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.]