మధుసూదనుడు

Telugu

Alternative forms

• మధుసూదనుఁడు (madhusūdanun̆ḍu)

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

1. (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