As a deity name
Name 91 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 499 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 600 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 764 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
मधु · noun · masculine
पानी । जल · शहद · मदिरा । शराब — Śabdasāgara
मधु · noun · feminine
जीवंती का पेड़ — Śabdasāgara
मधु · madhu · s.m.
Honey; the juice or nectar of flowers; anything sweet; mead — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1017
मधु · feminine
a female given name, Madhu, from Sanskrit; a diminutive, Madhu, of the female given name माधवी (mādhvī)
मधु · masculine
honey
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi मधु — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit मधु (mádhu).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
madhu mf(ū or u or vī)n. (gen. n. Ved. madhvas, madhos, or madhunas; instr. madhvā; dat. madhune; loc. madhau) sweet, delicious, pleasant, charming, delightful, RV.; TS.
bitter or pungent, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
anything sweet (esp. if liquid), mead &c.
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
madhu mf(ū or u or vī)n. (gen. n. Ved. madhvas, madhos, or madhunas; instr. madhvā; dat. madhune; loc. madhau) sweet, delicious, pleasant, charming, delightful, RV.; TS.
bitter or pungent, L.
madhu m. N. of the first month of the year (= Caitra, March-April), ŚBr. &c. &c.
the season of spring, Var.; Kālid.
Bassia Latifolia, L.
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