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madhyadeśa

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.]