మధుసూదనుడు
Telugu
Alternative forms
- మధుసూదనుఁడు (madhusūdanuṅḍu)
Etymology
From Sanskrit मधुसूदन (madhusūdana, “destroyer of honey, bee; destroyer of demon Madhu, Vishnu”); ultimately from मधु (mádhu, “anything sweat; Madhu, a demon”) + Telugu సూదనుడు (sūdanuḍu, “destroyer”).
Proper noun
మధుసూదనుడు • (madhusūdanuḍu) m
- (Hinduism) An epithet of Vishnu, as having slain the giant Madhu.
Synonyms
- మధురిపుడు (madhuripuḍu)
References
“మధుసూదనుడు” in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 949