मदन [madana] a. a. (-नी f.) [माद्यति अनेन, मद्-करणे ल्युट्]
Intoxicating, maddening.
Delighting, exhilarating.
नः The god of love, Cupid; व्यापाररोधि मदनस्य निषेवितव्यम्
[Ś.1.27;] हतमपि निहन्त्येव मदनः
[Bh.3.18.] Love, passion, sexual love, lust; विनयवारितवृत्तिरतस्तया न विवृतो मदनो न च संवृतः
[Ś.2.11;] सतन्त्रिगीतं मदनस्य दीपकम्
[Ṛs.1.3;] [R.5.63;] so मदनातुर, मदनपीडित &c.
The spring season.
A bee.
Bees'-wax.
A kind of embrace.
The Dhattūra plant.
The Khadira tree.
The Bakula tree.
N. N. of the 7th mansion (in astrol.).
A kind of measure (in music).
ना, नी Spirituous liquor.
Musk.
The atimukta creeper. (नी only in these two senses).
नम् Intoxicating.
Gladdening, delighting. -Comp.
-अग्रकः a species of grain (कोद्रव).
अङ्कुशः the penis.
a finger-nail, or a wound inflicted by it in cohabitation.
-अत्ययः excess of intoxication; मद्येन खलु जायन्ते मदात्ययमुखा गदाः
[Bhāva. P.] -अन्तकः, -अरिः, -दमनः, -दहनः, -नाशनः, -रिपुः epithets of Śiva.
-अवस्थ a. a. in love, enamoured.-आतपत्रम् the vulva.
-आतुर, -आर्त, -क्लिष्ट, -पीडित a. a. afflicted by love, smit with love, love-sick; रावणावरजा तत्र राघवं मदनातुरा (अभिपेदे)
[R.12.32;] [Ś.3.13.] आयुधम् pudendum muliebre.
'Cupid's missle', said of a very lovely woman.
आलयः, यम् pudendum muliebre.
a lotus.
a king.
-आशयः sexual desire.-इच्छाफलम् a kind of mango.
-उत्सवः the vernal festival celebrated in honour of Cupid. (-वा) anapsaras.
-उत्सुक a. a. pining or languid with love.-उद्यानम् 'a pleasure-garden', N. of a garden.
कण्टकः erection of hair caused by the feeling of love.
N. N. of a tree.
-कलहः 'love's quarrel', sexual union; ˚छेद- सुलभाम्
[Mal.2.12.] -काकुरवः a dove or pigeon.
-गृहम् pudendum muliebre.
-गोपालः an epithet of Kṛiṣṇa.-चतुर्दशी the fourteenth day in the bright half of Chaitra, or the festival celebrated on that day in honour of Cupid.
-तन्त्रम् the science of sexual love.-त्रयोदशी the thirteenth day in the bright half of Chaitra, or the festival celebrated on that day in honour of Cupid.
-द्वादशी a festival in honour of Cupid on the 12th day of the bright half of Chaitra.-ध्वजा the पौर्णिमा day of Chaitra month.
-नालिका a faithless wife.
-पक्षिन् m. m. the Khañjana bird.
-पाठकः the cuckoo.
-पीडा, -बाधा pangs or torments of love.-महः,
-महोत्सवः a festival celebrated in honour of Cupid; मदनमहोत्सवाय रसिकमनांसि समुल्लासयन्
[Dk.2.5.] -मोहनः an epithet of Kṛiṣṇa.
-रसः poison; मदनरस- योगेनातिसन्धाय अपहरेत्
[Kau.A.1.15.] -ललितम् amorous sport or dalliance.
-ललिता N. N. of a metre; वेदाङ्गाङ्गैर्मदन- ललिता मो भो नमलसाः V. Ratna. (com.).
-लेखः a loveletter.
-वश a. a. influenced by love, enamoured.
-विनोदः N. N. of a medical vocabulary attributed to मदनपाल.
शलाका the female of the cuckoo.
an aphrodisiac.
the female parrot (also मदनसारिका).
-संदेशः a message of love.