Madhukara, Mādhukara, Madhu-kara, Madhukāra: 16 definitions
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Madhukara means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.
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In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstraMadhukarā (मधुकरा) is the name of a meter belonging to the Anuṣṭubh class of Dhruvā (songs) described in the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 32:—“the metre which has in its feet of eight syllables first six short and the rest long, is madhukarā”.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Gitashastra (science of music)
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (gita)Madhukara (मधुकर) refers to a musical instrument classified as Suṣira (“those instruments which are filled with holes (and is hollow from inside)”) which represents one of the four kinds of Instrumental Music, produced by an instrument (ātodya), according to the Saṃgītaratnākara.—The suṣira kind of instrument is also known as wind instrument. According to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, instruments like flute etc. fall under the group of suṣira kind of instrument. In the Saṃgītaratnākara, different kinds of wind instruments are mentioned, e.g., madhukara.
Gitashastra (गीतशास्त्र, gītaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science of Music (gita or samgita), which is traditionally divided in Vocal music, Instrumental music and Dance (under the jurisdiction of music). The different elements and technical terms are explained in a wide range of (often Sanskrit) literature.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraMadhukara (मधुकर, “bee”) represents an incarnation destination of the tiryaggati (animal realm) according to the “world of transmigration” section in the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XXVII).—The Bodhisattva sees the animals (tiryak) undergoing all the torments: they are made to gallop by blows of the whip or stick; they are made to make long journeys carrying burdens; their harness is damaged; they are branded with hot iron. If hatred (dveṣa, pratigha) is predominant [in people], they take the form of [for example] bee (madhukara).
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist IconographyMadhukara (मधुकर) refers to one of the four Balabhadra deities, commonly depicted in Buddhist Iconography, and mentioned in the 11th-century Niṣpannayogāvalī of Mahāpaṇḍita Abhayākara.—His Colour is white; his Symbol is the makara banner; his Vehicle is the Śuka Chariot.
Madhukara is described in the Niṣpannayogāvalī (dharmadhātuvāgīśvara-maṇḍala) as follows:—
“Madhukara rides a chariot drawn by Śuka birds and is white in colour. He is four-armed, and holds in his two right hands the makara banner and the arrow. With the two left hands he carries the wine-glass (caṣaka) and the bow”.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarymadhukara : (m.) a bee.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryMadhukara refers to: “honey-maker, ” bee J. IV, 265; Vism. 136 (in simile); DhA. I, 374.
Note: madhukara is a Pali compound consisting of the words madhu and kara.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarymadhukara (मधुकर).—m (S madhu Honey, kara That makes.) A bee.
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMādhukara (माधुकर).—a. (-rī f.) [मधुकर-अण् (madhukara-aṇ)] Relating to or resembling a bee; as in माधुकरी वृत्तिः (mādhukarī vṛttiḥ).
-rī 1 Collecting alms by begging from door to door, as a bee collects honey by moving from flower to flower.
2) Alms obtained from five different places; पञ्चस्विहास्याङ्घ्रिकरेष्वभिख्या- भिक्षाधुना माधुकरीसदृक्षा (pañcasvihāsyāṅghrikareṣvabhikhyā- bhikṣādhunā mādhukarīsadṛkṣā) N.7.14.
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Madhukara (मधुकर).—
1) a large black bee; कुटजे खलु तेनेहा तेने हा मधुकरेण कथम् (kuṭaje khalu tenehā tene hā madhukareṇa katham) Bv.1.1; R.9.3; Meghadūta 37,49; सर्वतः सारमादत्ते यथा मधुकरो बुधः (sarvataḥ sāramādatte yathā madhukaro budhaḥ) Bhāg.
2) a lover, libertine.
3) sweet lime.
-rī a female bee; न च मधुकरीवदन्नरस- भोजिन्यो देवता इति प्रमाणमस्ति (na ca madhukarīvadannarasa- bhojinyo devatā iti pramāṇamasti) ŚB. on MS.9.1.9. °गणः, °श्रेणिः (gaṇaḥ, °śreṇiḥ) f. a swarm of bees.
Derivable forms: madhukaraḥ (मधुकरः).
Madhukara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms madhu and kara (कर).
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Madhukāra (मधुकार).—m. a bee.
Derivable forms: madhukāraḥ (मधुकारः).
Madhukāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms madhu and kāra (कार). See also (synonyms): madhukārin.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMadhukara (मधुकर).—m.
(-raḥ) 1. A bee. 2. A lover. 3. A plant, (Achyranthes aspera.) 4. A fruit, the round sweet lime. E. madhu honey, and kara what makes.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryMadhukara (मधुकर).—[madhu-kara], I. m. 1. A bee, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 105. 2. A lover. Ii. f. rī, A bee, [Pañcatantra] ii. [distich] 158.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMadhukara (मधुकर).—[masculine] ī [feminine] honey-maker, bee.
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Madhukāra (मधुकार).—[feminine] ī = madhukara.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Madhukara (मधुकर):—[=madhu-kara] [from madhu] m. ‘honey-maker’, a bee, [Harivaṃśa; Kāvya literature] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] a lover, libertine, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] Eclipta Prostrata or Asparagus Racemosus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] Achyranthes Aspera, [Horace H. Wilson]
5) [v.s. ...] the round sweet lime, [Horace H. Wilson]
6) Madhukāra (मधुकार):—[=madhu-kāra] [from madhu] m. ‘honey-maker’, a bee, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
7) Mādhukara (माधुकर):—[=mādhu-kara] [from mādhu > mādhava] mf(ī)n. relating to or derived from a bee or honey, [Prāyaścitta-tattva]
8) [v.s. ...] resembling a bee, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
9) Mādhūkara (माधूकर):—[=mādhū-kara] [from mādhu > mādhava] mfn. ([from] madhu-kara) gathered or collected after the manner of bees, [Catalogue(s)] (cf. mādhu-k above).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMadhukara (मधुकर):—[madhu-kara] (raḥ) 1. m. A bee; a lover; a beggar; a plant; a sweet lime.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusMadhukara (ಮಧುಕರ):—
1) [noun] a kind of large, black bee.
2) [noun] a man given to excessive sexual indulgence.
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Mādhukara (ಮಾಧುಕರ):—[adjective] of, relating to or resembling a honey-bee or its work.
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Mādhūkara (ಮಾಧೂಕರ):—[noun] = ಮಾಧುಕರಿ - [madhukari -] 2.
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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Partial matches: Madhu, Kara, Matu.
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Ends with: Lilamadhukara.
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