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Krishna Krishna (; Sanskrit language, Sanskrit: कृष्ण, ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme God (Hinduism), Supreme God in his own right. He is the god of protection, c ...

. It may also refer to: *a Sanskrit patronymic, "descendant of

Madhu Madhu (Sanskrit: ) is a word used in several Indo-Aryan languages meaning ''honey'' or ''sweet''. It is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European language, Proto-Indo-European wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/médʰu, ''*médʰu'', whenc ...

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Madhava (Vishnu) Madhava (, ) is one of the primary epithets of Vishnu and Krishna. The word ''Mādhava'' in Sanskrit is a ''vṛddhi'' derivation of the word ''Madhu'' (), which means honey. It is a title of Krishna, referring to his lineage as 'he who appeared t ...

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Madhava of Sangamagrama Mādhava of Sangamagrāma (Mādhavan) Availabl/ref> () was an Indian mathematician and astronomer who is considered to be the founder of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics in the Late Middle Ages. Madhava made pioneering contributio ...

, fourteenth-century Indian mathematician **

Madhvacharya Madhvacharya (; ; 1199–1278 CE or 1238–1317 CE), also known as Purna Prajna () and Ānanda Tīrtha, was an Indian philosopher, theologian and the chief proponent of the ''Dvaita'' (dualism) school of Vedanta. Madhva called his philosophy ...

, philosopher in the Vaishnavism tradition ** Madhava

Vidyaranya Vidyaranya (IAST: Vidyāraṇya), usually identified with Mādhavācārya, was the ''jagadguru'' of the Sringeri Sharada Peetham from ca. 1374–1380 until 1386 – according to tradition, after ordination at an old age, he took the name of ...

, Advaita saint and brother of Sayana ** Venkata Madhava, 10th to 12th century commentator of the Rigveda **

Madhavdeva (1489–1596) is an important preceptor A preceptor (from Latin, "''praecepto''") is a teacher responsible for upholding a ''precept'', meaning a certain law or tradition. Buddhist monastic orders Senior Buddhist monks can become the prec ...

, 16th-century proponent of Ekasarana dharma, neo-Vaishnavism of Assam *relating to springtime; the first month of spring, see

Chaitra Chaitra () is a month of the Hindu calendar. In the standard Hindu calendar and India's national civil calendar, Chaitra is the first month of the year. It is the last month in the Bengali calendar, where it is called Choitro. Chaitra or Cha ...

*Madhava or

Madhava-kara Madhava (or Madhava-kara) was a 7th-century or early 8th-century Indian Ayurveda practitioner who wrote the ''Rug-vinischaya'', also known as the ''Madhava Nidana'', which soon assumed a position of authority. In the 79 chapters of this book, he l ...

, an Indian physician of the 7th or early 8th century *Madhava, titular protagonist of the ancient Indian drama Mālatīmādhava by

Bhavabhuti Bhavabhūti (born Śrīkaṇṭha Nīlakaṇṭha; Devanagari: भवभूति; -) was a classical Sanskrit scholar, poet, and playwright of eighth-century India. He is considered a key successor to Kalidasa and is often regarded as matching ...

*Madhava, a character in the 11th-century Indian story collection ''

Shringara-manjari-katha ''Shringara-manjari-katha'' (IAST: ''Śṛṅgāra-mañjarī-kathā'', "Stories for Shringara-manjari") is an 11th-century Sanskrit-language storybook from India. Attributed to king Bhoja, it has been partially recovered from a fragmentary manus ...

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