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Madhu，[cp．Vedic madhu，Gr．mέqu wine，Lith．medùs honey，midùs wine，Ohg．metu=Ger．met wine．Most likely to root *med to be full of juice：see under madati] honey J．I，157 sq．； IV，117； Dh．69 （madhū vā read as madhuvā）； Mhvs 5，53； DhsA．330； DhA．II，197 （alla° fresh honey）．-- pl．madhūni Mhvs 5，31．-- The Abhp （533） also gives “wine from the blossom of Bassia latifolia” as meaning．-- On madhu in similes see J．P．T．S．1907，121．
--atthika （madh°） at J．III，493 is with v．l．to be read madhu-tthika （q．v．below）．The proposal of Kern’s （Toev．s．v．） to read madh’aṭṭhika “with sweet kernels” cannot be accepted．The C．explns rightly by “madhura-phalesu pakkhitta-madhu viya，madhura-phalo hutvā．” --atthika （madhu°） desirous of honey，seeking honey J．IV，205； Mhvs 5，50．--āpaṇa （madhv°） honey shop Mhvs 5，52．--āsava （madhv°） honey extract，wine from the flower of Bassia latifolia VvA．73 （as one of the 5 kinds of intoxicating liquors）．--kara “honey-maker，” bee J．IV，265； Vism．136 （in simile）； DhA．I，374．--gaṇḍa honey-comb Mhvs 22，42； 34，52．--tthika [madhu+thika，which latter stands for thīya，fr．styā to congeal，drip； see thika，thīna，thīya and theva] dripping with honey，full of honey J．III，493 （so read for madh-atthika）； VI，529 （=madhuṃ paggharanto C．）．Kern，Toev．s．v．unnecessarily reads as °atthika which he takes=°aṭṭhika．--da giving honey，liberal Mhvs 5，60 （Asoka）．--paṭala honey-comb J．I，262； DhA．I，59； III，323．--piṇḍikā a ball of honey （to eat），honey-food，a meal with honey Vin．I，4； M．I，114．--pīta having drunk honey，drunk with honey S．I，212．--（b）bata “courting honey，” a bee Dāvs III，65．--bindu a drop of honey Vism．531； VbhA．146 （°giddha，in comparison）．--makkhitā smeared with honey J．I，158．--madhuka dripping with honey，full of honey J．VI，529．--mehika referring to a particular disease madhumeha （“honey-urine，” diabetes?） Vin．IV，8．--laṭṭhikā liquorice （no ref．?）； cp．Laṭṭhi-madhukavana J．I，68．--lāja sweet corn J．IV，214，281．--vāṇija honey seller Mhvs 5，49．--ssava flowing with honey Pv．II，911．（Page 519）
Concise Pali-English Dictionary by A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera
(nt.)
honey; wine made from the blossom of Bassia Latifolia.
Pali-Dictionary Vipassana Research Institute
madhu：Sweet； pleasant，nice