Pāli Dictionary

madana1

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

mad3be mad; be intoxicated

cosmology

  • the god of love (an epithet of Kāma/Māra)

madana2

approximate

madrootanasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

mind

  • intoxication; the state of being made drunk or exhilarated

  • Thig 13.5

    lobhanaṃ madanañ'c'etaṃ, mohanaṃ rajavaḍḍhanaṃ, sāsaṅkaṃ bahuāyāsaṃ, n'atthi c'ettha dhuvaṃ ṭhiti.

mada

approximate

madrootasuffix

via inflected form madāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

mad3be mad; be intoxicated

Synonyms

māna, sammada

general

  • intoxication; sensual excess; indulgence; the musth of an elephant

  • SN 35.246

    seyyathā'pi, bhikkhave, kiṭṭhaṃ sampannaṃ. kiṭṭh'ārakkho ca pamatto, goṇo ca kiṭṭh'ādo aduṃ kiṭṭhaṃ otaritvā yāva'd'atthaṃ madaṃ āpajjeyya pamādaṃ āpajjeyya.

  • MN 25

    imaṃ me nivāpaṃ nivuttaṃ migajātā anupakhajja mucchitā bhojanāni bhuñjissanti, anupakhajja mucchitā bhojanāni bhuñjamānā madaṃ āpajjissanti, mattā samānā pamādaṃ āpajjissanti, pamattā samānā yathākāmakaraṇīyā bhavissanti imasmiṃ nivāpe'ti.

mind

  • pride; conceit; vanity; arrogance

  • MN 3

    madassa ca pahānāya pamādassa ca pahānāya, atthi majjhimā paṭipadā cakkhukaraṇī ñāṇakaraṇī upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattati

  • AN 5.57

    tassa taṃ ṭhānaṃ abhiṇhaṃ paccavekkhato yo yobbane yobbanamado so sabbaso vā pahīyati tanu vā pana hoti. idaṃ kho, bhikkhave, atthavasaṃ paṭicca jarādhammo'mhi, jaraṃ anatīto'ti

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