madhu मधु mádhu mf(U or u or vI)n. (gen. n. Ved. mádhvas, mádhos, or mádhunas; instr. mádhvā; dat. mádhune; loc. mádhau) sweet, delicious, pleasant, charming, delightful, [RV.]; [TS.] bitter or pungent, [L.] mádhu m. N. of the first month of the year (= Caitra, March-April), [ŚBr.] &c. &c. the season of spring, [Var.]; [Kālid.] Bassia Latifolia, [L.] Jonesia Asoka, [L.] liquorice, [L.] N. of Śiva, [MBh.] of two Asuras (the one killed by Viṣṇu, the other by Śatru-ghna), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.] of one of the 7 sages under Manu Cākṣuṣa, [MārkP.] of a son of the third Manu, [Hariv.] of various princes (of a son of Vṛṣa, of Deva-kṣatra, of Bindu-mat, of Arjuna Kārtavīrya), [Hariv.]; [Pur.] of a son of Bhaṭṭa-nārāyaṇa, [Kṣitīś.]; of a teacher (= madhva or ananda-tīrtha), [Col.] of a mountain, [MārkP.] (pl.) the race of Madhu (= the Yādavas or Māthuras), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [BhP.] mádhu (u) f. a partic. plant (= jīvā or jīvantī), [L.] mádhu n. anything sweet (esp. if liquid), mead &c., [RV.]; [AV.]; [TBr.] Soma (also somyam madhu), [RV.] honey (said to possess intoxicating qualities and to be of 8 kinds; madhuno leha m. licker of honey a bee, [W.]), [RV.] &c. &c. milk or anything produced from milk (as butter, ghee &c.), [RV.]; [VS.]; [GṛŚrS.] the juice or nectar of flowers, any sweet intoxicating drink, wine or spirituous liquor, [Kāv.]; [Var.]; [Sāh.] sugar, [L.] water, [L.] pyrites, [Bhpr.] N. of a Brāhmaṇa, [ŚBr.]; a kind of metre, [Col.] [cf. Gk., μέθυ, μέθη, Slav. medǔ; Lith. midùs, medùs; Germ. Meth; Eng. mead.] madhus मधुस् mádhus n. = madhu, sweetness, [TS.]; [TBr.] (accord. to [Uṇ. ii, 117] madhús = pavitra-dravya). madhudhā मधुधा madhu—dhā́ mfn. dispensing sweetness, [RV.] madhujā मधुजा madhu—jā f. sugar made from honey, sugar-candy, [L.] the earth, [L.] madhuja मधुज madhu—ja mf(A)n. obtained from honey, [L.] madhu—ja n. bees-wax, [L.] madhukā मधुका (ā), f. Menispermum Glabrum, [L.] Glycyrrhiza Glabra, [L.] black Panic, [L.] N. of a river, [VP.] madhuka मधुक (ifc.) = madhu, g. ura-ādi mfn. honey-coloured (only in -locana, ‘having honey-coloured eyes’, N. of Śiva), [MBh.] sweet (in taste), [W.] mellifluous, melodious, [ib.] m. a species of tree, [R.]; [Var.] (Bassia Latifolia or Jonesia Asoka, [L.]) Parra jacana or Goensis, [L.] m. liquorice, [L.] (cf. n.) m. a kind of bard or panegyrist, [L.] the son of a Maitreya and a married Āyogavī, [L.] (mádh°) N. of a man, [ŚBr.] n. liquorice, [Suśr.] (cf. m.) n. old honey, [L.] tin, [L.] madhula मधुल madhulá mf(A/)n. = madhura, sweet, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Kauś.] madhulá n. an intoxicating drink, spirituous liquor, [L.] madhunī मधुनी f. a species of shrub, [L.] madhupā मधुपा madhu—pā mfn. = -pá. mfn. madhupū मधुपू madhu—pū́ mfn. purifying itself while becoming sweet, [AV.] madhupa मधुप madhu—pá mf(A)n. drinking sweetness, honey-drinker, [RV.]; [R.] madhu—pá m. (with or scil. khaga) a large black bee, [Kāv.]; [Pañcat.] &c. a bee or a drunkard, [Bhām.] madhurā मधुरा f. Anethum Sowa or Panmorium, [L.] Beta Bengalensis, [L.] Asparagus Racemosus and other plants, [L.] liquorice, [L.] a kind of root similar to ginger, [L.] sour rice-water, [L.] N. of a town (= mathurā), [Pat.] on [Pāṇ. i, 2, 51], Vārtt. 