मध्य a. [मन्-यत् नस्य धः Tv.]
1 Middle, central, being in the middle or centre; Me. 46; Ms. 2. 21
2 Intervening, intermediate.
3 Middling, moderate, of a middling size or quality, mediocre; प्रारभ्य विघ्नविहता विरमंति मध्याः Bh. 2. 27.
4 Neutral, impartial.
5 Just, right.
6 Mean (in astr.). −ध्यः,
−ध्यं
1 The middle, centre, middle or central part; अह्नः मध्यं midday; सहस्रदीधितिरलंकरोति मध्यमह्नः Māl.
1 ‘the sun is on the meridian’ or ‘right over-head’; सरति सहसा बाह्वोर्म- ध्यं गताप्यबला सती M. 4. 11; व्योपम- ध्यं V. 2. 1.
2 The middle of the body, the waist; मध्यं क्षामा Me. 82; वेदिविलग्नमध्या Ku. 1. 39.; विशाल- वक्षास्तनुवृत्तमध्यः R. 6. 32.
3 The belly, abdomen; मध्येन… बलित्रयं चारु बभ र बाला Ku. 1. 39.
4 The inside or interior of anything.
5 A middle state or condition.
6 The flank of a horse.
7 Mean time in music.
8 The middle term of a progression.
9 Cessation, pause, interval.
−ध्या
1 The middle finger.
2 A young woman, one arrived at puberty.
−ध्यं Ten thousand billions. [The acc., instr., abl. and loc. singulars of मध्य are used adverbially. (a) मध्यं into the midst of, into; (b) मध्येन through or between. (c) म- ध्यात् out of, from among, from the midst (with gen.); तेषां मध्यात् का- कः प्रोवाच Pt 1. (d) मध्ये 1. in the middle, between, among, in the midst; R. 12. 29. −2. in into, within, inside, oft. as the first member of adverbial compounds; e. g. मध्येगंगं into the Ganges; मध्येजठरं in the belly; Bv. 1. 61; मध्येतगरं inside the city; मध्येनदि in the middle of the river. मध्येपृष्ठं on the back; मध्येभक्तं a medicine taken in the middle of one's meals; म- ध्येरणं in the battle; Bv. 1. 128; मध्येसभं in or before an assembly; N. 6. 76; मध्येसमुद्रं in the midst of the sea; Śi 3. 33]
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−Comp.
−अं- गुलिः, −ली f. the middle finger
−अह्नः (for अहन्) midday, noon. ºकृत्यं, ºक्रिया a midday rite or observance. ºकालः, ºवेला, ºसमयः noontime, midday. ºस्तानं midday ablution.
−कर्णः a radius.
−ग a. being or going in the middle or among
−गत a. central, middle, being in the middle. −गंध; the mango tree.
−ग्रहणं the middle of an eclipse.
−छया mean or middle shadow.
−दिनं (also मध्यदिनं) 1. midday, noon. −2. a midday offering.
−दीपकं a variety of the figure called Dīpaka, in which the common attribute that throws light on the whole description is placed in the middle; e. g. Bk. 10. 24.
−देशः 1. the middle region or space, the middle part of anything. −2. the waist. −3. the belly. −4. the meridian. −5. the central region, the country lying between the Himālaya and Vindhya mountains; हिमवद्विंध्ययो- र्मध्यं यत्प्राग्विनशनादपि । प्रत्यगेव प्रया- गच्च मध्यदेशः स कीर्तितः ॥ Ms. 2. 21.
−देहः the trunk of the body, the belly.
−पदं the middle word. ºलो- पिन् see मध्यमपदलोपिन्.
−पातः 1. communion, intercourse. −2. (in astr.) the mean occurrence of the aspect.
−भागः 1. the middle part. −2. the waist.
−भावः 1. middle state, mediocrity. −2. a middling or mode rate distance.
−यवः a weight of six white mustard-seeds.
−योगित् a. being in the middle of a conjunction, completely obscured.
−रात्रः
−रात्रिः f. midnight.
−रेखा the central or first meridian.
−लग्नं the point of the ecliptic situated on the meridian.
−लोकः the middle of the three worlds; i. e. the earth or world of mortals ºईशः, ºईश्वरः a king.
−वयस् a. middle-aged.
−वर्तिन् a. 1. middle, central. −2. being among or in the middle. (−m.) an aroitrator, a mediator.
−वृत्तं the navel.
−सूत्रं =मध्यरेखा q. v.
−स्थ a. 1. being or standing in the middle, central. −2. inter. mediate, intervening. −3. mid dling.
4 mediating, acting as umpire between two parties. −5. impartial, neutral −6. indifferent, unconcerned; मध्यस्यो देशबधुषु Pt. 4. 60; वयमव मध्यस्थाः Ś. 5. (
−स्थः) 1. an umpire, arbitrator, a mediator. −2. an epithet of Śiva.
−स्थता 1. intermediate position. −2. middle state or character. −3. mediocrity. −4. arbitration, mediatorship. −5. impartiality; मध्यस्थतां गृहीत्वा भण M. 3 ‘say impartially’. −6. indifference.
−स्थलं 1. the middle or centre. −2. the middle space or region. −3. the waist. −4. the hip.
−स्थानं 1. the middle station. −2. the middle space; i. e. air. −3. a neutral region.
−स्थित a. central, intermediate.