maDya a. [ man-yat nasya DaH 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; prAraBya viGnavihatA viramaMti maDyAH Bh. 2. 27. 4 Neutral, impartial. 5 Just, right. 6 Mean (in astr. ). — DyaH , — DyaM 1 The middle, centre, middle or central part; ahnaH maDyaM midday; sahasradIDitiralaMkaroti maDyamahnaH Māl. 1 ‘the sun is on the meridian’ or ‘right over-head’; sarati sahasA bAhvormaDyaM gatApyabalA satI M. 4. 11 ; vyopamaDyaM V. 2. 1. 2 The middle of the body, the waist; maDyaM kzAmA Me. 82 ; vedivilagnamaDyA Ku. 1. 39. ; viSAlavakzAstanuvfttamaDyaH R. 6. 32. 3 The belly, abdomen; maDyena… balitrayaM cAru baBa ra bAlA 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. — DyA 1 The middle finger. 2 A young woman, one arrived at puberty. — DyaM Ten thousand billions. [The acc. , instr. , abl. and loc. singulars of maDya are used adverbially. ( a ) maDyaM into the midst of, into; ( b ) maDyena through or between. ( c ) maDyAt out of, from among, from the midst (with gen. ); tezAM maDyAt kAkaH provAca Pt. 1. ( d ) maDye 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. maDyegaMgaM into the Ganges; maDyejaWaraM in the belly; Bv. 1. 61 ; maDyenagaraM inside the city; maDyenadi in the middle of the river. maDyepfzWaM on the back; maDyeBaktaM a medicine taken in ( pb ) the middle of one's meals; maDyeraRaM in the battle; Bv. 1. 128 ; maDyesaBaM in or before an assembly; N. 6. 76 ; maDyesamudraM in the midst of the sea; Śi. 3. 33 ]. Comp. — aMguliH, -lI f. the middle finger — ahnaH (for ahan ) midday, noon. °kftyaM, °kriyA a midday rite or observance. °kAlaH, °velA, °samayaH noontime, midday. °stAnaM midday ablution. — karRaH a radius. — ga a. being or going in the middle or among — gata a. central, middle, being in the middle. — gaMDa ; the mango tree. — grahaRaM the middle of an eclipse. — CayA mean or middle shadow. — dinaM (also maDyadinaM ) 1 midday, noon. 2 a midday offering. — dIpakaM 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. — deSaH 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; himavadviMDyayormaDyaM yatprAgvinaSanAdapi . pratyageva prayAgacca maDyadeSaH sa kIrtitaH .. Ms. 2. 21. — dehaH the trunk of the body, the belly. — padaM the middle word. °lopin see maDyamapadalopin . — pAtaH 1 communion, intercourse. 2 (in astr. ) the mean occurrence of the aspect. — BAgaH 1 the middle part. 2 the waist. — BAvaH 1 middle state, mediocrity. 2 a middling or mode rate distance. — yavaH a weight of six white mustard-seeds. — yogit a. being in the middle of a conjunction, completely obscured. — rAtraH — rAtriH f. midnight. — reKA the central or first meridian. — lagnaM the point of the ecliptic situated on the meridian. — lokaH the middle of the three worlds; i. e. the earth or world of mortals °ISaH, °ISvaraH a king. — vayas a. middle-aged. — vartin a. 1 middle, central. 2 being among or in the middle. ( — m. ) an arbitrator, a mediator. — vfttaM the navel. — sUtraM = maDyareKA q. v. — sTa a. 1 being or standing in the middle, central. 2 inter. mediate, intervening. 3 ( pb ) middling. 4 mediating, acting as umpire between two parties. 5 impartial, neutral 6 indifferent, unconcerned; maDyasyo deSabaDuzu Pt. 4. 60 ; vayamava maDyasTAH Ś. 5. — (sTaH) 1 an umpire, arbitrator, a mediator. 2 an epithet of Śiva. — sTatA 1 intermediate position. 2 middle state or character. 3 mediocrity. 4 arbitration, mediatorship. 5 impartiality; maDyasTatAM gfhItvA BaRa M. 3 ‘say impartially’. 6 indifference. — sTalaM 1 the middle or centre. 2 the middle space or region. 3 the waist. 4 the hip. — sTAnaM 1 the middle station. 2 the middle space; i. e. air. 3 a neutral region. — sTita a. central, intermediate.