5 of the tutelary deity of the race of Vandhula, [Cat.] madhurī मधुरी f. (I) kind of musical instrument, [L.] madhura मधुर mf(A)n. sweet, pleasant, charming, delightful, [ĀśvGṛ.]; [R.]; [Suśr.] &c. sounding sweetly or uttering sweet cries, melodious, mellifluous, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (am ind.) m. sweetness, [L.] a kind of leguminous plant, [Car.] the red sugar-cane, [L.] a species of mango, [L.] a Moringa with red flowers, [L.] rice, [L.] a partic. drug (= jīvaka), [L.] molasses, [L.] m. sour gruel (also f(A). ), [L.] m. N. of one of the attendants of Skanda, [MBh.] of a Gandharva, [SaddhP.] (with ācārya), of a teacher, [Cat.] (cf., mādhura) n. kind or friendly manner (only °reṇa ind.), [Hariv.] n. the quality of the throat which makes the voice sweet, [L.] sweetness, syrup, treacle, [L.] poison, [L.] tin, [L.] madhubhid मधुभिद् madhu—bhid m. ‘slayer of Madhu’, N. of Viṣṇu, [Kād.] madhubhuj मधुभुज् madhu—bhuj mfn. enjoying sweetness or gladness, [BhP.] madhuśrī मधुश्री madhu—śrī f. Beauty of Spring (personified), [Vikr.]; [Kum.] madhudra मधुद्र madhu—dra m. (√ 2. drā) ‘hastening after honey or sweets’, a bee, [L.] a libertine, [L.] madhuhan मधुहन् madhu—han m. a collector of honey (accord. to Comm. ‘destroyer of a bee-hive’), [MBh.]; [Pur.] a partic. bird of prey, [Vāgbh.]; [Car.] ‘slayer of the Daitya Madhu’, N. of Viṣṇu-Kṛṣṇa, [MBh.]; [BhP.]; [Pañcar.] a soothsayer, [W.] madhujit मधुजित् madhu—jit m. ‘conqueror of the Daitya Madhu’, N. of Viṣṇu, [L.] madhukṛt मधुकृत् madhu—kṛ́t mfn. making honey or sweetness madhu—kṛ́t m. a bee, [AV.]; [TS.]; [Br.]; [ChUp.] madhulih मधुलिह् madhu—lih mfn. (ifc.) one who has licked the honey of [BhP.] madhu—lih m. a bee, [Kāv.]; [BhP.]; [Kuval.] madhumath मधुमथ् madhu—math m. ‘crusher or destroyer of Madhu’, N. of Viṣṇu, [Ragh.] = madhumat मधुमत् mádhu—mat (mádhu), mfn. possessing or containing sweetness, sweet pleasant, agreeable (-tama mfn.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] &c. mixed with honey, [Kum.] rich in honey, richly provided with the juice of flowers, [Chandom.] containing the word mádhu, [ŚBr.]; [ĀśvGṛ.] mádhu—mat m. N. of a country g. kacchādi and sindhv-ādi of a city (?), [MW.] pl. N. of a people, [MBh.] madhupṛc मधुपृच् madhu—pṛ́c mfn. dispensing sweetness, [RV.]; [AV.] madhuram मधुरम् ind. madhusāt मधुसात् madhu—sāt ind. (with √ bhū) to become honey, [W.] madhusya मधुस्य Nom. P. °syati, to wish for honey, [Siddh.] on [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 51.] madhutva मधुत्व madhu—tva n. sweetness, [MaitrUp.] madhuvāc मधुवाच् madhu—vāc m. ‘honey-voiced’, the Indian cuckoo, [L.] madhuvat मधुवत् madhu—vat ind. as honey, [BhP.] as through an intoxicating drink, [ib.] madhuvṛdh मधुवृध् madhu—vṛ́dh ‘abounding in sweetness’, (perhaps) a rain-cloud (others ‘a partic. plant’), [RV. x, 75, 8.] madhuṣut मधुषुत् madhu—ṣút mfn. (ṣut for sut) pressing out