madhya मध्य mádhya mf(A)n. middle (used like medius, e.g. mádhye samudré, ‘in the midst of the sea’), [RV.]; [VPrāt.]; [KaṭhUp.] middlemost, intermediate, central, [Var.]; [Megh.] standing between two, impartial, neutral, [Kām.] middle i.e. being of a middle kind or size or quality, middling, moderate (with vṛtti f. ‘a middle course’), [Lāṭy.]; [Mn.]; [Suśr.] &c. (in astron.) mean i.e. theoretical (opp. to spaṣṭa, or sphuṭa), [Sūryas.] (-tva n.) lowest, worst, [L.] mádhya m. n. (ifc. f(A). ) the middle of the body, (esp.) a woman's waist, [ŚBr.] &c. &c. mádhya m. (in alg.) the middle term or the mean of progression, [Col.] mádhya n. (m. g. ardharcādi) the middle, midst, centre, inside, interior, [RV.] &c. &c. (am ind. into the midst of, into, among, with gen. or ifc. [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; °dhyena ind. in or through the midst of, on the inside, through, between, with gen. acc. or ifc. [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.; °dhyāt ind. from the midst of, out of, from among, [R.]; [Hariv.] &c.; °dhye ind. See s.v.) mádhya n. the middle of the sky (with or scil. nabhasas), [Mn.]; [MBh.] space between (e.g. bhruvos, the eye brows), [MBh.] midday (with ahnaḥ), [Mālav.] the meridian, [Mālatīm.] intermediate condition between (gen.), [R.] the belly, abdomen, [Kum.] the flank of a horse, [L.] (in music) mean time, [Saṃgīt.] ten thousand billions, [MBh.] cessation, pause, interval, [L.] N. of a country between Sindh and Hindūstan proper, [Cat.] [cf. Zd. maidhya; Gk. μέσσος, μέσος for μέθιος; Lat. medius; Goth. midjiś; Eng. mid in midland, midnight &c.] madhyam मध्यम् mádhyam ind., into the midst of, into, among, with gen. or ifc. [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. madhyabha मध्यभ madhya—bha (in astron.) the meridian ecliptic point. madhyaga मध्यग madhya—ga mf(A)n. going or being in the middle or among (with gen. or ifc.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. madhyamā मध्यमा (ā), f. the womb, [TBr.] the middle finger, [Kauś.]; [Suśr.] midnight, [L.] a girl arrived at puberty, [L.] the pericarp of a lotus, [L.] a central blossom, [W.] a kind of metre, [L.] (in music) a partic. Mūrchanā, [Saṃgīt.] madhyama मध्यम madhyamá mf(A)n. (superl. of mádhya) middle (used like Lat. medius, e.g. madhyame gulme, ‘in the midst of the troop’), [MBh.]; [R.] being or placed in the middle, middlemost, intermediate, central, [RV.] &c. &c. middle-born (neither youngest nor oldest), [Veṇīs.] of a middle kind or size or quality, middling, moderate, [TS.] &c. &c. standing between two persons or parties, impartial, neutral, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (in astron.) mean (cf. madhya), [Sūryas.] relating to the meridian, [ib.] madhyamá m. the middlemost prince (whose territory lies between that of a king seeking conquest and that of his foe), [Mn. vii, 155] the middle character in plays, [IW. 473] the midland country (= madhya-deśa), [L.] (in music) the 4th or 5th note, [Saṃgīt.] the middlemost of the 3 scales, [ib.] a partic. Rāga, [ib.] (in gram.) the 2nd person (= -puruṣa), [Pāṇ.] the governor of a province, [L.] a kind of antelope, [L.] N. of the 18th Kalpa (s.v.), [Cat.] pl. a class of gods, [ŚāṅkhŚr.] (with Buddhists) N. of a partic. [Buddh.] sect, [Sarvad.] madhyamá m. n. the middle of the body, waist, [MBh.]; [R.] &c. madhyamá n. the middle, [APrāt.] mediocrity, defectiveness, [Śṛṅgār.] N. of the 12th (14th) Kāṇḍa of the [ŚBr.] (in astron.) the meridian ecliptic point, [Sūryas.] madhyatā