मद्गु

{ madguḥ }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

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A Sanskrit English Dictionary

मद्गु  m.  m. ( accord. to [Uṇ. i, 7 fr.] √ मज्ज्) a, diver-bird (a kind of aquatic bird or cormorant; cf. Lat. mergus), [VS.] &c. &c. (also °गुक, [R.])
पर्ण-मृग   a species of wild animal frequenting the boughs of trees (= ), [Suśr.]

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पर्ण मृग

a kind of snake, [L.]
a partic. fish, [Nīlak.]
a kind of galley or vessel of war, [Daś.]
a partic. mixed caste, [Mn. x, 48] (the son of a निष्ट्य and a वरुटी, a माहिष्य who knows medicine, or a पार-धेनुक who proclaims orders, [L.])
a person who kills wild beasts, [L.] ( cf. [Mn. x, 48])
N. of a son of श्वफल्क, [Hariv.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

मद्गुः [madguḥ]   [मस्ज्-उ न्यक्वा˚; cf. [Uṇ.1.7] ]
A kind of aquatic bird, a cormorant or driver; मांसं गृधो वपां मद्गुः (भवति) [Ms.12.63.]
A kind of snake.
A kind of wild animal.
A kind of galley or vessel of war; कोऽपि मद्गुरभ्यधावत् [Dk.]
 N. N. of a degraded mixed tribe, the offspring of a Brāhmaṇa by a woman of the bard class; see [Ms.1.48.]
An outcast.

Shabda-Sagara

मद्गु  m.  ( -द्गुः)
1. An aquatic bird, the shag.
2. An outcaste, the son of a Brāhmana by a woman of the bard, or panegyrist class, whose employment is hunting wild beasts.
3. A ship, a galley.
E. मस्ज् to emerge, to dive, उ aff., deriv, irr.; or मद to be delighted, (in the water,) and गुक् Unādi aff.

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मस्ज् उ मद गुक्