Madhu [cp. Vedic madhu, Gr. me/qu wine, Lith. medùs honey, midùs wine, Ohg. metu=Ger. met wine. Most likely to root *med to be full of juice: see under madati] honey J i.157 sq.;iv.117; Dh 69 (madhū vā read as madhuvā); Mhvs 5, 53; DhsA 330; DhA ii.197 (alla˚ fresh honey). -- pl. madhūni Mhvs 5, 31. -- The Abhp (533) also gives "wine from the blossom of Bassia latifolia" as meaning. -- On madhu in similes see J.P.T.S. 1907, 121.
-- atthika (madh˚) at J iii.493 is with v. l. to be read madhu -- tthika (q. v. below). The proposal of Kern's (Toev. s. v.) to read madh' aṭṭhika "with sweet kernels" cannot be accepted. The C. explns rightly by "madhura -- phalesu pakkhitta -- madhu viya, madhura -- phalo hutvā." -- atthika (madhu˚) desirous of honey, seeking honey J iv.205; Mhvs 5, 50. -- āpaṇa(madhv˚) honey shop Mhvs 5, 52. -- āsava (madhv˚) honey extract, wine from the flower of Bassia latifolia VvA 73 (as one of the 5 kinds of intoxicating liquors). -- kara "honey -- maker," bee J iv.265; Vism 136 (in simile); DhA i.374. -- gaṇḍa honey -- comb Mhvs 22, 42; 34, 52. -- tthika [madhu+thika, which latter stands for thīya, fr. styā to congeal, drip; see thika, thīna, thīya and theva] dripping with honey, full of honey J iii.493 (so read for madh -- atthika); vi.529 (=madhuŋ paggharanto C.). Kern, Toev. s. v. unnecessarily reads as ˚atthikawhich he takes=˚aṭṭhika. -- da giving honey, liberal Mhvs 5, 60 (Asoka). -- paṭala honey -- comb J i.262; DhA i.59; iii.323. -- piṇḍikā a ball of honey (to eat), honey -- food, a meal with honey Vin i.4; M i.114. -- pīta having drunk honey, drunk with honey S i.212. -- (b)bata "courting honey," a bee Dāvs iii.65. -- bindu a drop of honey Vism 531; VbhA 146 (˚giddha, in comparison). -- makkhitā smeared with honey J i.158. -- madhuka dripping with honey, full of honey J vi.529. -- mehika referring to a particular disease madhumeha ("honey -- urine," diabetes?) Vin iv.8. -- laṭṭhikā liquorice (no ref.?); cp. Laṭṭhi -- madhukavana J i.68. -- lāja sweet corn J iv.214, 281. -- vāṇija honey seller Mhvs 5, 49. -- ssavaflowing with honey Pv ii.911.
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