मध्यता madhya—tā f. the state of being in the middle, mediocrity, [MBh.] madhyajyā मध्यज्या madhya—jyā f. the sign of the meridian, [Sūryas.] madhyanya मध्यन्य mfn. occupying a middle place, having a middle rank or position (in any caste &c.), [L.] madhyastha मध्यस्थ madhya—stha mf(A)n. being in the middle, being between or among (gen. or comp.), [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] &c. being in the middle space i.e. in the air, [ŚāṅkhBr.] standing between two persons or parties mediating, a mediator, [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 179], Sch. belonging to neither or both parties, (only) a witness, impartial, neutral, indifferent, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. being of a middle condition or kind, middling, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] madhya—stha m. ‘arbitrator, umpire’, N. of Śiva, [Śivag.] madhyatas मध्यतस् madhya—tás ind. from or in the middle, centrally, centrically, [RV.] &c. &c. out of, among (gen. or comp.), [MBh.]; [R.] &c. of middle sort, [Gaut.] madhyatva मध्यत्व madhya—tva n. See under madhya. madhya—tva n. madhyabhāga मध्यभाग madhya—bhāga m. the middle part or portion, [Kathās.] the middle of the body, waist, [Bhartṛ.] madhyabhāva मध्यभाव madhya—bhāva m. middle state or condition, mediocrity, [MW.] a middling or moderate distance, [ŚārṅgP.] madhyadeśa मध्यदेश madhya—deśa m. middle region, middle space, the central or middle part of anything, [ŚrS.] (= madhyaṃ nabhasaḥ), the meridian, [MBh.] the middle of the body, waist, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. the trunk of the body, belly, abdomen, [ib.] the midland country (lying between the Himālayas on the north, the Vindhya mountains on the south, Vinaśana on the west, Prayāga on the east, and comprising the modern provinces of Allahabad, Agra, Delhi, Oude &c.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] (cf. [IW. 226 n. 1]) madhya—deśa mfn. belonging to or living in the midland country, of midland origin, [MBh.] madhya—deśa m. pl. the inhabitants of the midland country, [Cat.] madhyadeha मध्यदेह madhya—deha m. the middle or trunk of the body, belly &c., [Suśr.] madhyadina मध्यदिन madhya—dina for madhyaṃ-dina, q.v. madhyagata मध्यगत madhya—gata mfn. id., [ib.] madhya—gata n. the middle syllable, [Śrutab.] madhyakuru मध्यकुरु madhya—kuru (prob.) m. pl. N. of a country, [Cat.] madhyalīlā मध्यलीला madhya—līlā f. N. of wk. madhyaloka मध्यलोक madhya—loka m. the middle world, earth, abode of mortals madhyamādī मध्यमादी madhyamādi, m. or madhyamā°dī, f. (in music) a partic. Rāgiṇī, [Saṃgīt.] madhyamādi मध्यमादि , m. or madhyamā°dī, f. (in music) a partic. Rāgiṇī, [Saṃgīt.] madhyamīya मध्यमीय mfn. relating to the middle, middlemost, central g. gahādi. madhyamaṇi मध्यमणि madhya—maṇi m. the central or principal gem of a necklace, [MW.] madhyamaśī मध्यमशी madhyama—śī m. ‘lying or being in the middle’, (prob.) an intercessor, [RV. x, 97, 12.] madhyamaka मध्यमक mf(ikA)n. middlemost, [Mṛcch.] common (as property), [KātyŚr.], Sch. n. the interior of anything (°kam pra-√ viś, to enter), [Mṛcch.] madhyameṣā मध्यमेषा madhyameṣā́ f. a partic. part of a chariot, [MaitrS.]; [TS.] madhyamikā मध्यमिका f. a marriageable woman, [L.] N. of the 2nd or middle Grantha of the Kāṭhaka (cf. mādhyamika) madhyamika मध्यमिक prob. w.r. for mādhyamika, q.v. madhyapāta मध्यपात madhya—pāta m. falling or going in the midst, intercourse, commerce, [Rājat.] (in astron.) the mean occurrence of the aspect. madhyarekhā मध्यरेखा