Madhura, Madhurā, Mādhura: 38 definitions
Introduction:
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Alternative spellings of this word include Madhur.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: archive.org: Sushruta samhita, Volume IMadhura (“sweet”) is a taste (rasa) which is pleasant, proves comfortable to, and contributes to the life-preservation of a man, keeps his mouth moist, and increases the quantity of bodily Kapha. A sweet taste is largely endued with attributes which specifically appertain to the material principles of earth (bhumi or pṛthivī) and water (toya or ap).
A sweet taste (madhura-rasa), which is possessed of the same properties as the Kapha, respectively increases the sweetness, oiliness, heaviness, coldness and sliminess of the latter with the help of similar properties of its own.The tastes such as sweet (madhura), acid and saline are heavy and emollient in their character. The tastes such as sweet (madhura), bitter and astringent are cold in their properties. Tastes such as sweet (madhura), acid and saline are endued with the virtues of subduing Vayu. Tastes such as sweet (madhura), bitter and astringent are possessed of the virtue of subduing the deranged Pitta.
Virtue of Madhura—The sweet taste is possessed of the virtue of increasing the quantity of lymph-chyle, blood, flesh, fat, bone marrow, albumen (ojas), semen, and milk in a parturient woman. It materially contributes to the growth of bones, strengthens the eyesight, favours the growth of hair, improves the complexion of the body, brings about the adhesion of fractured bones (Sandhanam), and purifies the blood and the lymph-chyle. Likewise, it proves wholesome to infants, old and weak men and ulcer-patients (suffering from Endocarditis—Urah-Kshata) and is most coveted by bees and ants. It exhilarates the mind as well as the five sense-organs, relieves thirst, swooning and a burning sensation of the body, and originates Kapham. Similarly, it favours the germination of intestinal parasites.
Largely and exclusively partaken of [viz., madhura], it brings on cough, dyspnoea, flatulence (Alasaka), vomiting, sweet taste in the mouth, hoarseness of the voice (aphonia), worms in the intestines, tumours, elephantisis, Vasti-lepa (mucous deposit in the bladder), Gudopolepa (mucous or slimy deposit in the anus), and Abhisandya (ophthalmia), etc.
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu1a) Madhurā (मधुरा) is another name for Kākolī, a medicinal plant identified with Roscoea purpurea from the Zingiberaceae or “ginger family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.25-27 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The third chapter (guḍūcyādi-varga) of this book contains climbers and creepers (vīrudh). Together with the names Madhurā and Kākolī, there are a total of fifteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
1b) Madhurā (मधुरा) is also mentioned as a synonym for Bṛhajjīvantī, a medicinal plant similar to Jīvantī which is identified with Leptadenia reticulata (cork swallow-wort) from the Apocynaceae, or “dogbane family” of flowering plants, according to verse 3.40-41.
1c) Madhurā (मधुरा) is also mentioned as a synonym for Śatāvarī, a medicinal plant identified with Asparagus racemosus Willed. (or “buttermilk root”) from the Asparagaceae family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.116-119. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Madhurā and Śatāvarī, there are a total of thirty-two Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
1d) Madhurā (मधुरा) is also mentioned as a synonym for Medā, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 5.22-24. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Madhurā and Medā, there are a total of nineteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
2) Madhura (मधुर) is mentioned as a synonym forJīvaka, a medicinal plant possibly identified with Microstylis wallichii Lindl., which is a synonym of Crepidium acuminatum (D.Don) Szlach. from the Orchidaceae or “orchid” family of flowering plants, according to verse 5.11-13. Together with the names Madhura and Jīvaka, there are a total of sixteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
Source: Shodhganga: Dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval IndiaMadhura (मधुर) refers to “sweetness” according to the Aṣṭādhyāyi 5.2.107, and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā.—Pāṇini even mentions that the term madhura, the Sanskrit word for sweetness is derived from the term honey (madhu).
Madhura or “sweet” is mentioned as being beneficial (hita) to the body according to the 17th century Bhojanakutūhala in the dravyaguṇāguṇa-kathana, which contains the discussions on different food articles and their dietetic effects according to the prominent Ayurvedic treatises. Here In the rasa (tastes) group Madhura (sweet) is mentioned as beneficial to the body (hita).
