Madhyamapurusha, Madhyamapuruṣa, Madhyama-purusha, Madhyamapūruṣa, Madhyama-purūṣa: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Madhyamapuruṣa and Madhyamapūruṣa and Madhyama-purūṣa can be transliterated into English as Madhyamapurusa or Madhyamapurusha or Madhyama-purusa or Madhyama-purusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Madhyamapurusha (मध्यमपुरुस्ह) refers to a mediocre male character (prakṛti) according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 34. Accordingly, “a man who is an expert in the manners of people, proficient in arts and crafts as well as in śāstras, has wisdom, sweetness of manners, is to be known as a ‘middling’ (madhyama) male character”.
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).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Madhyamapuruṣa (मध्यमपुरुष).—the second person (in grammar).
Derivable forms: madhyamapuruṣaḥ (मध्यमपुरुषः).
Madhyamapuruṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms madhyama and puruṣa (पुरुष).
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Madhyamapūruṣa (मध्यमपूरुष).—a mediocre person.
Derivable forms: madhyamapūruṣaḥ (मध्यमपूरुषः).
Madhyamapūruṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms madhyama and pūruṣa (पूरुष).
Madhyamapuruṣa (मध्यमपुरुष).—m.
(-ṣaḥ) The second person, (in gram.)
Madhyamapuruṣa (मध्यमपुरुष).—[masculine] the 2nd (middle) person ([grammar]).
1) Madhyamapuruṣa (मध्यमपुरुष):—[=madhyama-puruṣa] [from madhyama > madhya] m. a [particular] personification, [Gautama-dharma-śāstra]
2) [v.s. ...] (in gram.) the second person in verbal conjugation, a termination of the second person (cf. prathama-puruṣa, uttama-puruṣa).
3) Madhyamapūruṣa (मध्यमपूरुष):—[=madhyama-pūruṣa] [from madhyama > madhya] m. a mediocre person, [Mahābhārata]
Madhyamapuruṣa (मध्यमपुरुष):—m. eine best. Personification [SĀMAVIDH. BR. 1, 2, 5.]
Madhyamapuruṣa (मध्यमपुरुष):—m. —
1) eine best. Personification [Gautama's Dharmaśāstra] —
2) die zweite Person [Nirukta 7,1.] [Böhtlingk’s Sanskrit-Chresthomathie 237,6.]
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Madhyamapūruṣa (मध्यमपूरुष):—m. ein mittelmässiger Mensch [Indische sprüche 3577.]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Madhyamapuruṣa (ಮಧ್ಯಮಪುರುಷ):—[noun] (gram.) any of the forms of pronoun that refers to the person or thing spoken to; second person.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Madhyama-purūṣa (मध्यम-पुरूष):—n. Gram. the second person (you);
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 (+0): Madhyama, Purusha.
Full-text (+0): Madhyam-purush, Purusha, Purush, Uttamapurusha.
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