Encyclopedias & Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 805) māgadha, mf(ī)n. relating to or born in or living in or customary among the Magadhas or the Magadha country, AV.Pariś., Lalit. &c.; m. a king of the Magadha, MBh., Hariv.; N. of a mixed caste, AV. &c. &c. (accord to, Mn. x, 11 the son of a Kshatriya mother and a Vaiśya father; he is the professional bard or panegyrist of a king, often associated with suta and bandin, MBh., Kāv. &c.; accord. to others one who informs a Rāja of what occurs in bazaars; also an unmarried woman's son who lives by running messages or who cleans wells or dirty clothes &c.; also opprobrious N. of a tribe still numerous in GujarSt, and called the Bhāts, W.); white cumin, L.; N. of one of the seven sages in the 14th Manv-antara, Hariv.; of a son of Yadu ib.; (pl.) N. of a people (= magadhAH), AV.Pariś., MBh. &c.; of the warrior-caste in Śāka-dvīpa, VP.; of a dynasty ib.; (ā), f. a princess of the Magadhas, PadmaP.; long pepper, L.; (ī), f. a princess of the Magadhas, MBh., R.; the daughter of a Kshatriya mother and a Vaiśya father, MBh.; a female bard, Kād.; (with or scil. bhASā), the language of the Magadhas (one of the Prakṛit dialects) Sāh. &c. (cf. ardha-m-); Jasminum Auriculatum, L.; a kind of spice, Suśr. (long pepper; white cumin; anise; dill; a species of cardamoms grown in Gujarat, L.); refined sugar, L.; a kind of metre, VarBṛS.; N. of a river (= śoNā), R. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 805) māgadha, mf(ī)n. relating to or born in or living in or customary among the Magadhas or the Magadha country, AV.Pariś.; Lalit. &c.; m. a king of the Magadha, MBh.; Hariv.; N. of a mixed caste; AV. &c. &c. (accord to Mn. x, 11 the son of a Kshatriya mother and a Vaiśya father; he is the professional bard or panegyrist of a king, often associated with suta and bandin, MBh.; Kāv. &c.; accord. to others one who informs a Rāja of what occurs in bazaars; also an unmarried woman’s son who lives by running messages or who cleans wells or dirty clothes &c.; also opprobrious N. of a tribe still numerous in Gujarāt, and called the Bhāts, W.); white cumin, L.; N. of one of the seven sages in the 14th Manv-antara, Hariv.; of a son of Yadu, ib.; (pl.) N. of a people (= magadhāḥ), AV.Pariś.; MBh. &c.; of the warrior-caste in Śāka-dvīpa, VP.; of a dynasty, ib.; (ā) f. a princess of the Magadhas, PadmaP.; long pepper, L.; (ī) f. a princess of the Magadhas, MBh.; R.; the daughter of a Kshatriya mother and a Vaiśya father, MBh.; a female bard, Kād.; (with or scil. bhāṣā), the language of the Magadhas (one of the Prakṛt dialects), Sāh. &c. (cf. ardha-m-); Jasminum Auriculatum, L.; a kind of spice, Suśr. (long pepper; white cumin; anise; dill; a species of cardamoms grown in Gujarat, L.); refined sugar, L.; a kind of metre, VarBṛS.; N. of a river (= śoṇā), R. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 628) pippalī, f. a berry, AV.; Piper Longum (both plant and berry), R.; Var.; Suśr.
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