मधु a. (धु or ध्वी f.) [मन्यत इ- ति मधु, मन्-उ नस्य धः Uṇ. 1. 18]
Sweet, pleasant, agroeable, delightful. −n. (धु)
1 Honey; एतास्ता मधुनो धाराश्च्यातति सविषास्त्वयि U. 3. 34; मधु तिष्ठति जिह्वाग्रे हृदये तु हलाहलम्.
2 The juice or nectar of flowers; Ku. 3. 36; देहि मुखकमलमधुपानं Gīt. 10.
3 A sweet intoxicating drink, wine, spirituous liquor; विनयंते स्म तद्योधा मधुभिर्विजयश्रमं R. 4. 65; Rs. 1. 3.
4 Water.
5 Sugar.
6 Sweetness.
7 Anything sweet.
8 Ved. Soma juice.
9 Milk or anything produced from milk (Ved.). −m. (धुः)
1 The spring or vernal season; मधुरया मधुबोधितमाधवी Śi. 6. 20; क्व नु ते हृदयंगमः सखा कुसुमायो- जितकार्मुको मधुः Ku. 4. 24, 25; 3. 10, 30.
2 The month of Chaitra; भास्करस्य मधुमाधवाविव R. 11. 7; मासे मधौ मधुरकोकिलभृंगनादै रामा हरंति हृदयं प्रसभं नराणां Rs. 6. 25.
3 N. of a demon killed by Viṣṇu.
4 N. of another demon, father of Rāvaṇa and killed by Śatrughna.
5 The Aśoka tree.
6 N. of king Kārtavīrya.
−Comp.
−अष्ठीला a lump of honey, clotted honey. −आ- धारः wax.
−आपात a. having honey at the first taste; Ms. 11. 9.
−आम्रः a kind of mango tree.
−आलु n.,
−अलुकं sweet potato.
−आवासः the mango tree.
−आसवः sweet spirituous liquor (made from honey).
−आस्वाद a. having the taste of honey.
−आहुतिः f. a sacrificial offering of sweet things. −उच्छिष्टं, −उत्थं, −उत्थितं bees'-wax.
−उत्सवः the spring or vernal festival. −उद- कं ‘honey-water’, water mixed with honey, hydromel.
−उद्यानं a spring garden.
−उपघ्नं ‘the abode of Madhu’, an epithet of Mathurā; R. 15. 15.
−कंठः the cuckoo. −क- रः 1. a large black bee; कुटजे खलु तेनेहा तेने हा मधुकरेण कथं Bv. 1. 10; R. 9. 30; Me. 35, 47. −2. a lover, libertine. −3. sweet lime. (
−री) a female bee. ºगणः, ºश्रणिः f. a swarm of bees.
−कर्कटी 1. sweet lime, a kind of citron. −2. a kind of date. −काननं, −वनं the forest of the demon Madhu. −कारः, −कारिन् m. a bee. −कुक्कुटिका, −कुक्कुटी a sort of citron tree.
−कुल्या a stream of honey.
−कृत् m. a bee.
−केशटः a bee. −कोशः, −षः 1. a bee-hive. −2. a honey-comb.
−क्रमः 1. a bee-hive. −2. a honey-comb. (pl.) drinkingbout, carousals. −क्षीरः, −क्षीरकः a Kharjūra tree. −गंधि, −गंधिक a. scented with honey, sweet-smelling, वनेषु मधुगंधिषु U. 2. 18.
−गायनः the cuckoo.
−ग्रहः a libation of honey.
−घेषः the cuckoo.
−च्युत्. −त, −श्च्युत् a. 1. dropping or distilling honey; U. 3. 24. −2. mellifluous, overflowing with sweets.
−जं bees’-wax.
−जा 1. sugar-candy.
2 the earth.
−जंबीरः a kind of citron. −जित्, −द्विष्, −निषूदन, −निहंतृ m., −मथः, −मथनः, −रिपुः, −शत्रुः, −सुदनः epithets of Viṣṇu; इति मधुरिपुणा सखीनियुक्ता Gīt. 5; R. 9. 48; Śi. 15. 1. −तृणः −णं sugar-cane.
−त्रयं the three sweet things; i. e. sugar, honey, and clarified butter.
−दीपः the god of love.
−दूतः the mango tree.
−दोहः the extracting of sweetness or honey.
−द्रः 1. a bee. −2. a libertine.
−द्रवः N. of a tree having red blossoms.
−द्रुमः the mango tree.
−धातुः a kind of yellow pyrites.
−धारा a stream of honey.
−धूलिः f. molasses.
−नाडी a cell in a honeycomb.
