Madhyamaka, Madhyamika, Madhyamikā, Mādhyamaka, Mādhyamika: 15 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMadhyamaka (मध्यमक):—(von madhyama) adj. f. mikā a) der mittlere [Mṛcchakaṭikā 49, 19.] — b) gemeinsam: madhyamakaṃ hi yajamānasya patnīnāṃ ca dravyam Schol. zu [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 981, 8.] —
2) f. mikā a) ein mannbares Frauenzimmer [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) Titel des 2ten (ursprünglich mittleren) Grantha des Kāṭhaka [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 69. 3, 454.]
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Madhyamika (मध्यमिक):—(von madhyama) m. pl. Name einer buddhistischen Schule [Burnouf 445. 447. 449. 507. 511. 560.] [WASSILJEW 132 u.s.w.]
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Mādhyamaka (माध्यमक):—(von madhyama) adj. = mādhyamika, f. mādhyamikā [Yāska’s Nirukta 10, 46. 12, 5. 10.] Bez. des mittleren Abschnitts im Kāṭhaka [Akademische Vorlesungen 87.]
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Mādhyamika (माध्यमिक):—(von madhyama)
1) adj. auf die Mitte (das Luftreich) bezüglich, dazu gehörig [Yāska’s Nirukta 5, 3.] devagaṇa [6, 15. 7, 26. 8, 14. 10, 9. 11, 18.] —
2) m. pl. a) Name einer buddhistischen Schule [Madhusūdanasarasvatī’s Prasthānabheda] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 13, 19.] [Scholiast] zu [Vedāntasāra 99, 2.] Vgl. madhyamika . — b) Nomen proprium eines Volkes im Mittellande: aruṇadyavano mādhyamikān [Patañjali] bei [GOLD. MĀN. 230.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 14,2.] [Oxforder Handschriften 258,b,17.] Vgl. [WEBER] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 5, 151. fgg.] und [KERN] in der Vorrede zu seiner Ausg. der [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. S. 38.]
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Madhyamika (मध्यमिक):—vgl. mādhyamika .
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Mādhyamika (माध्यमिक):—
2) a) [SARVADARŚANAS. 9, 2. 14, 11. 15, 13. 116, 17.]
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Mādhyamika (माध्यमिक):—adj. Bez. eines best. Zeuges (paṭa) ebend. [5,60,a.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMadhyamaka (मध्यमक):——
1) Adj. (f. miklā) gemeinsam. —
2) f. makā — a) *ein mannbares Frauenzimmer. — b) Titel des 2ten Grantha des Kāṭhaka. Vgl. mādhyamikā. —
3) n. das Innere. kaṃ pra-viś so v.a. hineintreten [Mṛcchakaṭika 46,19.]
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Madhyamika (मध्यमिक):—m. Pl. eine best. buddhistische Schule Richtiger wohl mā. madhyamikā d. u. madhyamaka.
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Mādhyamaka (माध्यमक):——
1) Adj. (f. mikā) auf die Mitte ( das Luftreich ) bezüglich , dazu gehörig. —
2) f. mikā Bez. des mittleren Abschnittes im Kāṭthaka. Vgl. madhyamaka 2)b).
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Mādhyamika (माध्यमिक):——
1) Adj. — a) auf die Mitte (das Luftreich) bezüglich , dazu gehörig. — b) als Bez. eines best. Zeuges. —
2) m. Pl. — a) Nomen proprium eines Volkes im Mittellande [240,31.] — b) eine best. buddhistische Schule.
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