madhya—rekhā f. the middle line the central or first meridian (the line conceived by the Hindūs to be drawn through Laṅkā, Ujjayinī, Kurukṣetra, and other places to mount Meru), [Siddhāntaś.] madhyayava मध्ययव madhya—yava m. a weight of six white mustard seeds, [W.] madhyabhakta मध्यभक्त madhya—bhakta mfn. eaten in the middle (a term applied to any medicine taken in the middle of a meal), [Suśr.] madhyaṃdina मध्यंदिन madhyá—ṃ-dina (madhyá-), m. (n., [L.]) midday, noon, [RV.] &c. &c. the midday offering (Savana or Pavamāna), [Br.]; [ŚrS.] Bassia Latifolia, [L.] N. of a disciple of Yājñavalkya, [Cat.] madhyá—ṃ-dina n. Midday (personified as a son of Puṣpārṇa by Prabhā), [BhP.] madhyá—ṃ-dina mfn. = mādhyaṃdina (q.v.) madhyaśāyin मध्यशायिन् madhya—śāyin mfn. lying in the midst lying within, [Rājat.] madhyacārin मध्यचारिन् madhya—cārin mf(iRI)n. going in the midst or among (gen.), [Hit.] madhyacchāyā मध्यच्छाया madhya—cchāyā f. (in astron.) mean or middle shadow, [MW.] madhyadanta मध्यदन्त madhya—danta m. a front tooth, [L.] madhyadeśya मध्यदेश्य madhya—deśīya ([MBh.]) or madhya—deśya ([Pur.]), mfn. = prec. mfn. madhyagandha मध्यगन्ध madhya—gandha m. ‘having a middling scent (?)’, the mango tree, [L.] madhyajihva मध्यजिह्व madhya—jihva n. the middle of the tongue (said to be the organ of the palatals), [APrāt.] madhyakarṇa मध्यकर्ण madhya—karṇa m. a half diameter, radius, [MW.] madhyakṣāmā मध्यक्षामा madhya—kṣāmā f. ‘slender-waisted’ or ‘slender in the centre’, N. of a kind of metre, [Col.] madhyalagna मध्यलग्न madhya—lagna n. the point of the ecliptic situated on the meridian, [ib.] madhyamadhyā मध्यमध्या madhya—madhyā f. (in music) a partic. Mūrchanā, [Saṃgīt.] madhyamasthā मध्यमस्था madhyama—sthā́ mfn. standing in the middle, forming the centre (of a community), [VS.] madhyamastha मध्यमस्थ madhyama—stha mfn. standing or being in the middle g. brāhmaṇādi. madhyamavāh मध्यमवाह् madhyama—vā́h mfn. driving at middling or slow speed (= manda-gamanena vāhaka), [RV. ii, 29, 4]; [Sāy.] (prob. ‘driving in the middle’, scil. between gods and men). madhyameṣṭhā मध्यमेष्ठा madhyame-ṣṭhā́ ([AV.]) mfn. = madhyama-sthā. madhyameṣṭha मध्यमेष्ठ madhyame-ṣṭhá ([MaitrS.]) mfn. = madhyama-sthā. madhyarātrau मध्यरात्रौ madhya—rātrau ind., at midnight madhyarātra मध्यरात्र madhya—rātrá, m. or madhya—rātri, f. midnight, [Br.]; [MBh.] &c. madhyarātri मध्यरात्रि madhya—rātrá, m. or madhya—rātri, f. midnight, [Br.]; [MBh.] &c. madhyasthāna मध्यस्थान madhya—sthāna n. the middle space i.e. the air (-devatā f. a deity of the air, [Nir.]) a neutral soil, [MW.] madhyasthala मध्यस्थल madhya—sthala n. (ifc. f(I). ) a middle place or region, (esp.) the middle of the body, the waist or hip, [L.] madhyasthatā मध्यस्थता madhya—stha—tā f. intermediate situation, indifference, impartiality, [MBh.]; [R.] &c. madhyasthitā मध्यस्थिता madhya—sthitā f. indifference, [MBh.] (cf. -stha-tā). madhyasthita मध्यस्थित madhya—sthita mfn. being in the middle, being among or between (gen.), [Kathās.] madhyasūtra मध्यसूत्र madhya—sūtra n. the central meridian, [Sūryas.] (cf. madhya-rekhā). madhyatamas मध्यतमस् madhya—tamas n. circular or annular darkness, central darkness, [VarBṛS.] madhyavallī मध्यवल्ली madhya—vallī f. N. of a Vallī of the [TUp.] (probably from being in the middle of the book). madhyavayas मध्यवयस् madhya—vayas mfn. middle-aged, [Hariv.] madhyavṛtta मध्यवृत्त madhya—vṛtta n. the navel, [L.] madhyayogin मध्ययोगिन् madhya—yogin mf(inI)n. (in astron.) being in the middle of a conjunction, completely covered or