−नालिकेरकः a kind of cocoanut
−नेतृ m. a bee.
−पः a bee or a drunkard; राजप्रियाः कैरविण्यो रमंते मधुपैः सह Bv. 1. 126, 1. 63 (where both meanings are intended). −प- टलं a bee hive.
−पतिः an epithet of Kṛṣṇa.
−पर्कः 1. ‘a mixture of honey’, a respectful offering made to a guest or to the bridegroom on his arrival at the door of the father of the bride; (its usual ingredients are five:−दधि सर्पिर्जलं क्षौद्रं सिता चैतैश्च पंच- भिः । प्रोच्यते मधुपर्कः); समांसो मधुपर्कः U. 4; असिस्वदद्यन्मधुपर्कमर्पितं स तद् व्यधात्तर्कमुदर्कदर्शिताम् । यदंष पास्यन्म- धु भीमजाधरं मिषेण पुण्याहविधिं तदा कृतं N. 16. 13; Ms. 3. 119 et seq. −2. the ceremony of receiving a guest.
−पर्क्य a. worthy of madhu- parka q. v. −पर्णिका, −पर्णी the Indigo plant.
−पायिन् m a bee.
−पुरं
−री an epithet of Mathurā: संप्रत्यु- ज्झितवासनं मधुपुरीमध्ये हरिः सेव्यते Bv. 4. 44.
−पुष्पः 1. the Aśoka tree. −2. the Bakula tree. −3. the Dantī tree. −4. the Śirīṣa tree.
−प्रणयः addiction to wine.
−प्रमेहः diabetes, saccharine urine.
−प्राशनं one of the sixteen purificatory Saṃskāras (which consists in putting a little honey into the mouth of a new-born male child).
−प्रियः an epithet of Balarāma.
−फलः a kind of cocoa-nut.
−फलिका a kind of date.
−बहुला the Mādhavī creeper. −बी (वी) जः a pomegranate tree. −बी(वी)जपू- रः a kind of citron.
−भूमिकः an epithet of a Yogin in the second order. −मक्षः, −क्षा, −मक्षिका a bee.
−मज्जनः the tree called आखेट.
−मत्त a. 1. drunk with wine.
2 excited by the spring.
−मदः the intoxication of liquor.
−मंथः a kind of drink mixed with honey. −मल्लिः −ल्ली f. the Mālatī creeper.
−मस्तकं a kind of sweetmeat made of honey, flour, oil, and ghee. −माधवं −वौ the two spring months (चैत्र and वैशाख).
−माधवी 1. a kind of intoxicating drink. −2. any spring-flower
−माध्वीकं a kind of intoxicating liquor.
−मारकः a bee.
−मेहः = मधुप्रमेह q. v. −यष्टिः −ष्टी f. sugar-cane. −यष्टिका, −वल्ली li quorice.
−रस a. sweet-flavoured, sweet. (सः) 1. the wine-palm. −2. sugar-cane. −3. sweetness. (
−सा) 1 a bunch of grapes. −2. vine.
−लग्नः N. of a tree −लिह्, −लेह्, −लेहिन् m.
−लोलुपः a bee; so मधुतोलेहः.
−वनं 1. N. of the forest inhabited by the demon Madhu where Śatrughna founded Mathurā. −2. N. of the forest of Sugrīva. (
−नः) the cuckoo.
−वाराः (m. pl.) drinking often and often, tippling, carousing; जज्ञिरे बहुमताः प्रमदानामोष्ठ्यावकनुदो मधुवाराः Ki. 9. 59; क्षालितं नु शामतं नु वधूनां द्रावितं नु हृदयं मधुवारैः Śi. 10. 14; sometimes in the sing. also; see Ki 9. 57.
−व्रतः a bee; मर्मिकः को मरंदाना मंतरेण मधुव्रतं Bv. 1. 117; तस्मिन्नद्य मधुव्रते विधिवशान्म ध्वीकमाकांक्षति 46.
−शर्करा honey-sugar.
−शाखः a kind of tree. −शिष्ट, −शेषं wax. −सखः, −सहायः −सारथिः −सुहृद् m. the god of love.
−सिक्थकः a kind of poison.
−सूदतः 1. a bee. −2. an epithet of Viṣṇu.
−स्थानं a bee-hive
−स्रव a. dropping honey or sweetness. (
−वा) 1. liquorice. −2. N. of the third day in the bright half of Śrāvaṇa.
−स्वरः the cuckoo.
−हन् m. 1. a destroyer or collector of honey. −2. a kind of bird of prey. −3. a sooth-sayer. −4. an epithet of Viṣṇu.