maDu a. ( Du or DvI f. ) [ manyata iti maDu, man-u nasya DaH Uṇ. 1. 18 ] Sweet, pleasant, agreeable, delightful. — n. ( Du ) 1 Honey; etAstA maDuno DArAScyAtati savizAstvayi U. 3. 34 ; maDu tizWati jihvAgre hfdaye tu halAhalam . 2 The juice or nectar of flowers; Ku. 3. 36 ; dehi muKakamalamaDupAnaM Gīt. 10. 3 A sweet intoxicating drink, wine, spirituous liquor; vinayaMte sma tadyoDA maDuBirvijayaSramaM 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. ( DuH ) 1 The spring or vernal season; maDurayA maDuboDitamADavI Śi. 6. 20 ; kva nu te hfdayaMgamaH saKA kusumAyojitakArmuko maDuH Ku. 4. 24 , 25 ; 3. 10 , 30. 2 The month of Chaitra; BAskarasya maDumADavAviva R. 11. 7 ; mAse maDO maDurakokilaBfMganAdE rAmA haraMti hfdayaM prasaBaM narARAM 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. — azWIlA a lump of honey, clotted honey. — ADAraH wax. — ApAta a. having honey at the first taste; Ms. 11. 9. — AmraH a kind of mango tree. — Alu n. , — alukaM sweet potato. — AvAsaH the mango tree. — AsavaH sweet spirituous liquor (made from honey). — AsvAda a. having the taste of honey. — AhutiH f. a sacrificial offering of sweet things. — ucCizwaM , — utTaM, -utTitaM bees'-wax. — utsavaH the spring or vernal festival. — udakaM ‘honey-water’, water mixed with honey, hydromel. — udyAnaM a spring garden. — upaGnaM ‘the abode of Madhu’, an epithet of Mathurā; R. 15. 15. — kaMWaH the cuckoo. — karaH 1 a large black bee; kuwaje Kalu tenehA tene hA maDukareRa kaTaM Bv. 1. 10 ; R. 9. 30 ; Me. 35 , 47. 2 a lover, libertine. 3 sweet lime. — (rI) a female bee. °gaRaH, °SraRiH f. a swarm of bees. — karkawI 1 sweet lime, a kind of citron. 2 a kind of date. — kAnanaM, -vanaM the forest of the demon Madhu. — kAraH, -kArin m. a bee. — kukkuwikA, -kukkuwI a sort of ( pb ) citron tree. — kulyA a stream of honey. — kft m. a bee. — keSawaH a bee. — koSaH, -zaH 1 a bee-hive. 2 a honey-comb. — kramaH 1 a bee-hive. 2 a honey-comb. ( pl. ) drinkingbout, carousals. — kzIraH, -kzIrakaH a Kharjūra tree. — gaMDi, -gaMDika a. scented with honey, sweet-smelling, vanezu maDugaMDizu U. 2. 18. — gAyanaH the cuckoo. — grahaH a libation of honey. — GezaH the cuckoo. — cyut . — ta, -Scyut a. 1 dropping or distilling honey; U. 3. 24. 2 mellifluous, overflowing with sweets. — jaM bees’-wax. — jA 1 sugar-candy. 2 the earth. — jaMbIraH a kind of citron. — jit, -dviz, -nizUdana, -nihaMtf m. , — maTaH, -maTanaH, -ripuH, -SatruH, -sudanaH epithets of Viṣṇu; iti maDuripuRA saKIniyuktA Gīt. 5 ; R. 9. 48 ; Śi. 15. 1. — tfRaH -RaM sugar-cane. — trayaM the three sweet things; i. e. sugar, honey, and clarified butter. — dIpaH the god of love. — dUtaH the mango tree. — dohaH the extracting of sweetness or honey. — draH 1 a bee. 2 a libertine. — dravaH N. of a tree having red blossoms. — drumaH the mango tree. — DAtuH a kind of yellow pyrites. — DArA a stream of honey. — DUliH f. molasses. — nAqI a cell in a honeycomb. — nAlikerakaH a kind of cocoanut — netf m. a bee. — paH a bee or a drunkard; rAjapriyAH kEraviRyo ramaMte maDupEH saha Bv. 1. 126 , 1. 63 (where both meanings are intended). — pawalaM a bee hive. — patiH an epithet of Kṛṣṇa. — parkaH 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:- daDi sarpirjalaM kzOdraM sitA cEtESca paMcaBiH . procyate maDuparkaH) ; samAMso maDuparkaH U. 4 ; asisvadadyanmaDuparkamarpitaM sa tad vyaDAttarkamudarkadarSitAm . yadaMza pAsyanmaDu BImajADaraM mizeRa puRyAhaviDiM tadA kftaM N. 16. 13 ; Ms. 3. 119 et seq. 2 the ceremony of receiving a guest. — parkya a. worthy of madhuparka q. v. — parRikA, -parRI the Indigo plant. — pAyin m. a bee. — puraM — rI an epithet of Mathurā: saMpratyujJitavAsanaM maDupurImaDye hariH sevyate Bv. 4. 44. — puzpaH 1 the Aśoka tree. 2 the Bakula tree. 3 the Dantī tree. ( pb ) 4 the Śirīṣa tree. — praRayaH addiction to wine. — pramehaH diabetes, saccharine urine. — prASanaM one of the sixteen purificatory Saṃskāras (which consists in putting a little honey into the mouth of a newborn male child). — priyaH an epithet of Balarāma. — PalaH a kind of cocoa-nut. — PalikA a kind of date. — bahulA the Mādhavī creeper. — bI (vI) jaH a pomegranate tree. — bI(vI) japUraH a kind of citron. — BUmikaH an epithet of a Yogin in the second order. — makzaH, -kzA, -makzikA a bee. — majjanaH the tree called AKewa . — matta a. 1 drunk with wine. 2 excited by the spring. — madaH the intoxication of liquor. — maMTaH a kind of drink mixed with honey. — malliH -llI f. the Mālatī creeper. — mastakaM a kind of sweetmeat made of honey, flour, oil, and ghee. — mADavaM -vO the two spring months ( cEtra and vESAKa ). — mADavI 1 a kind of intoxicating drink. 2 any spring-flower — mADvIkaM a kind of intoxicating liquor. — mA...