyākhyāya sarvārthaṃ dvijārthaṃ śrauta udyataḥ) || J. N. V.
Mādhava (माधव).—mfn. (-vaḥ-vī-va) Made of honey, &c. m.
(-vaḥ) 1. A name of Krish Na or Vishnu. 2. The month Vaisakha. 3. Spring. 4. An epi thet of Parasurama. 5. Indra. f. (-vī) 1. Sugar, clayed or candied. 2. A large creeper, (Gærtnera racemosa.) 3. Spirituous liquor. 4. A bawd. 5. A sort of dentifrice, commonly Misi. 6- Sacred basil. 7. A name of Durga. n.
(-vaṃ) Sweetness. E. madhu honey, &c., and aṇ aff. of derivation or reference; or mā-dhava .
Mādhava (माधव).—i. e. madhu + a, I. adj. 1. Made of honey. 2. Belonging to the spring, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 23 (cf. Sch.). Ii. m. 1. Viṣṇu, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 238. 2. The month Vaiśākha. 3. Spring. Iii. f. vī. 1. Sugar, clayed or candied. 2. Spirituous liquor. 3. Durgā. 4. A large creeper, Gaertnera racemosa, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 76. 5. A bawd. Iv. n. Sweetness.
Mādhava (माधव).—[feminine] ī vernal; [masculine] the second month of the spring, spring i.[grammar]; descendant of Madhu, [Epithet] of Viṣṇu-Kṛṣṇa, Paraśurāma, etc., a man’s name; [feminine] mādhavī the Mādhavī (i.e. spring-) flower, a woman’s name.
1) Mādhava (माधव) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—guru of Madhusūdana Sarasvatī. Hall. p. 119.
2) Mādhava (माधव):—father of Dādābhāi (Kiraṇāvalī Sūryasiddhāntaṭīkā), grandfather of Nārāyaṇa (Tājakasārasudhānidhi). Oxf. 332^b.
3) Mādhava (माधव):—son of Narasiṃha, father of Madhusūdana (Mañjubhāṣiṇī Vidvadbhūṣaṇaṭīkā 1644). Bp. 55. 358.
4) Mādhava (माधव):—son of Rāmeśvara, father of Prabhākara (Rasapradīpa 1583), Viśvanātha and Raghunātha (Kālatattvavivecana). W. p. 228. L. 1371. Bik. 484.
5) Mādhava (माधव):—father of Mallamalla (Udārarāghava). Io. 54.
6) Mādhava (माधव):—father of Hiraṇyagarbha, grandfather of Ratnagarbha (Viṣṇupurāṇaṭīkā). L. 2537.
7) Mādhava (माधव):—father of Sundararāja (Āpastambaśulbapradīpavivaraṇa). L. 1459.
8) Mādhava (माधव):—poet. [Sūktikarṇāmṛta by Śrīdharadāsa] [Subhāshitāvali by Vallabhadeva] Padyāvalī. See Jayamādhava, Pracaṇḍamādhava, Māgadhamādhava, Vijayamādhava, Vibhūtimādhava.
9) Mādhava (माधव):—Ekākṣarīkośa.
10) Mādhava (माधव):—Kirātārjunīyaṭīkā.
11) Mādhava (माधव):—Chandasībhāṣya. See Mādhava, son of Nārāyaṇa.
12) Mādhava (माधव):—Jātakadarpaṇa.
13) Mādhava (माधव):—Jyotiṣaratnamālāṭīkā.
14) Mādhava (माधव):—Durgābhaktitaraṅgiṇī.
15) Mādhava (माधव):—Dravyaguṇaratnamālā med.
16) Mādhava (माधव):—Nārāyaṇabalividhi.
17) Mādhava (माधव):—(?): Mādhavī Śānti.
18) Mādhava (माधव):—Ratnamālā lex. Quoted by Rāyamukuṭa.
19) Mādhava (माधव):—
—[commentary] on Nīlakaṇṭha’s Varṣaphala.
20) Mādhava (माधव):—Vivekadīpikā.
21) Mādhava (माधव):—Vedāntasiddhānta.
22) Mādhava (माधव):—Śaktivādaṭīkā.
23) Mādhava (माधव):—Śāradātilakaṭīkā.
24) Mādhava (माधव):—Siddhāntacūḍāmaṇi jy. Quoted by Nṛsiṃha and Lakṣmīdāsa Cambr. 43. 54.
25) Mādhava (माधव):—son of Indukara: Āyurvedaprakāśa. Āyurvedarasaśāstra. Kūṭamudgara and—[commentary]. Paryāyaratnamālā Rasakaumudī. Rugviniścaya or Mādhavanidāna.
Mādhava has the following synonyms: Mādhavakara.
26) Mādhava (माधव):—son of Nārāyaṇa: Sāmavedasaṃhitābhāṣya. W. 1424 (chandasikā).