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsMadhura (मधुर):—Sweet; one among six rasa.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaMadhura (मधुर).—A soldier of Subrahmaṇya. (Sloka 71, Chapter 45, Śalya Parva).
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationMadhura (मधुर) refers to “sweet (words)”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.33 (“The appeasement of Himavat”).—Accordingly, after Himavat (Himācala) spoke to the Seven Sages: “O sage, after saying these words, the king of mountains deluded by Śiva’s magic became silent and sat amidst the sages. The seven celestial sages praised the magic of Śiva and sent Arundhatī to Menakā. Then at the bidding of her husband Arundhatī, the bestower of knowledge, went quickly to the place where Menā and Pārvatī were sitting. After going in she saw Menā lying in her grief. The chaste lady spoke to her these carefully selected sweet (madhura) and wholesome words:—‘[...]’”.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexMadhurā (मधुरा).—Also Mathurā (s.v.).*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 49. 6; Viṣṇu-purāṇa I. 12. 4; IV. 4. 101.
Madhura (मधुर) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. IX.44.66) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Madhura) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
Source: Shodhganga: Temples and cult of Sri Rama in TamilnaduMadhura (Vatamaturai) refers to one of the 108 divyadesas according to Priyavaccan Pillai’s compendium of the Ramayana based on the Nalayirativviyappirapantam.—Madhura is on the bank of Yamuna in the Delhi-Chennai Grand-trunk Railway, close to Agra. Superfast trains do not stop here. The temple is on a small hillock, called Govardhana. The nearby venue is fully occupied by the Muslims and mosques.
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.
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: SaṅgītaśiromaṇiMadhura (मधुर, “charming”) refers to one of the ten good qualities (guṇa) of a song (gīta), according to the Saṅgītaśiromaṇi 14.75-76, where they are commonly known as the gītaguṇa. The Saṅgītaśiromaṇi (“crest-jewel of music”) is a 15th-century Sanskrit work on Indian musicology (gāndharvaśāstra). Accordingly, “when the song fascinates the listener, it is charming (madhura)”.
Source: Google Books: Saṅgītaśiromaṇi: A Medieval Handbook of Indian MusicMadhura (मधुर, “sweet”) refers to a musical expression corresponding with sumatī (devotional), the eighth word of the elā composition (prabandha).—A sound which is delightful, even when it moves in the higher octave, is called sweet (madhura).
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).
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Source: academia.edu: The Yoga of the MālinīvijayottaratantraMadhura (मधुर) or Madhuradhvani refers to one of the ten kinds of sounds (śabda) according to the Padārthādarśā of Rāghavabhaṭṭa.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Vastushastra (architecture)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (architecture)Madhura (मधुर) refers to “sweet” (songs of a bird), according to the Devyāmata (in the section śalyoddhāra-paṭala or “excavation of extraneous substances”).—Accordingly, “If a bird sings sweetly (madhura) in an auspicious direction, then [the officiant] should prognosticate a treasure there”.
Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by VarahamihiraMadhura (मधुर) refers to “sweet (juices)”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 16) (“On the planets—graha-bhaktiyoga”), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “The Moon presides over citadels fortified by hills or by water, over Kosala, Bharukaccha, the sea, the city of Roma, the country of Tuṣāra, dwellers in forests, the islands of Taṅgaṇa, Hala and Strīrājya in the big seas. She presides over sweet juice (madhura-rasa), flowers, fruits, water, salt, gems, conch shells, pearls, creatures of water, paddy, barley, medicinal plants, wheat, Somayajis, kings attacked in the rear, and Brāhmaṇas. [...]”
