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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Madhuhan (मधुहन्).—(Madhusūdana)—a name of Hari.^*

• * Bhāgavata-purāṇa X. 6. 23.

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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.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Madhuhan (मधुहन्).—m.

1) a destroyer or collector of honey; सर्वथा संहतैरेव दुर्बलैर्बलवानपि । अमित्रः शक्यते हन्तुं मधुहा भ्रमरैरिव (sarvathā saṃhataireva durbalairbalavānapi | amitraḥ śakyate hantuṃ madhuhā bhramarairiva) || Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.33.7; Bhāgavata 11.7.34.

2) a kind of bird of prey.

3) a sooth-sayer.

4) an epithet of Viṣṇu.

Madhuhan is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms madhu and han (हन्).

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

Madhuhan (मधुहन्).—m.

(-hā) 1. A name of Krishna. 2. A particular bird of prey. 3. A sooth-sayer. E. madhu the Daitya, and han destroyer.

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

Madhuhan (मधुहन्).—[masculine] the Madhu-slayer (Kṛṣṇa).

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

1) Madhuhan (मधुहन्):—[=madhu-han] [from madhu] m. a collector of honey ([according to] to [commentator or commentary] ‘destroyer of a bee-hive’), [Mahābhārata; Purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] a [particular] bird of prey, [Vāgbhaṭālaṃkāra; Caraka]

3) [v.s. ...] ‘slayer of the Daitya Madhu’, Name of Viṣṇu-Kṛṣṇa, [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Pañcarātra]

4) [v.s. ...] a soothsayer, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Madhuhan (मधुहन्):—[madhu-han] (hā) 5. m. Krishna.

[Sanskrit to German]

Madhuhan 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Han, Madhu, Matu.

Starts with: Madhuhantar, Madhuhantri.

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