27) Mādhava (माधव):—son of Rāmeśvara Bhaṭṭa: Sūryārghyadānapaddhati. Ben. 44. Called Arghyadānapaddhati in B. 1, 214.
28) Mādhava (माधव):—younger brother of Rāma and Viśvapati, son of Lakṣmaṇa, son of Vācideva, son of Yajñeśvara, son of Viṣṇuśarman: Dānalīlākāvya.
29) Mādhava (माधव):—son of Veṅkaṭācārya: Vedabhāṣya, Nāmānukramaṇī, Ākhyātānukramaṇī, Svarānukramaṇī, Nipātānukramaṇī, Nirbandhānukramaṇī and bhāṣya, Nāmanighaṇṭu. Quoted by Devarāja in Nighaṇṭubhāṣya p. 4, etc.
30) Mādhava (माधव):—son of Jayasiṃha, patron of Vrajanātha (Padyataraṅgiṇī and—[commentary] 1753).
31) Mādhava (माधव):—father of Gopāla (Gaṅgāvilāsa campū).
32) Mādhava (माधव):—son of Cakradatta, grandson of Śrīkaṇṭhadatta, father of Puruṣottama (Dravyaguṇa med.).
33) Mādhava (माधव):—father of Vidyāvāgīśa (Kaunteyavṛtta).
34) Mādhava (माधव):—father of Viṣṇudāsa (Kavikautuka etc.).
35) Mādhava (माधव):—Dharmaprakāśa.
36) Mādhava (माधव):—of Kānyakubja wrote in 1526: Bhāsvatīvivaraṇa.
37) Mādhava (माधव):—Sajjanamaṇḍana.
38) Mādhava (माधव):—Homapaddhati.
39) Mādhava (माधव):—son of Kandarpa: Bhāsvatyudāharaṇa.
40) Mādhava (माधव):—son of Raghunātha: Adbhutadarpaṇa jy.
41) Mādhava (माधव):—son of Bhaṭṭa Samudra:
—[commentary] on Śrīpati’s Jātakapaddhati.
42) Mādhava (माधव):—Arkaprakāśa med.
43) Mādhava (माधव):—Nāmamālā Ekākṣarī.
44) Mādhava (माधव):—C. on Nīlakaṇṭha’s Varṣatantra.
45) Mādhava (माधव):—Śāntihoma.
46) Mādhava (माधव):—son of Kṛṣṇa: Grahamakhatilaka.
1) Mādhava (माधव):—mf(ī)n. ([from] madhu; f(ā). only in mādhavā [= madhavyā] tanūḥ, [Pāṇini 4-4, 129 [Scholiast or Commentator]]) relating to spring, vernal, [Harivaṃśa; Vikramorvaśī; Kathāsaritsāgara]
2) belonging or peculiar to the descendants of Madhu id est. the Yādavas, [Harivaṃśa]
3) representing Kṛṣṇa (as a picture), [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]
4) m. Name of the second month of spring (more usually called Vaiśākha, = April-May), [Taittirīya-saṃhitā] etc. etc. spring, [Kāvya literature; Pañcarātra]
5) Bassia Latifolia, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) Latifolia, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) Phaseolus Mungo, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) a son or descendant of Madhu, a man of the race of Yadu (sg. [especially] Name of Kṛṣṇa-Viṣṇu or of Paraśu-rāma as an incarnation of this god; [plural] the Yādavas or Vṛṣṇis), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Harivaṃśa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
9) Name of Śiva, [Śivagītā, ascribed to the padma-purāṇa]
10) of Indra, [Pañcatantra; Vetāla-pañcaviṃśatikā] ([wrong reading] for vāsava?)
11) of a son of the third Manu, [Harivaṃśa]
12) of one of the 7 sages under Manu Bhautya, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
13) of the hero of Bhava-bhūti’s drama Mālatī-mādhava
14) of various other men, [Kathāsaritsāgara; Hitopadeśa] etc.
15) of various scholars and poets (also with paṇḍita, bhaṭṭa miśra, yogin, vaidya, sarasvatī etc.; cf. mādhavācārya)
16) n. sweetness, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
17) (also m.) a [particular] intoxicating drink, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Mādhava (माधव):—(vaḥ) 1. m. Krishna; month of spring. f. (vī) Candied sugar; a creeper; spirits; a bawd; basil; Durgā|n. Sweetness. a. Of honey.