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Madhura. The capital of Surasena, situated on the Yamuna. Its king, soon after the death of Bimbisara, was Avantiputta (M.ii.83), who, judging by his name, was probably related to the royal family of Ujjeni. Madhura was visited by the Buddha (A.ii.57; iii.256), but there is no record of his having stayed there. In fact, the Madhura Sutta (2) (q.v.) states that he viewed the city with distinct disfavour. But Maha Kaccana evidently liked it, for he stayed there in the Gundavana, and was visited there by the king of the city, Avantiputta (M.ii.83), and the brahmin Kandarayana (A.i.67). One of the most important suttas on caste, the Madhura Sutta 1, was preached to Avantiputta by Maha Kaccana at Madhura. Perhaps it was through the agency of Maha Kaccana that Buddhism gained ground in Madhura. Already in the Buddhas time there were, in and around Madhura, those who accepted his teachings, for the Anguttara Nikaya (A.ii.57) mentions that once when he was journeying from Madhura to Veranja and stopped under a tree by the wayside, a large number of householders, both men and women, came and worshipped him. Later, about 300 B.C., Madhura became a Jain centre (CHI.i.167), but when Fa Hsien (Giles, p. 20) and Hiouen Thsang visited it, Buddhism was flourishing there, and there were many sangharamas and stupas. Beal.i.179ff.; for a prophecy (attributed to the Buddha) regarding the future greatness of Madhura, see Dvy.348ff.
From Sankassa to Madhura was a distance of four yojanas (thus in Kaccayanas Grammar, iii.1).
Madhura is sometimes referred to as Uttara Madhura, to distinguish it from a city of the same name in South India. Thus, in the Vimanavatthu Commentary (VvA.118f), a woman of Uttara Madhura is mentioned as having been born in Tavatimsa as a result of having given alms to the Buddha.
The Ghata Jataka (J.iv.79ff) speaks of Mahasagara as the king of Uttara Madhura, and relates what is evidently the story of Kamsas attempt to tyrannize over Madhura by overpowering the Yadavas and his consequent death at the hands of Krsna, a story which is found both in the Epics and in the Puranas. This Jataka confirms the Brahmanical tradition as to the association of Vasudevas family with Madhura (PHAL, p. 89).
There is a story (Cv.xcii.23ff ) of a king called Mahasena of Pataliputta, who was very generous in feeding the monks, and once thought of giving alms by cultivating a piece of land himself. He, therefore, went to Uttara Madhura in disguise, worked as a labourer, and held an almsgiving with the gains so obtained.
Madhura is generally identified with Maholi, five miles to the Southeast of the present town of Mathura or Muttra. It is the Modura of Ptolemy and the Methoras of Pliny (CAGI. 427f).
The Milindapanha (p. 331) refers to Madhura as one of the chief cities of India.
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).
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraMadhura (मधुर) refers to “tasty (food)”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 19).—Accordingly, “Furthermore, some say that generosity is the cause and condition (hetupratyaya) for obtaining the thirty-two marks. Why is that? [...] Because one gives tasty food (madhura-sāhāra), one obtains the marks consisting of having soft and delicate hands and feet (mṛdutaruṇapāṇipāda) and the seven parts of the body well-rounded (saptotsada). [...]”.
Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgricultureMadhura (मधुर) refers to “sweet (offering)” (to the snakes), according to the 2nd-century Meghasūtra (“Cloud Sutra”) in those passages which contain ritual instructions.—Accordingly, “[...] For thrice seven days uninterruptedly, with cow-dung, in the eastern quarter the snake-king called Triple-crest, with his retinue, must be painted; in the western, the snake king called Avabhāsanasikhin is to be painted, seven crested, with a retinue of serpents; in the north, the snake-king called Meghasaṃcodana, nine-crested, is to be depicted; a blue canopy and blue dress, blue banner and all the offering is to be made blue; but the sweet offering to the snakes (madhura-bali—nāgānāṃ tu madhurabaliḥ), and the triple-sweet, must be offered,—an oblation of all; [...]”
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.
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgrahaMadhura (मधुर, “Sweet”) refers to one of the “six kinds of tastes” (rasa) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 36). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., madhura). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: Encyclopedia of Jainism: Tattvartha Sutra 8: Bondage of karmasMadhura (मधुर, “sweet”) refers to one of the five types of Rasa (taste) which represents one of the various kinds of Nāma, or “physique-making (karmas)”, which represents one of the eight types of Prakṛti-bandha (species bondage): one of the four kinds of bondage (bandha) according to the 2nd-century Tattvārthasūtra chapter 8. The karmas rise of which gives the taste attribute to the body are called taste body-making karma (e.g., madhura).
