maryādā | मर्यादा | maryAdA
maryādā | मर्यादा | f. (doubtful whether fr. maryā + dā | मर्या + दा | or maryā + āda | मर्या + आद | [fr. ā √ dā | आ √ दा |]; fancifully said to be fr. marya + ada | मर्य + अद |, ‘devouring young men’ who are killed in defending boundaries) ‘giving or containing clear marks or signs’, a frontier, limit, boundary, border, bank, shore, mark, end, extreme point, goal (in space and time), RV. &c. &c. (śaṛ-māsa-maryādayā | शऋ-मास-मर्यादया |, within six months, VarBṛS.)
the bounds or limits of morality and propriety, rule or custom, distinct law or definition, Mn.; MBh. &c.
a covenant, agreement, bond, contract, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
continuance in the right way, propriety of conduct, Kāv.; Pañcat.
N. of a kind of ring used as an amulet, AV. vi, 81, 2
N. of the wife of Avācīna (daughter of a king of Vidarbha), MBh.
of the wife of Devātithi (daughter of a king of Videha), ib.
the bounds or limits of morality and propriety, rule or custom, distinct law or definition, Mn.; MBh. &c.
a covenant, agreement, bond, contract, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
continuance in the right way, propriety of conduct, Kāv.; Pañcat.
N. of a kind of ring used as an amulet, AV. vi, 81, 2
N. of the wife of Avācīna (daughter of a king of Vidarbha), MBh.
of the wife of Devātithi (daughter of a king of Videha), ib.