Mādhava (माधव):—(von madhu)
1) adj. f. ī (aber mādhavā [= madhavyā, madhu] tanūḥ [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 4, 129,] [Scholiast]) a) zum Frühling in Beziehung stehend: ahani an einem Frühlingstage [Harivaṃśa 12013.] lakṣmī Frühlingspracht [Vikramorvaśī 23.] mañjarī [Kathāsaritsāgara 45, 336.] — b) den Nachkommen des Madhu, den Yādava eigen, bei ihnen sich findend: lakṣmī so v. a. das Glück der Yādava [Harivaṃśa 9597.] —
2) m. a) proparox. Bez. des zweiten Frühlingsmonates [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 4, 129.] [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 3, 16.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 420.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 153.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 708. fg.] [Medinīkoṣa v. 47.] [Halāyudha 1, 114.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 7, 30. 13, 25. 22, 31.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 4, 4, 12, 1.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4, 3, 1, 14.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 79, 34. 6, 32, 25.] [Suśruta 1, 19, 9.] [Raghuvaṃśa 11, 7.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 46, 85] (madhumādhave) . [Viṣṇupurāṇa 225.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 114, 27.] [PAÑCAR. 1, 10, 46.] — b) Frühling [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 64, 6.] [Mālavikāgnimitra 40.] śrī [83.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 4, 28.] [PAÑCAR. 1, 7, 29] (wohl mādhave sumanoharam st. mādhaveṣu mano zu lesen). — c) Bassia latifolia und eine best. Hülsenfrucht (kṛṣṇamudga) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — d) ein Sohn oder Nachkomme Madhu's, ein Mann aus Yadu's Geschlecht (ein Sohn Yadu's heisst Mādhava [Harivaṃśa 5206. 5215.] māgadha die neuere Ausg.) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 106,] [Scholiast] [Medinīkoṣa] mādhavāḥ = yādavāḥ = vṛṣṇayaḥ [Harivaṃśa 1898.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 418.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 23, 29.] sg. patron. Kṛṣṇa’s (Viṣṇu’s) [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 13.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 215.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Bhagavadgītā 1, 14. 37.] [Mahābhārata 5, 2563. 13, 599.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 41, 2.] [Gītagovinda 1, 1.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 6, 8, 19.] [PAÑCAR. 4, 3, 30.] Paraśurāma (als Viṣṇu’s Incarnation) so genannt [Mahābhārata 9, 2725.] mādhavottama [2726.] auf Śiva übertragen [Śivanāmasahasra] — e) als Beiname Indra's wohl nur eine Verwechselung mit vāsava [Spr. 2367. 3637, v. l.] — f) Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des 3ten Manu (hier als Monatsname) [Harivaṃśa 424.] eines der sieben Weisen unter Manu Bhautya [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 100, 31.] eines andern alten Weisen [Oxforder Handschriften 268,a,35.] Nomen proprium verschiedener anderer Männer [Hiouen-Thsang I,442. fg.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 24,81. fg. 27,88.] [Hitopadeśa 128,3.] [MĀLATĪM. 11,12.] [Oxforder Handschriften 162,b,20. 219,a, No. 523. 248,a,29. 264,a,8. 295,a, No. 713. 312,a, No. 745. 332,b, No. 784. 357,b, No. 851. 379,a, No. 388.] [Weber’s Indische Studien.4,174.] [Medinīkoṣa Anhang 4.] [Siddhāntakaumudī] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher.1,2,6.3,1,82.5,1,126.7,2,18.] Sch. zu [5,2,139.] [HALL 119. 173.] [Kāvya-Saṅgraha 373.] —
3) f. ī a) Honigzucker [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — b) ein berauschendes Getränk (aus Honig) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 10, 15.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — c) Gaertnera racemosa (die Frühlingsblume; vgl. vāsantī) [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1147.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha 2, 53.] [Meghadūta 76.] [Vikramorvaśī 23] [?(v. l.). Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 6, 16. 8, 2, 18. PAÑCAR. 2, 4, 43.] latā mādhavī (so ist wohl zu schreiben) [Śākuntala 58.] eine Art Panicum [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1177.] Basilienkraut [Śabdamālā im Śabdakalpadruma] = misi [Medinīkoṣa] — d) Kupplerin [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — e) Gedeihen des Hausviehes (gomahiṣyādisaṃpattau) [Medinīkoṣa] — f) ein Frauenzimmer aus Madhu's oder Yadu's Geschlecht: Anantā (Gattin Janamejaya's) [Mahābhārata 1, 3765.] Saṃpriyā (Gattin Vidūratha’s) [3793.] Kuntī [5824.] — g) Name der Dākṣāyaṇī in Śrīśaila [Oxforder Handschriften 39,b,3.] = Durgā [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] — h) Nomen proprium einer der Mütter im Gefolge Skanda's [Mahābhārata 9, 2625.] — i) Nomen proprium einer Tochter Yayāti’s [Mahābhārata 5, 3930.] — k) Titel eines Commentars (wohl nach dem Verfasser Mādhava so genannt) zum [Amarakoṣa] [Colebrooke II, 55.] —
4) n. Süsse [WILSON.] — Vgl. nīlamādhava, bindu, matsya, madhumādhava und madhumādhavī (in der 2ten Bed. auch [Mahābhārata 4, 454]).