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
Source: archive.org: Geography in Ancient Indian inscriptionsMadhurā (मधुरा) or Mathurā.—Hathipumpha inscription of Khāravala refers to the city called Madhurā, i.e.. Mathurā, the famous city of the Śūrasenas. In five other inscriptions, four discovered from Mathurā or from its neighbourhood and one discovered at Bandhogarh, mention the persons belonging to this city. The mention of the inhabitants of Mathurā in Jaina inscriptions of the Kushana period is a proof of its being the centre of Jainism during that period. The majority of the inscriptions found at Mathura are Jain in character. An inscription of the time of Candragupta II dated in the year 61 of the Gupta era refers to Śaiva establishments of the Lakulīśa sect in this city.
Source: Ancient Buddhist Texts: Geography of Early BuddhismMadhurā (मधुरा) or Mathurā was the ancient capital of Sūrasena: one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas of the Majjhimadesa (Middle Country) of ancient India, as recorded in the Pāli Buddhist texts (detailing the geography of ancient India as it was known in to Early Buddhism).—In the Aṅguttara Nikāya, the Sūrasena country is mentioned as one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas. The country had its capital at Madhurā or Mathurā, which like Kausāmbī stood on the river Yamunā. The ancient Greek writers refer to the Sūrasena country as Sourasenoi and its capital as Methora. Buddhism was predominant in Mathurā for several centuries. The Vimānavatthu Commentary (pp. 118–119) tells us of a woman of Uttarā Madhurā who by offering alms to the Buddha was reborn in the Tāvatiṃsa heaven.
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)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Madhura in India is the name of a plant defined with Asparagus racemosus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Asparagopsis hohenackerii Kunth (among others).
2) Madhura is also identified with Spinacia oleracea It has the synonym Obione stocksii Wight (etc.).
3) Madhura is also identified with Ziziphus oenoplia It has the synonym Rhamnus oenopolia L. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. (1810)
· Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis (1789)
· Methodus (Moench) (1794)
· Enum. Pl. (1850)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1990)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
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Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarymadhura : (adj.) sweet. (nt.) sweet thing.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryMadhura, (adj.) (fr. madhu) 1. sweet Sn. 50; J. III, 493; V, 324; Pv. II, 67; PvA. 119, 147.—2. of intoxicating sweetness, liquor-like, intoxicating J. IV, 117.—3. (nt.) sweetness, sweet drink Dh. 363; J. I, 271 (catu° the 4 sweet drinks, used as cure after poison); Dhs. 629; DhsA. 320.—4. (nt.) flattery, praise SnA 287 (opp. avaṇṇa).
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 Dictionarymadhura (मधुर).—a (S) Sweet. 2 Sweet, in all its figurative senses.
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madhurā (मधुरा).—m A fever of a putrid type, characterized by the eruption of spots about the throat, and sometimes by coma or delirium; then termed vēḍā madhurā.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishmadhura (मधुर).—a Sweet. madhurāī f Sweetness.
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madhurā (मधुरा).—m A fever of a putrid type.
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 dictionaryMadhura (मधुर).—a. [madhu-mādhuryaṃ rāti rā-ka, madhu-astyarthe ra vā]
1) Sweet; यथा प्रकृत्या मधुरं गवां पयः (yathā prakṛtyā madhuraṃ gavāṃ payaḥ) H.
2) Honied, mellifluous.
3) Pleasant, charming, attractive, agreeable; अहो मधुरमासां दर्शनम् (aho madhuramāsāṃ darśanam) Ś.1; Kumārasambhava 5.9; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 2.11; किमिव हि मधुराणां मण्डनं नाकृतीनाम् (kimiva hi madhurāṇāṃ maṇḍanaṃ nākṛtīnām) Ś.1.2; मधुरया मधुबोधितमाधवी (madhurayā madhubodhitamādhavī) ... Śiśupālavadha 6.2.
4) Melodious (as a sound); पुंस्कोकिलोऽयं मधुरं चुकूज (puṃskokilo'yaṃ madhuraṃ cukūja) Ku. 3.32.
-raḥ 1 The red sugar-cane.
2) Rice.
3) A kind of sugar, molassess (guḍa).
4) A kind of mango.
5) Cuminseed.
-rā 1 Liquorice.
2) Sour ricewater.
3) Name of the city Mathurā.
4) Name of plants like काकोली, शतावण, बृहज्जीवन्ती (kākolī, śatāvaṇa, bṛhajjīvantī).
5) Sweet fennel (Mar. baḍīśepa).
