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मद

मद

See also: मृदु and मृदा

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

मद m

  1. pride
  2. intoxication
  3. conceit
  4. sexual excess

Sanskrit

Etymology

Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬜𐬀 (maδa-, intoxication).

Noun

मद (máda) m

  1. 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.
  2. (dual with मदस्य​ (madasya)) name of 2 sāmans (ĀrshBr.)
  3. (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