obscured, [VarBṛS.] madhyaśarīra मध्यशरीर madhya—śarīra mfn. having a middle-sized body or one of moderately full habit, [Suśr.] madhyadīpaka मध्यदीपक madhya—dīpaka n. (in rhetoric) ‘illuminating in the middle’, N. of a figure in which light is thrown on a description by the use of an emphatic verb in the middle of a stanza (e.g. [Bhaṭṭ. x, 24]), [Vām. iv, 3, 18]; [19.] madhyadeśīya मध्यदेशीय madhya—deśīya ([MBh.]) or madhya—deśya ([Pur.]), mfn. = prec. mfn. madhyakaumudī मध्यकौमुदी madhya—kaumudī f. = madhya-sid-dhānta-kaumudī, q.v. madhyalokeśa मध्यलोकेश madhya—lo°keśa m. ‘lord of the middle world or earth’, a king, [L.] madhyamāgama मध्यमागम m. one of the 4Āgamas, [Buddh.] madhyamagati मध्यमगति madhyama—gati f. (in astron.) mean motion of a planet, [Cat.] madhyamajāta मध्यमजात madhyama—jāta mfn. middle-born, born between (two other children), middlemost. madhyamakeya मध्यमकेय m. pl. N. of a people, [MBh.] madhyamaloka मध्यमलोक madhyama—loka m. the middle world (between heaven and the nether world), the earth madhyamapada मध्यमपद madhyama—pada n. the middle member (which is sometimes omitted and requires to be supplied in a compound consisting of two words) madhyamarekhā मध्यमरेखा madhyama—rekhā f. (in astron.) the central meridian of the earth (a line conceived to be drawn through Laṅkā, Ujjayinī, Kuru-kṣetra, and Meru; cf. madhya-rekhā). madhyamaṭīkā मध्यमटीका madhyama—ṭīkā f. N. of wk. by Kumārila, [Cat.] madhyamayāna मध्यमयान madhyama—yāna n. ‘the middle passage’, the middle way to salvation, [MWB. 159.] madhyanagara मध्यनगर madhya—nagara n. the interior of a city, [Pañcad.] madhyanihita मध्यनिहित madhya—nihita mfn. placed in the middle, inserted, fixed into (anything), [Pañcat.] madhyapatita मध्यपतित madhya—patita mfn. fallen in the middle lying between or in the midst, [Pāṇ. i, 1, 71], Sch. madhyatāpinī मध्यतापिनी madhya—tāpinī f. N. of an Upaniṣad. madhyavartin मध्यवर्तिन् madhya—vartin mfn. being in the middle or between or among, middle, central, [Kāv.]; [Kathās.] madhya—vartin m. a mediator, [W.] madhyaṃdinīya मध्यंदिनीय madhya—ṃ-di°nīya mfn. meridional, meridian, belonging to noon or midday, [Lāṭy.] madhyagrahaṇa मध्यग्रहण madhya—grahaṇa n. the middle of an eclipse, [MW.] madhyamāṅguli मध्यमाङ्गुलि m. the middle finger, [L.] madhyamātreya मध्यमात्रेय m. the middle sized Ātreya, [Cat.] madhyamakhaṇḍa मध्यमखण्ड madhyama—khaṇḍa n. (in alg.) the middle term of an equation N. of part ii of the [ŚārṅgS.] madhyamagrāma मध्यमग्राम madhyama—grāma m. (in music) the middle scale, [Saṃgīt.] madhyamakāṇḍa मध्यमकाण्ड madhyama—kāṇḍa n. N. of the 2nd Kāṇḍa of the [MaitrS.] madhyamakakṣā मध्यमकक्षा madhyama—kakṣā f. the middle enclosure or courtyard, [MBh.] madhyamandira मध्यमन्दिर madhya—mandira m. N. of the author of the Mahābhārata-tātparya-nirṇaya, [Cat.] of Madhvācārya, [IW. 119] madhya—mandira n. pudendum muliebre and anus, [Subh.] madhyamaparṇa मध्यमपर्ण madhyama—parṇá n. (prob.) a middle-sized leaf, [MaitrS.] madhyamarātra मध्यमरात्र madhyama—rātra m. midnight, [AitBr.]; [Kauś.] madhyamastheya मध्यमस्थेय madhyama—sthéya n. the state of standing in the middle or forming the centre, [TS.] madhyamasvara मध्यमस्वर madhyama—svara m. the middle or dominant note, [Mālav. (ed. Boll.) i, 21] madhyama—svara mfn. spoken in a middle tone (not too loud and not too low), [R.] madhyamavayas मध्यमवयस् madhyama—vayas n. middle age, [ŚBr.] madhyameśvara मध्यमेश्वर m. N. of a Liṅga of Śiva in Benares, [KūrmaP.] madhyameṣṭheya मध्यमेष्ठेय madhyame-ṣṭhéya ([MaitrS.]) mfn. = madhyama-sthā.