As a deity name
Name 796 of the Krishna Sahasranāma — Mahabharata / Padma Purana, as taught by Sages and Devotees
Name 333 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 727 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 72 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
माधव · mādhava · s.m.
An epithet of Krishṇ (Vishṇu), and of Paraśu-ram (as an incarnation of Vishṇu), and of a celebrated Hindū scholar, son of Māyaṇ; a proper name — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 979
माधव · masculine
a male given name, Madhav, from Sanskrit
माधव · feminine,masculine
a surname, equivalent to English Madhav
Śabdasāgara also records: मधु जैसा । शहद के समान । मीठा · मधुनिर्मित
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi माधव — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit माधव (mā́dhava), the vṛddhi derivative of मधु (mádhu, “sweet”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
mādhava mf(ī)n. (fr. madhu; f(ā). only in mādhavā [= madhavyā] tanūḥ, Pāṇ. iv, 4, 129, Sch.) relating to spring, vernal, Hariv.; Vikr.; Kathās.
belonging or peculiar to the descendants of Madhu i.e. the Yādavas, Hariv.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(fr. madhu; ā only in mādhavā [= madhavyā] tanūḥ, Sch.) relating to spring, vernal
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
mādhava mf(ī)n. (fr. madhu; f(ā). only in mādhavā [= madhavyā] tanūḥ, Pāṇ. iv, 4, 129, Sch.) relating to spring, vernal, Hariv.; Vikr.; Kathās.
belonging or peculiar to the descendants of Madhu i.e. the Yādavas, Hariv.
representing Kṛṣṇa (as a picture), Hcat.
mādhava m. N. of the second month of spring (more usually called Vaiśākha, = April-May), TS. &c. &c. spring, Kāv.; Pañcar.
Bassia Latifolia, L.
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