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.] 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.] 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). 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.] 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.] madhyamabhṛtaka मध्यमभृतक madhyama—bhṛtaka m. a husbandman, a farm-labourer who works both for his master and himself, [W.] madhyamakāloka मध्यमकालोक madhyamakā°loka m. N. of wk. madhyamanoramā मध्यमनोरमा madhya—manoramā f. N. of a grammatical work (an abridgement of the Manoramā). madhyamapūruṣa मध्यमपूरुष madhyama—pūruṣa m. a mediocre person, [MBh.] madhyamapuruṣa मध्यमपुरुष madhyama—puruṣa m. a partic. personification, [Gaut.] (in gram.) the second person in verbal conjugation, a termination of the second person (cf. prathama-puruṣa, uttama-puruṣa). madhyamasāhasa मध्यमसाहस madhyama—sāhasa m. the middlemost penalty or amercement, punishment for crimes of a middle degree, [Mn. viii, 138], [263] madhyama—sāhasa m. n. violence or outrage of the middle class (injuring buildings, throwing down walls &c.), [W.] madhyamakavṛtti मध्यमकवृत्ति madhyamaka—vṛtti f. N. of wk. (also madhyamika v°). madhyamalokendu मध्यमलोकेन्दु madhyama—lo°kendu m. ‘moon of the middle world’, a king, [Rājat.] madhyamapāṇḍava मध्यमपाण्डव madhyama—pāṇḍava m. ‘the middlemost of the five Pāṇḍavas’, Arjuna, [W.] madhyamasvabhāva मध्यमस्वभाव madhyama—sva-bhāva mfn. indifferent, neutral, [Bcar.] madhyamavayaska मध्यमवयस्क madhyama—vayaska mfn. middle-aged, [W.] madhyamalokapāla मध्यमलोकपाल madhyama—loka—pāla m. ‘protector of the middle world’, a king, [Kāv.] madhyamapadalopa मध्यमपदलोप madhyama—pada—lopa m. the omission of the middle member of a compound (as in, śāka-pārthiva, the king of the era, for sākapriya-pārthiva, the king dear to the era), [Vām. v, 2, 16] madhyamasaṃgraha मध्यमसंग्रह madhyama—saṃgraha m. the middle method of intriguing with another's wife (presenting flowers &c.), [W.] madhyamakālaṃkāra मध्यमकालंकार m. N. of wk. madhyamapadalopin मध्यमपदलोपिन् madhyama—pada—lopin m. (scil. samāsa) a compound which omits the middle member, [ib.]