-rī A kind of musical instrument.
-ram 1 Sweetness.
2) A sweet drink, syrup.
3) Poison.
4) Tin.
-ram ind. Sweetly, pleasantly, agreeably. (madhureṇa ind. in a kindly or friendly manner; nahi duryodhano rājyaṃ madhureṇa pradāsyati Mahābhārata (Bombay) 5.4.1.)
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Mādhura (माधुर).—[madhura-aṇ] The flower of the Mallikā creeper.
Derivable forms: mādhuram (माधुरम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryMadhura (मधुर).—(1) sc. -lipi, a kind of writing (perhaps belonging to the city of Mathurā = Pali Madhurā?): Mahāvastu i.135.6; (2) name of a gandharva: Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 5.1.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMadhura (मधुर).—mfn.
(-raḥ-rā-raṃ) 1. Sweet. 2. Pleasing, agreeable, liked. m.
(-raḥ) 1. The sweet taste, sweetness. 2. A drug, commonly Jivaka. 3. Molasses. 4. The red sugar-cane. 5. Rice. 6. A kind of mango tree. n.
(-raṃ) 1. Poison. 2. Tin. 3. Treacle, syrup. f.
(-rā) 1. A sort of fennel, (Anethum sowa or panmorium. Rox.) 2. Anise, (Pimpinella anisum.) 3. A plant, (Sanseviera zeylanica.) 4. Liquorice. 5. The sweet lime. 6. Marrow. 7. The city Mathura. 8. A Medicinal plant, commonly Kakkoli. 9. Asparagus recomosus. 10. Bengal beet. E. madhu honey, and rā to get or be, aff. ka; to have the flavour of honey, to be as sweet.
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Mādhura (माधुर).—n.
(-raṃ) Arabian jasmine or its flower. f. (-rī) 1. Spirituous or vinous liquor. 2. Sweetness of temper, amiableness. E. madhura sweet, &c., affs. aṇ and ṅīṣ .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryMadhura (मधुर).—[madhu + ra], I. adj. 1. Sweet (figuratively), [Pañcatantra] ii. [distich] 65. 2. Agreeable, [Pañcatantra] 248, 11. 3. Tender, [Daśakumāracarita] in
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Mādhura (माधुर).—i. e. madhura + a, I. n. Arabian jasmine. Ii. f. rī, Spirituous liquor; see mādhurya.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMadhura (मधुर).—[adjective] sweet, pleasant, charming, melodious, [neuter] [adverb]; [abstract] tā [feminine], tva [neuter]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Madhura (मधुर):—[from madhu] mf(ā)n. sweet, pleasant, charming, delightful, [Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra; Rāmāyaṇa; Suśruta] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] sounding sweetly or uttering sweet cries, melodious, mellifluous, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc. (am ind.)
3) [v.s. ...] m. sweetness, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] a kind of leguminous plant, [Caraka]
5) [v.s. ...] the red sugar-cane, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] a species of mango, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) [v.s. ...] a Moringa with red flowers, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) [v.s. ...] rice, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) [v.s. ...] a [particular] drug (= jīvaka), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
10) [v.s. ...] molasses, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
11) [v.s. ...] m. sour gruel (also f(ā). ), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
12) [v.s. ...] m. Name of one of the attendants of Skanda, [Mahābhārata]
13) [v.s. ...] of a Gandharva, [Saddharma-puṇḍarīka]
14) [v.s. ...] (with ācārya), of a teacher, [Catalogue(s)] (cf., mādhura)
15) Madhurā (मधुरा):—[from madhura > madhu] f. Anethum Sowa or Panmorium, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
16) [v.s. ...] Beta Bengalensis, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
17) [v.s. ...] Asparagus Racemosus and other plants, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
18) [v.s. ...] liquorice, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
19) [v.s. ...] a kind of root similar to ginger, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
20) [v.s. ...] sour rice-water, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
21) [v.s. ...] Name of a town (= mathurā), [Patañjali on Pāṇini 1-2, 51], [vArttika] 5
22) [v.s. ...] of the tutelary deity of the race of Vandhula, [Catalogue(s)]
23) Madhura (मधुर):—[from madhu] n. kind or friendly manner (only reṇa ind.), [Harivaṃśa]
24) [v.s. ...] n. the quality of the throat which makes the voice sweet, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
25) [v.s. ...] sweetness, syrup, treacle, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
26) [v.s. ...] poison, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] tin, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
27) Mādhura (माधुर):—mf(ī)n. relating to or coming from Madhura or Madhurā, [Rāmāyaṇa]
28) n. the blossom of Jasminum Zambac, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Madhura (मधुर):—[(raḥ-rā-raṃ) a.] Sweet, pleasing. m. The sweet taste. f. Fennel; anise; sweet lime; marrow; beet. n. Poison; tin; treacle.
