मध्यदेश

A dictionary, Marathi and English

The country lying between the Konkan̤s and Desh proper,--that containing Kolhápúr, Poona, Náshik &c. Another settlement is--The country included betwixt the rivers Godá and Krishn̤á and the mountain-ranges Sayhádri and Bálágháṭ. Yet another is--The interjacent region betwixt the डांग or मावळ and the Desh proper. There being no defined boundaries in the Shástra, man uses his liberty. 2 The centre or heart of a country, the midland. 3 The central region of India, bounded by Kurukshetra, Alláhábád, the Himálaya, and the Vindhyá. 4 The region included between the tropics, the torrid zone.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

मध्य—देश  m.  m. middle region, middle space, the central or middle part of anything, [ŚrS.]

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मध्यं नभसः   (= ), the meridian, [MBh.]
the middle of the body, waist, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
the trunk of the body, belly, abdomen, ib.
the midland country (lying between the हिमालयs on the north, the विन्ध्य mountains on the south, विनशन on the west, प्रयाग on the east, and comprising the modern provinces of Allahabad, अग्र, Delhi, Oude &c.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] ( cf. [IW. 226 n. 1])
मध्य—देश  mfn.  mfn. belonging to or living in the midland country, of m° origin, [MBh.]

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मध्य—देश  m.  m. pl. the inhabitants of the m° c°, [Cat.]

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Shabda-Sagara

मध्यदेश  m.  ( -शः)
1. The middle region; part of India, bounded by Ku- ruksketra on the north, Allāhābād on the south, the Himālaya mountains on the east, and the Vindhya mountains on the west; comprising therefore the modern provinces of Allāhābād, Agrā, Delhi, Oudh, &c.; the northern limit is elsewhere defined to be the disappearance of the Saraswatī.
2. The middle part of any thing.
3. The waist.
4. The Belly.
5. The meridian.
E. मध्य middle, and देश coutry.

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