m. a son or descendant of madhu-, a man of the race of yadu- (sg. especiallyName ofkṛṣṇa-- viṣṇu- or of paraśu-rāma- as an incarnation of this god; plural the yādava-s or vṛṣṇi-s)
माधव a. (-वी f.) [मधु-अण्] 1 Honey-like, sweet. -2 Made of honey. -3 Vernal, relating to the spring; सावज्ञेव मुखप्रसाधनविधौ श्रीमाधवी योषिताम् M.3.5. -4 Relating to the descendants of Madhu. -वः [माया लक्ष्म्या धवः] 1 N. of Kṛiṣṇa; राधामाधवयोर्जयन्ति यमुनाकूले रहःकेलयः Gīt.1; माधवे मा कुरु मानिनि मानमये 9. -2 The spring season, a friend of Cupid; स्मर पर्युत्सुक एष माधवः Ku. 4.28; स माधवेनाभिमतेन सख्या (अनुप्रयातः) 3.23; माधवप्रथमे मासि बलस्य प्रथमे पुनः Charaka-sūtrasthāna. -3 The month called Vaiśākha; जगाम माधवे मासि रैभ्याश्रमपदं प्रति Mb. 3.136.1; भास्करस्य मधुमाधवाविव R.11.7. -4 N. of Indra. -5 of Paraśurāma. -6 N. of the Yādavas (pl.); प्रहितः प्रधनाय माधवान् Śi.16.52. -7 N. of a celebrated author, son of Māyaṇa and brother of Sāyaṇa and Bhoganātha, and suppossed to have lived in the fifteenth century. He was a very reputed scholar, numerous important works being ascribed to him; he and Sāyaṇa are suppossed to have jointly written the commentary on the Ṛigveda; श्रुतिस्मृतिसदाचारपालको माधवो बुधः । स्मार्तं व्याख्याय सर्वार्थं द्विजार्थं श्रौत उद्यतः ॥ J. N. V. -Comp. -उचितम् a kind of perfume (कक्कोल). -द्रुमः Spondias Mangifera (Mar. अंबाडा). -निदानम् N. of a medical work. -वल्ली = माधवी q. v. -श्री vernal beauty.
a. (î) belonging or relat ing to spring, vernal; belonging to the de scendants of Madhu or the Yâdavas; m. N. of the second spring month (more usually called Vaisâkha: April--May); spring; son or descendant of Madhu, man of Yadu's race, pat. of Krishna, Vishnu, and Parasurâma; N. of various men: î, f. earth; woman of Madhu's or Yadu's race; spring-creeper bearing fragrant white flowers (Gaertnera racemosa).
adjective belonging or peculiar to the descendants of Madhu i.e. the Yādavas (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
relating to spring (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
representing Kṛṣna (as a picture) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
vernal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a man of the race of Yadu (esp. name of Kṛṣṇa-Viṣṇu or of Paraśurāma as an incarnation of this god) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a son or descendant of Madhu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Bassia Latifolia (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of the third Manu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Indra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Kṛṣṇa
name of one of the 7 sages under Manu Bhautya (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the hero of Bhavabhūti's drama Mālatīmādhava (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the second month of spring (more usually called Vaiśākha) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of various other men (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of various scholars and poets (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Phaseolus Mungo (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
spring (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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