f. (doubtful whether fr. maryā + dā or maryā + āda [fr. ā √ dā]; fancifully said to be fr. marya + ada, ‘devouring young men’ who are killed in defending boundaries) ‘giving or containing clear marks or signs’, a frontier, limit, boundary, border, bank, shore, mark, end, extreme point, goal (in space and time), [RV.] &c. &c. (ṣaṇ-māsa-maryādayā, within six months, [VarBṛS.])
the bounds or limits of morality and propriety, rule or custom, distinct law or definition, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
a covenant, agreement, bond, contract, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
continuance in the right way, propriety of conduct, [Kāv.]; [Pañcat.]
N. of a kind of ring used as an amulet, [AV. vi, 81, 2]
N. of the wife of Avācīna (daughter of a king of Vidarbha), [MBh.]
of the wife of Devātithi (daughter of a king of Videha), [ib.]