Madhyamasahasa, Madhyamasāhasa, Madhyama-sahasa: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMadhyamasāhasa (मध्यमसाहस).—the second of the three penalties or modes of punishment; see Manusmṛti 8. 138.
-saḥ, -sam an outrage or offence of the middle class.
Derivable forms: madhyamasāhasaḥ (मध्यमसाहसः).
Madhyamasāhasa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms madhyama and sāhasa (साहस).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMadhyamasāhasa (मध्यमसाहस).—m.
(-saḥ) 1. Punishment due to crimes of a middling degree. 2. Injuring building, throwing down walls, &c. E. madhyama middle, sāhasa violence.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Madhyamasāhasa (मध्यमसाहस):—[=madhyama-sāhasa] [from madhyama > madhya] m. the middlemost penalty or amercement, punishment for crimes of a middle degree, [Manu-smṛti viii, 138, 263]
2) [v.s. ...] mn. violence or outrage of the middle class (injuring buildings, throwing down walls etc.), [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMadhyamasāhasa (मध्यमसाहस):—[madhyama-sāhasa] (saṃ) 1. n. A medial fine; injuring buildings, &c.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Madhyama, Sahasa.
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