Madyakshepa, Madyākṣepa, Madya-akshepa: 3 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Madyākṣepa can be transliterated into English as Madyaksepa or Madyakshepa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Madyākṣepa (मद्याक्षेप).—addiction to drink.

Derivable forms: madyākṣepaḥ (मद्याक्षेपः).

Madyākṣepa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms madya and ākṣepa (आक्षेप).

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

Madyākṣepa (मद्याक्षेप):—[from madya > mad] m. addiction to drink, [Caraka]

[Sanskrit to German]

Madyakshepa 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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