Botanical info | A large, woody evergreen climbing shrub, growing all over India up to 1800 m, leaves simple, opposite, coriaceous, elliptic, flowers yellowish white, fragrant, fruits 2 - 3 winged samara, seek globose |
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 808) mādhavī, f. the earth (also with devī), R.; 'spring-flower', Gaertnera Racemosa, Kālid., BhP.; honey-sugar, L.; an intoxicating drink, L.; a kind of grass, L.; sacred basil, L.; Anethum Sowa, L.; a procuress, L.; affluence in cattle or herds, L.; (in music) a partic. Rāgiṇī, Saṃgīt.; a woman of the race of Madhu or Yadu (e.g. An-antā, wife of Janam-ejaya; Sampriyā, wife of Vidūratha; Kuntī, wife of Paṇḍu), MBh.; N. of Dākshāyaṇī in Śri-śaila Cat.; of Durgā, L.; of one of the Mātṛis attending on Skanda, MBh.; of a daughter of Yayāti ib.; (with śAnti) N. of wk. Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 3155) mātavi: 01 1. Jaggery; treacle from sweet toddy; 2. Sugar; 3. Procuress; 4. Common delight of the woods; 5. Spurge 02 1. Subhadrā, sister of Kṛṣṇa; 2. Kṛṣṇa's wife; 3. Sacred basil; 4. Durgā; 5. Kōvalaṉ's mistress
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