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मद
मद
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- mada (Latin script)
- මද (Sinhalese script)
- မဒ (Burmese script)
- មទ (Khmer script)
- มท (Thai script)
Noun
मद m
- pride
- intoxication
- conceit
- sexual excess
Sanskrit
Etymology
Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬜𐬀 (maδa-, “intoxication”).
Noun
मद • (máda) m
- hilarity, rapture, excitement, inspiration, intoxication (RV. etc.)
- 8th c., Bhavabhuti, Uttararāmacarita (Rama's Last Act), Act I, verse 36
- viniścetuṃ śakyo / na sukham iti vā duḥkham iti vā / pramoho nidrā vā / kim u viṣa|visarpaḥ kim u madaḥ?
- tava sparśe sparśe / mama hi parimūḍh’|êndriya|gaṇo/vikāraś caitanyaṃ / bhramayati ca sammīlayati ca.
- Every single time you touch me / a kind of transformation— / it can’t be described as joy or sorrow, / ecstasy or sleep,
- a state of intoxication / or all-suffusing poison— / confuses my senses and at once / excites and dulls my awareness.
- 8th c., Bhavabhuti, Uttararāmacarita (Rama's Last Act), Act I, verse 36
- (dual with मदस्य (madasya)) name of 2 sāmans (ĀrshBr.)
- (in compounds) ardent passion for (MBh.)
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of मद | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | मदः (madaḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | मदस्य (madasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | मदः (madaḥ) | मदौ (madau) | मदाः (madāḥ) |
| Vocative | मद (mada) | मदौ (madau) | मदाः (madāḥ) |
| Accusative | मदम् (madam) | मदौ (madau) | मदान् (madān) |
| Instrumental | मदेन (madena) | मदाभ्याम् (madābhyām) | मदैः (madaiḥ) |
| Dative | मदाय (madāya) | मदाभ्याम् (madābhyām) | मदेभ्यः (madebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | मदात् (madāt) | मदाभ्याम् (madābhyām) | मदेभ्यः (madebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | मदस्य (madasya) | मदयोः (madayoḥ) | मदानाम् (madānām) |
| Locative | मदे (made) | मदयोः (madayoḥ) | मदेषु (madeṣu) |
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0777