Madhyamapada, Madhyama-pada: 3 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Madhyamapada (मध्यमपद).—the middle member (of a compound). °लेपिन् (lepin) m. a subdivision of the Tatpuruṣa compound in which the middle word is omitted in composition; the usual instance given is शाकपार्थिवः (śākapārthivaḥ) which is dissolved as शाकप्रियः पार्थिवः (śākapriyaḥ pārthivaḥ); here the middle word प्रिय (priya) is omitted; so छायातरु, गुडधानाः (chāyātaru, guḍadhānāḥ) &c.

Derivable forms: madhyamapadam (मध्यमपदम्).

Madhyamapada is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms madhyama and pada (पद).

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

Madhyamapada (मध्यमपद):—[=madhyama-pada] [from madhyama > madhya] n. the middle number (which is sometimes omitted and requires to be supplied in a compound consisting of two words)

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Madhyamapada 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.

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