In Hinduism

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: Shodhganga: Temples and cult of Sri Rama in Tamilnadu (h)

Madhyadina refers to “noon”.—Offering of water and food or tirtham and prasadam to the deities on the different occasions or specified hours of the day is an important item in the daily pujas. [...] While for the daily routine, only ordinary plain rice was offered, special food preparations were offered often on festival days. [...] The time meant for the daily rituals in Hindu temples are performed [for example, during Madhyadina].

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Madhyadina [मध्यदिन] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Pentapetes phoenicea L. from the Malvaceae (Mallow) family. For the possible medicinal usage of madhyadina, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

madhyadina (मध्यदिन).—m (madhya & dina. Because they hold the Sandhya of noon to be of primary importance.) A tribe of Brahmans or an individual of it. They observe the vājasanēyī portion of the yajurvēda.

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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 dictionary

Madhyadina (मध्यदिन).—(also madhyaṃdinam); मध्यंदिनेऽर्धरात्रे च (madhyaṃdine'rdharātre ca) Manusmṛti 7.151.

1) midday, noon.

2) a midday offering.

Derivable forms: madhyadinam (मध्यदिनम्).

Madhyadina is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms madhya and dina (दिन).

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

Madhyadina (मध्यदिन).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. Noon, midday. 2. The Bandhuka tree.

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

Madhyadina (मध्यदिन):—[=madhya-dina] [from madhya] for madhyaṃ-dina q.v.

[Sanskrit to German]

Madhyadina 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

1) Madhyadina (मध्यदिन):—n. midday; middle of the day;

2) Madhya-dina (मध्य-दिन):—n. noon;

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Madhya, Dina, Tiṇa.

Full-text: Madhya-din, Madhyadin.

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Yavanajataka by Sphujidhvaja [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)

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Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)

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