sweetness, [RV.] emitting sweetness (Soma), [ib.] madhubhāga मधुभाग mádhu—bhāga (mádhu-), mfn. whose lot or portion is sweetness, [AV.] madhubhāva मधुभाव madhu—bhāva m. a partic. Prākṛt metre, [Col.] madhudhāna मधुधान mádhu—dhāna (mádhu-), mf(A)n. pouring out sweetness, [RV.]; [AV.] madhu—dhāna n. a vessel for holding honey, [JaimUp.] madhudhārā मधुधारा madhu—dhārā f. a stream of honey, [Kād.]; [BhP.] &c. a stream or plenty of sweet intoxicating drinks, [Vcar.] N. of a mythical river, [Hariv.] of wk. madhudhātu मधुधातु madhu—dhātu m. pyrites, [L.] madhudhūli मधुधूलि madhu—dhūli f. molasses, unrefined brown sugar, [L.] madhudhenu मधुधेनु madhu—dhenu f. honey offered to Brāhmans in the form of a cow, [Hcat.] madhughoṣa मधुघोष madhu—ghoṣa m. ‘sweetly-sounding’, the Indian cuckoo, [L.] madhuphalā मधुफला madhu—phalā f. water-melon, [L.] a kind of grape, [L.] madhuphala मधुफल madhu—phala m. a kind of cocoa-nut tree, [L.] Flacourtia Sapida, [L.] madhuśākha मधुशाख mádhu—śākha (mádhu-), mfn. having sweet branches, [VS.] mádhu—śākha m. Bassia Latifolia, [L.] madhuścut मधुश्चुत् madhu—ścút mfn. distilling sweetness, overflowing with sweets, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] &c. madhuśeṣa मधुशेष madhu—śeṣa n. wax, [Car.]; [Bhpr.] madhubīja मधुबीज madhu—bīja m. a pomegranate tree, [L.] madhucyut मधुच्युत् madhu—cyut, mfn. ([MBh.]; [R.] &c.) or madhu—cyuta, mf(A)n. ([R.]; [BhP.]) dropping sweets or honey. madhudīpa मधुदीप madhu—dīpa m. ‘lamp of spring’, the god of love, [L.] madhudūtī मधुदूती madhu—dūtī f. Bignonia Suaveolens, [Bhpr.] madhudūta मधुदूत madhu—dūta m. ‘messenger of spring’, the mango tree, [L.] madhudalā मधुदला madhu—dalā f. Sanseviera Roxburghiana, [L.] madhudogha मधुदोघ madhu—doghá mfn. = -dúgha, [RV.] madhudugha मधुदुघ madhu—dúgha mf(A)n. milking (i.e. yielding) sweetness, [RV.] madhudviṣ मधुद्विष् madhu—dviṣ m. ‘foe of the Daitya Madhu’, N. of Viṣṇu-Kṛṣṇa, [Śiś.]; [BhP.] madhujāta मधुजात mádhu—jāta (mádhu-), mf(A)n. sprung or produced from honey, [AV.] madhukārī मधुकारी madhu—kārī f. a female bee, [R.] a partic. wind-instrument, [Saṃgīt.] madhukāra मधुकार madhu—kāra m. ‘honey-maker’, a bee, [BhP.] madhukūla मधुकूल mádhu—kūla (mádhu-), mf(A)n. whose banks consist of butter, [AV.] madhukūṭa मधुकूट madhu—kūṭa m. N. of a poet. madhukaśā मधुकशा madhu—kaśā́ f. ‘whip of sweetness’, a kind of whip or lash belonging to the Aśvins with which they are said to sweeten the Soma juice (afterwards, a symbol of plenty), [RV.]; [AV.]; [TāṇḍyaBr.]; [KātyŚr.] madhukarī मधुकरी madhu—karī f. a female bee, [Kāv.]; [Pañcat.] (v.l.) &c. N. of a girl, [Hcar.] madhukara मधुकर madhu—kara m. ‘honey-maker’, a bee, [Hariv.]; [Kāv.] &c. a lover, libertine, [L.] Eclipta Prostrata or Asparagus Racemosus, [L.] Achyranthes Aspera, [W.] the round sweet lime, [W.] madhukirī मधुकिरी madhu—kirī f. N. of a Rāga, [Saṃgīt.] madhukośa मधुकोश madhu—kośa m. ‘honey-receptacle’, a beehive, [L.] N. of sev. wks. madhu—kośa n. a honeycomb, [ĀpŚr.] Comm. madhulatā मधुलता madhu—latā f. a kind of liquorice, [L.] (cf. madhura-l°). madhuleha मधुलेह madhu—leha ([MW.]), madhu—lehin