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 Plant namemadana
 LanguageSanskrit
 Latin nameRandia dumetorum Lam. - please click to view full record
 Latin name (synonyms)Xeromphis spinosa (Thunb.) Keay
 Sanskrit namemadana
 Hindi namemainphal, madan
 Tamil namemaṭkārai, marukkallaṅkāy
 Malayalam namemalaṅkāra, kāraccuḷḷi
 English nameEmetic nut tree, Common emetic nut
 Search occurrencemadana, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 778)
madana, m. (ifc., f. ā) passion, love or the god of love, MBh., Kāv. &c.; a kind of embrace, L.; the season of spring, L.; a bee, L.; (?) bees-wax (see paTTikā); Vanguiera Spinosa, Suśr.; a thorn-apple and various other plants (e.g. Phaseolus Radiatus, Acacia Catechu &c.), L.; a bird, L.; (in music) a kind of measure, Saṃgīt.; (in astrol.) N. of the 7th mansion, Var.; N. of various men and authors (also with ācArya, bhaTTa, sarasvatī &c.; cf. below), Rājat. Inscr. Cat.; (ā), f. any intoxicating drink, spirituous liquor, L.; (ī), f. id., L.; musk, L.; N. of a plant (= atimukta), L.; the civet-cat, L.; n. the act of intoxicating or exhilarating MW.; (scil. astra)N. of a mythical weapon, R. (v.l. mAdana); bees-wax, L.; mfn. = mandra Nir.

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 778)
madana, m. (ifc. f. ā) passion, love or the god of love, MBh.; Kāv. &c.; a kind of embrace, L.; the season of spring, L.; a bee, L.; (?) bees-wax (see -paṭṭikā); Vanguiera Spinosa, Suśr.; a thorn-apple and various other plants (e.g. Phaseolus Radiatus, Acacia Catechu &c.), L.; a bird, L.; (in music) a kind of measure, Saṃgīt.; (in astrol.) N. of the 7th mansion, Var.; N. of various men and authors (also with ācārya, bhaṭṭa, sarasvatī &c.; cf. below), Rājat.; Inscr.; Cat.; (ā), f. any intoxicating drink, spirituous liquor, L.; (ī), f. id., L.; musk, L.; N. of a plant (= atimukta), L.; the civet-cat, L.; n. the act of intoxicating or exhilarating, MW.; (scil. astra), N. of a mythical weapon, R. (v.l. mādana); bees-wax, L.; mfn. = mandra, Nir.


 
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