Madhumathana, Madhu-mathana: 7 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMadhumathana (मधुमथन).—epithets or Viṣṇu; इति मधुरिपुणा सखी नियुक्ता (iti madhuripuṇā sakhī niyuktā) Gītagovinda 5; R.9.48; Śiśupālavadha 15.1.
Derivable forms: madhumathanaḥ (मधुमथनः).
Madhumathana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms madhu and mathana (मथन). See also (synonyms): madhumatha, madhuripu, madhuśatru, madhusūdana.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMadhumathana (मधुमथन).—m.
(-naḥ) A name of Vishnu. E. madhu the Daitya, and mathana destroyer.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaḍhumathana (मढुमथन).—m. the destroyer of Madhu, a name of Viṣṇu, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 71, 6; [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 6, 9, 38 (Burnouf, ‘qui produis le nectar’).
Maḍhumathana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms maḍhu and mathana (मथन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMadhumathana (मधुमथन):—[=madhu-mathana] [from madhu] m. = [preceding] [Kāvya literature; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Chandomañjarī]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMadhumathana (मधुमथन):—[madhu-mathana] (naḥ) 1. m. Vishnu.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusMadhumathana (ಮಧುಮಥನ):—[noun] = ಮಧುಸೂದನ [madhusudana].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Mathana, Madhu.
Starts with: Madhumathanavijaya.
Full-text: Madhumathanavijaya, Matumatanan, Madhumath, Madhubheda, Madhuripu, Madhumatha, Madhushatru, Madhusudana.
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