Madhyavartin, Madhyavartī, Madhyavarti, Madhya-vartin, Madhya-varti: 8 definitions
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Madhyavartin means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (tantric Buddhism)Madhyavartin (मध्यवर्तिन्) refers to the “being in the middle” (of the wisdom-wheel), according to the Nāmamantrārthāvalokinī by Vilāsavajra, which is a commentary on the Nāmasaṃgīti.—Accordingly, [while describing Mañjuśrī-jñānasattva]—“[Next] he should visualise himself as the fortunate one, the gnosis-being [Mañjuśrī], born from the syllable a situated in the middle of that [wisdom-] wheel (madhyavartin) [situated in the heart of the Ādibuddha]. He has six faces, is radiant like the autumn moon, with the best of sapphires in his beautiful hair, with a halo that has the brilliance of the orb of the newly risen sun, with all the tathāgatas as [head-]ornaments, immersed in meditative concentration, seated on a variagated lotus throne, in tranquil mood, with a pair of books of the Prajñāpāramitā above blue lotuses held in his two hands”.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-EnglishMadhyavartī (मध्यवर्ती).—a Central. Mediatorial.
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 dictionaryMadhyavartin (मध्यवर्तिन्).—a.
1) middle, central.
2) being among or in the middle. (-m.) an arbitrator, a mediator.
Madhyavartin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms madhya and vartin (वर्तिन्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMadhyavartin (मध्यवर्तिन्).—[adjective] being in, among, or between.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Madhyavartin (मध्यवर्तिन्):—[=madhya-vartin] [from madhya] mfn. being in the middle or between or among, middle, central, [Kāvya literature; Kathāsaritsāgara]
2) [v.s. ...] m. a mediator, [Horace H. Wilson]
[Sanskrit to German]
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
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusMadhyavarti (ಮಧ್ಯವರ್ತಿ):—[adjective] being, acting, interacting between two things, places, stages; intermediate.
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Madhyavarti (ಮಧ್ಯವರ್ತಿ):—
1) [noun] any means, agency or instrumentality thruogh which something happens or is conveyed; a medium.
2) [noun] a man who performs or facilitates performing, an action as an agent between two other person; a mediator.
3) [noun] a man who arbitrates or settles in a friendly manner a dispute between two persons; an arbitrator; a mediator.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Varti, Madhya.
Full-text: Madhyavarti-kshetra, Madhyavrata, Madhyavrati, Dhyatavya, Dhyeya, Vishkambha.
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