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Old Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit माधव (mādhava).
Proper noun
माधौ (mādhau) [1][2]
- 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.
Descendants
References
More information
- ^ Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 558
- ^ Winand M. Callewaert, Swapna Sharma (2009) “माधो”, in Dictionary of Bhakti, Ramesh Nagar Metro Station, New Delhi 110 015: D.K. Printworld (P) Ltd., →ISBN, page 1683, column 1.
- ^ Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 157