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madgu

m. (according to to

majj-) a, diver-bird (a kind of aquatic bird or cormorant; confer, compare Latin mergus)

etc. etc. (also guka-

)

m. a species of wild animal frequenting the boughs of trees (= parṇa-mṛga-)

m. a kind of snake

m. a particular fish

m. a kind of galley or vessel of war

m. a particular mixed caste

(the son of a niṣṭya- and a varuṭī-, a māhiṣya- who knows medicine, or a pāra-dhenuka- who proclaims orders

)

m. a person who kills wild beasts

(see

)

m. Name of a son of śvaphalka-

Macdonell Search

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madgu	m. [diver: √ magg] kind of aquatic bird; galley, kind of vessel of war; a mixed caste: -ra, m. a kind of fish; diver, pearl-fisher (a mixed caste).

Vedic Index of
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madgu	‘Diver ’ (from the root tnajj, ‘ dive ’), is the name of some aquatic bird which is included in the list of victims at the Aśvamedha (‘horse sacrifice’) in the Yajurveda Samhitās, and is occasionally mentioned elsewhere.

DCS with thanks

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madgu	noun (masculine) a diver-bird (a kind of aquatic bird or cormorant) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a kind of galley or vessel of war (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a kind of snake (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a Māhishya who knows medicine (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a Pāradhenuka who proclaims orders (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a particular fish (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a particular mixed caste (the son of a Niṣṭya and a Varuṭī) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a person who kills wild beasts (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a species of wild animal frequenting the boughs of trees (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of a son of Śvaphalka (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 12161/72933

Ayurvedic MedicalDictionary Dr. Potturu with thanks