Jump to content

माधौ

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Old Hindi

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from Sanskrit माधव (mādhava).

Proper noun

[edit]

माधौ (mādhau) [1][2]

  1. an epithet of Krishna (a Hindu God)
    • c. 1420, Kabīr, Kabīr Vāṇī 221.0:
      माधौ मै ऐसा अपराधी
      तेरी भगति हेत नहीं साधी
      mādhau mai aisā aparādhī
      terī bhagati heta nahīṃ sādhī
      • 2013 translation by Jaroslav Strnad
        221.0[3] Mādhava, I am such a sinner
        I am not able to accomplish devotion towards you.

Alternative forms

[edit]

Descendants

[edit]

References

[edit]