The Sanskrit term Madhuśākha can be transliterated into English as Madhusakha or Madhushakha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Madhuśākha (मधुशाख).—a kind of tree.

Derivable forms: madhuśākhaḥ (मधुशाखः).

Madhuśākha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms madhu and śākha (शाख).

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Madhusakha (मधुसख).—m. the god of love.

Derivable forms: madhusakhaḥ (मधुसखः).

Madhusakha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms madhu and sakha (सख). See also (synonyms): madhusahāya, madhusārathi, madhusuhṛd.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Madhuśākha (मधुशाख).—m.

(-khaḥ) Bassia latifolia. E. madhu spirituous liquor, śākhā a branch.

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Madhusakha (मधुसख).—m.

(-khaḥ) Kamadeva. E. madhu, spring, and sakha for sakhi friend.

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

1) Madhuśākha (मधुशाख):—[=madhu-śākha] [from madhu] mfn. (madhu-) having sweet branches, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā]

2) [v.s. ...] m. Bassia Latifolia, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) Madhusakha (मधुसख):—[=madhu-sakha] [from madhu] m. ‘friend of spring’, the god of love, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

1) Madhuśākha (मधुशाख):—[madhu-śākha] (khaḥ) 1. m. Bassia latifolia.

2) Madhusakha (मधुसख):—[madhu-sakha] (khaḥ) 1. m. Kāma or Cupid.

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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: Shakha, Madhu, Matu.

Full-text: Matucakan, Madhusuhrid, Madhusahaya, Madhusarathi.

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