# मदन
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* মদন (Assamese script)
* ᬫᬤᬦ (Balinese script)
* মদন (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰟𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑀤𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* မဒန (Burmese script)
* મદન (Gujarati script)
* ਮਦਨ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑌦𑌨 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦢꦤ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑂠𑂢 (Kaithi script)
* ಮದನ (Kannada script)
* មទន (Khmer script)
* ມທນ (Lao script)
* മദന (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᠠᡩᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘟𑘡 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠠᢑᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑦿𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑐡𑐣 (Newa script)
* ମଦନ (Odia script)
* ꢪꢣꢥ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆢𑆤 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖟𑖡 (Siddham script)
* මදන (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩭𑩯 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚛𑚝 (Takri script)
* மத³ந (Tamil script)
* మదన (Telugu script)
* มทน (Thai script)
* མ་ད་ན (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒠𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨛𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /mɐ́.dɐ.nɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /mɐ.d̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/

### Etymology 1

From the मद् (mad, “to enjoy; to be drunk; to intoxicate”, root) +‎ -अन (-ana), the root being inherited either from Proto-Indo-European *mad- (“to be wet > be drunk”) or from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to become full, sated”).

#### Adjective

मदन • (mádana) stem
* intoxicating; maddening
* delighting; exhilarating

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

#### Noun

मदन • (mádana) stem, m
* passion; love (of sexual nature)
** c. 400 CE – 500 CE, Śūdraka, Mṛcchakaṭikam Act 1:मम मदनम् अनङ्गं मन्मथं वर्धयन्ती निशि च शयनके मम निद्रां प्रक्षिषन्ती ।mama madanam anaṅgaṃ manmathaṃ vardhayantī niśi ca śayanake mama nidrāṃ prakṣiṣantī.(You who are) increasing my passion, my lust, my desire, And at night exhausting my sleep in the bedchamber.

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas

### Etymology 2

Unknown.

#### Noun

मदन • (madana) stem, m
* a species of bird

##### Descendants

* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀬𑀡𑀸 (mayaṇā)
** Hindi: मैना (mainā)
*** → Awadhi: मैना (mainā)
*** → Bengali: ময়না (moẏna)
*** → Bhojpuri: मयना (mayanā)
*** → English: myna, mina
*** → Gujarati: મેના (menā)
*** → Marathi: मैना (mainā)
*** → Punjabi: ਮੈਨਾ (mainā)

### References

* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “MAD”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 299-300
* ↑ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “2 *med-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 423-25
* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) “madana-²”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 385

### Further reading

* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “मदन”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* Monier Williams (1899) “Mádana”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 778/2.
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “मदन”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “madana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 561