Madhava

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Mādhava means Krishna. It may also refer to:

• a Sanskrit patronymic, "descendant of Madhu (a man of the Yadu tribe)".
• especially of Krishna, see Madhava (Vishnu)
• an icon of Krishna
• Madhava of Sangamagrama, fourteenth-century Indian mathematician
• Madhvacharya, philosopher in the Vaishnavism tradition
• Madhava Vidyaranya, Advaita saint and brother of Sayana
• Venkata Madhava, 10th to 12th century commentator of the Rigveda
• Madhavdeva, 16th-century proponent of Ekasarana dharma, neo-Vaishnavism of Assam
• relating to springtime; the first month of spring, see Chaitra
• Madhava or Madhava-kara, an Indian physician of the 7th or early 8th century
• Madhava, titular protagonist of the ancient Indian drama Mālatīmādhava by Bhavabhuti
• Madhava, a character in the 11th-century Indian story collection Shringara-manjari-katha