Madhyadesha, Madhya-desha, Madhyadeśa: 19 definitions

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Madhyadesha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Madhyadesha has 18 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Madhyadeśa can be transliterated into English as Madhyadesa or Madhyadesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Madhyadeśa (मध्यदेश):—1. (ma + deśa) m.

1) der mittlere Raum [LĀṬY. 2, 6, 7.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 3. 90.] —

2) = madhyaṃ nabhasaḥ Meridian: gate ravau [Mahābhārata 12, 13412.] —

3) die Mitte des Leibes: madhyadeśe narānanyāṃścicchedānyāṃśca karṇataḥ [Mahābhārata 10, 435.] [Ṛtusaṃhāra 2, 26] (Unterleib). Taille [Spr. 2402.] natamadhyadeśā [Suśruta 2, 483, 6.] —

4) das Mittelland, das Land zwischen dem Himālaya im N., dem Vindhya im S., Vinaśana im W. und Prayāga im O., [Manu’s Gesetzbuch.2,21.] [Amarakoṣa.2,1,7.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa.2,1,7.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 951.] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde (II)] [?I,119. fg. Mahābhārata.2,1276. 13,3397. Harivaṃśa 634. Rāmāyaṇa.6,82,89. Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S.5,30.8,46. 10,5. 17,20. Kathāsaritsāgara 32,106. Oxforder Handschriften 55,a,12. 149,a,43. 352,b,11. Hiouen-Thsang I,168.]

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Madhyadeśa (मध्यदेश):—2. (wie eben) adj. mittelländisch, ans dem Mittellande stammend, dort wohnend: parijñāto dasyubhāvaṃ gataḥ katham [Mahābhārata 12, 6310.] udīcyāḥ, deśāḥ, prācyāḥ [Oxforder Handschriften 55,a,10.] Vielleicht fehlerhaft für madhyadeśya .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Madhyadeśa (मध्यदेश):—m. —

1) der mittlere Raum. —

2) Meridian. —

3) die Mitte des Leibes , Taille. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā. —

4) das Mittelland , das Land zwischen Himavant , Vindhya , Vinaśana und Prayāga. Pl. die Bewohner dieses Landes.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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