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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Madhuratā (मधुरता, “sweetness”) refers to one of the attributes of kapha (one of the three biological humors, or tridoṣa). Madhuratā is characterised by increase in quantity of semen. Kapha represents the “water element” of the human body and is situated in the śiras (head).

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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.

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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

madhuratā : (f.) sweetness.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Madhuratā, (f.) (abstr. fr. madhura) sweetness J. I, 68. (Page 519)

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Madhuratā (मधुरता).—Sweetness, pleasantness, agreeableness, loveliness.

See also (synonyms): madhuratva.

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

Madhuratā (मधुरता).—[madhura + tā], f. Sweetness, figurat., [Pañcatantra] v. [distich] 83; gracefulness, [Pañcatantra] v. [distich] 2.

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

Madhuratā (मधुरता):—[=madhura-tā] [from madhura > madhu] f. sweetness, suavity, pleasantness, amiability, softness, [Kāvya literature; Sāhitya-darpaṇa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Madhurata 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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Madhuratā (मधुरता):—n. sweetness; softness;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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Partial matches: Madhura, Ta.

Full-text: Madhuratva, Ta, Pariha, Glani, Svara.

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