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Mādhava (माधव):—, mādhavī devī Bez. der Erde [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 97, 14.] mādhavī devī mādhavapatnī bhūdevī Comm.
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Mādhava (माधव):—
3) e) zu streichen. — mādhavī als Bez. der Erde (vgl. Nachträge) [Viṣṇupurāṇa 1, 4, 20.]
Mādhava (माधव):——
1) Adj. (f. ī ; ā in der Verbindung tanu und in der Bed. von madhavyā) — a) zum Frühling in Beziehung stehend , vernalis , vernus. — b) den Nachkommen Madhu’s — , den Yādava eigen. — c) Kṛṣṇa darstellend (Bild) [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 1,606,8.9.] —
2) m. — a) der zweite Frühlingsmonat. — b) Frühling. — c) *Bassia latifolia [Rājan 11,92.] — d) *Phaseolus Mungo [Rājan 16,38.] — e) ein Sohn oder Nachkomme Madhu’s , ein Mann aus Yadu’s Geschlecht. Sg. Patron. Kṛṣṇa’s (Viṣṇu's) und Paraśurāma’s (als einer Incarnation Viṣṇu's). Auch auf Śiva übertragen. Pl. Bez. der Yādava’s oder Vṛṣṇi's. — f) Nomen proprium — α) eines Sohnes des 3ten Manu. — β) eines der 7 Weisen unter Manu Bhautya. — γ) eines andern alten Weisen und verschiedener anderer Männer. —
3) f. mādhavī — a) die Erde. Auch mit dem beiw. devī. — b) *Honigzucker [Rājan 14,104.] — c) *ein berauschendes Getränk. — d) Gaertnera racemosa. — e) *eine Art Panicum. — f) *Basilienkraut. — g) *Anethum Sowa [Rājan 4,10.] — h) *Kupplerin. — i) *Gedeihen des Hausviehes. — k) eine best. Rāgiṇi [Saṃgitasārasaṃgraha 55.] — l) eine Frau aus Madhu’s oder Yadu’s Geschlecht. — m) Name der Dākṣāyaṇi in Śrīśaila. *Auch Beiname der Durgā. — n) Titel eines Commentars. — o) Nomen proprium — α) einer der Mütter im Gefolge Skanda's. — β) einer Tochter Yayāti's. —
4) *n. Süsse.
Mādhava (माधव) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Māhava.
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
Mādhava (माधव) [Also spelled madhav]:—(nm) an epithet of Lord Krishna; the spring (season).
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Kannada-English dictionary
Mādhava (ಮಾಧವ):—[adjective] sweet; delicious; honeyed.
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Mādhava (ಮಾಧವ):—
1) [noun] any alcoholic liquor.
2) [noun] the period of first two months (Caitra and Vaiśakha) of the Hindu lunar calendar year; the spring season.
3) [noun] Vasanta, the Lord of Spring Season.
4) [noun] Vaiśakha, the second month in the Hindu lunar calendar year.
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Mādhava (ಮಾಧವ):—
1) [noun] Viṣṇu, the consort of the Goddess of Wealth, Lakṣmi.
2) [noun] Kṛṣṇa, the eighth incarnation of Viśṇu.
3) [noun] Indra, the lord of gods.
4) [noun] Kubēra, the Regent of Wealth and of North.
5) [noun] Paraśurāma, the sixth incarnation of Viṣṇu.
6) [noun] a king; a ruler.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Mādhava (माधव):—n. 1. spring season; 2. Mythol. an epithet of Vishnu; 3. the month called Baisakh;
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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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.1.68 < [Chapter 1 - Vairāgya (renunciation)]
Verse 2.4.90 < [Chapter 4 - Vaikuṇṭha (the spiritual world)]
Verse 2.1.73 < [Chapter 1 - Vairāgya (renunciation)]
Studies in the Cult of Jagannatha (by K. C. Mishra)
Part 9 - Madhava worship and Shri Jagannatha
Part 30 - Shri-Purushottama-kshetra-tattva
Śrī Śrī Rādhikā Aṣṭottara-Śata-Nāma-Stotraṃ (by Śrīla Raghunātha Dāsa Gosvāmi)
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
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Verse 6.7.23 < [Chapter 7 - The Marriage of Śrī Rukmiṇī]
Verse 5.19.12 < [Chapter 19 - The Festival on Śrī Kṛṣṇa Return]
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Part 13 - Dūtī in Virahotkaṇṭhitā < [Chapter 4 - Virahotkaṇṭhitā]
Part 5 - Examples of Khaṇḍitā < [Chapter 6 - Khaṇḍitā]
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