2) Mādhura (माधुर):—(raṃ) 1. n. Arabian jasmin. f. Vinous liquor; amiableness.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Madhura (मधुर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Mahura, Māhura, Māhuraya.
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Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryMadhura (मधुर) [Also spelled madhur]:—(a) sweet; melodious, pleasant; mellifluous; ~[tā/tva] sweetness; melodiousness; mellifluence; softness; ~[bhāṣī] honey-tongued, sweet-spoken; [madhurāī] see ~[tā.].
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusMadhura (ಮಧುರ):—
1) [adjective] sweet; delicious.
2) [adjective] delightful; pleasant.
3) [adjective] melodious; sweet-sounding.
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Madhura (ಮಧುರ):—
1) [noun] the quality of being delicious; deliciousness.
2) [noun] a soft, silver-white, crystalline, malleable metallic chemical element, used in plating, soldering, etc.; tin.
3) [noun] the sugarcane, Saccharum officinarum of Poaceae family.
4) [noun] a thick, usu. dark-brown syrup produced during the refining of sugar; molasses.
5) [noun] a variety of mango tree.
6) [noun] its fruit.
7) [noun] the tree Prunus amygdalus ( = P. communis) of Rosaceae family.
8) [noun] a variety of jujube tree.
9) [noun] hulled paddy; rice.
10) [noun] a variety of wheat.
11) [noun] the plant Foeniculum vulgare ( = Anethum pannori) of Apiaceae family(?).
12) [noun] the palm tree Phoenix sylvestris ( = Elate sylvestris) of Arecaceae family, from the sap of which toddy is made; toddy palm.
13) [noun] the annual plant Cicer arietinum of Papilionaceae family; chicken pea plant.
14) [noun] (rhet.) grace of style.
15) [noun] (mus.) the normal octave in which one sings.
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Mādhura (ಮಾಧುರ):—
1) [noun] the quality of being sweet; sweetnes.
2) [noun] a kind of intoxicating drink made by fermenting the grape-juice.
3) [noun] the flower of any of various jasmine plants.
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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Full-text (+247): Madhurakshara, Madhuram, Madhurata, Sumadhura, Madhuranisvana, Trisharkara, Madhuri, Madhurajambira, Madhurakantaka, Madhuratraya, Mahura, Madhuraka, Madhuramlaka, Sumadhuram, Madhuratvaca, Madhurashtaka, Madhula, Abhisantva, Madhuralapa, Madhuralata.
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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.2.219 < [Chapter 2 - Jñāna (knowledge)]
Verse 1.6.51 < [Chapter 6 - Priyatama (the most beloved devotees)]
Verse 2.2.13 < [Chapter 2 - Jñāna (knowledge)]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 3.5.19 < [Part 5 - Conjugal Love (mādhurya-rasa)]
Verse 3.5.1 < [Part 5 - Conjugal Love (mādhurya-rasa)]
Verse 2.4.44 < [Part 4 - Transient Ecstatic Disturbances (vyābhicāri-bhāva)]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 2.19.29 < [Chapter 19 - The Rāsa-dance Pastime]
Verse 2.24.16 < [Chapter 24 - The Story of Asuri Muni in the Rāsa-dance Pastime]
Verse 1.16.20 < [Chapter 16 - Description of Śrī Rādhikā’s Wedding]
Śrī Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛtam (by Śrīla Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura)
Hanuman Nataka (critical study) (by Nurima Yeasmin)
8.1. Geographical Information in the Hanumannāṭaka < [Chapter 5]
3. Examination of the Language from Literary Perspective < [Chapter 6]
2. Guṇa (quality) in the Haumannāṭaka < [Chapter 4]
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