Madhukulya, Madhukulyā, Madhu-kulya: 8 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexMadhukulyā (मधुकुल्या).—(River) in Kuśadvīpa.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa V. 20. 15; Vāyu-purāṇa 109. 17; 112. 30.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarymadhukulyā (मधुकुल्या).—f pl (madhu & kulyā River.) Rivers of honey. Used as ghṛtakulyā &c. to express an overflowing plenty of honey and good things at a feast.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishmadhukulyā (मधुकुल्या).—f pl Rivers of honey.
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 dictionaryMadhukulyā (मधुकुल्या).—a stream of honey.
Madhukulyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms madhu and kulyā (कुल्या).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMadhukulyā (मधुकुल्या).—f.
(-lyā) A stream of honey.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Madhukulyā (मधुकुल्या):—[=madhu-kulyā] [from madhu] f. a stream of honey, h° in str°, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a river in Kuśa-dvīpa, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
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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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Partial matches: Kulya, Madhu, Matu.
Full-text: Kulya.
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