or madhu—lolupa ([L.]), m. ‘licking honey’ or ‘longing after honey’, a bee. madhulikā मधुलिका f. black mustard, [L.] N. of one of the Mātṛs attending on Skanda, [MBh.] madhumāsa मधुमास madhu—māsa m. a spring month madhumūla मधुमूल madhu—mūla n. the edible root of Amorphophallus Campanulatus, [L.] madhumada मधुमद madhu—mada m. intoxication with wine, [Kāv.] madhumatī मधुमती mádhu—matī (atī), f. Gmelina Arborea, [L.] Sanseviera Roxburghiana, [L.] a partic. step or degree in the Yoga, [Cat.] a partic. supernatural faculty belonging to a Yogin, [Prab.] a kind of metre, [Chandom.] N. of a daughter of the Asura Madhu (wife of Hary-aśva), [Hariv.] of a female servant of Lakṣmi (?), [Pañcar.] of a river, [Hariv.]; [Mālatīm.] of a city in Saurāṣṭra, [Śatr.]; [Daś.] N. of sev. works. madhumati मधुमति madhu—mati m. Mohammed, [Kālac.] (w.r. -pati) madhumaya मधुमय madhu—maya mf(I)n. consisting of honey, [Hcat.] sweet as honey, luscious, [Hit.]; [Sāh.] madhumeha मधुमेह madhu—meha m. honey-like or saccharine urine, diabetes, [Suśr.] madhunāḍī मधुनाडी madhu—nāḍī f. a cell in a honeycomb, [ChUp.] N. of [RV. iii, 54, 55]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.] madhunetṛ मधुनेतृ madhu—netṛ m. a bee, [L.] madhupāṇi मधुपाणि madhu—pāṇi (madhu.) mfn. having sweetness in the hand, [RV.] madhupākā मधुपाका madhu—pākā f. sweet melon, [L.] madhupāla मधुपाल madhu—pāla m. a honey keeper, [R.] madhupāna मधुपान madhu—pāna n. sipping the nectar of flowers (see comp.) a partic. sweet drink, [MānGṛ.] madhupārī मधुपारी madhu—pārī f. = -pātra, [Vcar.] madhupīlu मधुपीलु madhu—pīlu m. a species of tree, [L.] madhupati मधुपति madhu—pati m. ‘chief of the race of Madhu’, N. of Kṛṣṇa, [BhP.] (cf. -mati). madhupeya मधुपेय madhu—péya mfn. sweet to drink, [RV.] madhu—péya n. the drinking of sweetness (as Soma &c.), [ib.] madhupurī मधुपुरी madhu—purī f. the city of the Madhus i.e. Mathurā, [BhP.]; [Bhām.] madhupura मधुपुर madhu—pura n. the city of the Asura Madhu, [Hariv.] N. of a city in Northern India, [Pañcat.] madhuraka मधुरक mfn. sweet, pleasant, agreeable, [L.] m. a partic. drug (= jīvaka), [L.] (prob.) n. the seed of Anethum Panmorium, [Suśr.] madhurasā मधुरसा madhu—rasā f. Sanseviera Roxburghiana, [Suśr.] Gmelina Arborea, [Bhpr.] a vine, bunch of grapes, [L.] a kind of Asclepias, [L.] madhurasa मधुरस madhu—rasa m. the juice of honey, [R.] sweetness, pleasingness, [Bhartṛ.] (v.l.) sugar-cane, [L.] the wine palm, [L.] madhu—rasa mfn. sweet, [L.] madhuratā मधुरता madhura—tā f. sweetness, suavity, pleasantness, amiability, softness, [Kāv.]; [Sāh.] madhuraya मधुरय Nom. P. °yati (°rita mfn.), to sweeten, render sweet, [Pañcar.] madhureṇa मधुरेण ind., with a kind or friendly manner madhureṇu मधुरेणु madhu—reṇu m. a species of plant, [L.] madhurikā मधुरिका f. Anethum Panmorium (others a kind of fennel), [L.] Sinapis Racemosa, [L.] madhurila मधुरिल g. kāśādi. madhuripu मधुरिपु madhu—ripu m. ‘enemy of Madhu’, N. of Viṣṇu-Kṛṣṇa, [Śiś.] madhuruha मधुरुह madhu—ruha m. N. of a son of Ghṛta-pṛṣṭha, [BhP.] madhusakha मधुसख madhu—sakha m. ‘friend of spring’, the god of love, [L.]