mADava a. ( vI f. ) [ maDu-aR ] 1 Honey-like sweet. 2 Made of honey. 3 Vernal, relating to the spring; sAvajYeva muKaprasADanaviDO SrImADavI yozitAM M. 3. 5. 4 Relating to the descendants of Madhu. — vaH [ mAyA lakzmyA DavaH ] 1 N. of Kṛṣṇa; rADAmADavayorjayaMti yamunAkUle rahaHkelayaH Gīt. 1 ; mADave mA kuru mAnini mAnamaye 9. 2 he spring season, a friend of Cupid; smara paryutsuka eza mADavaH Ku. 4. 28 ; ma mADavenABimatena saKyA ( anuprayAtaH ) 3. 23. 3 The month called Vaiśākha; BAskarasya maDumADavAviva R. 11. 7. 4 N. of Indra. 5 N. of Paraśurāma. 6 N. of the Yādavas ( pl. ); Śi. 16 52. 7 N. of a celebrated author, son of Māyaṇa and brother of Sāyaṇa and Bhoganātha, and supposed to have lived in the fifteenth century. He was a very reputed scholar, numerous important works being ascribed to him; he and Sāyaṇa are supposed to have jointly written the commentary on the Ṛgveda; SrutismftisadAcArapAlako mADavo buDa . smArtaM vyAKyAya sarvArTaM dvija rTa Srota udyataH . J. N. V. Comp. — ucita a kind of perfume ( kakkaMla ) — vallI = mADavI q. v. — SrI vernal beauty.