Trimadhu
Trimadhu · tri-madhu, “the three sweet things”
Grammar: neuter noun; a compound of tri (three) and madhu (sweet).
Meaning: milk, sugar and honey together, as the text explains it.
In the scriptures: in the names of the flame by the kind of homa, havana with trimadhu belongs to the flame called Karṇikā (Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 1, Chapters 13–15). When fire breaks out in a book, a yajñopavīta, the caru or the Indradhvaja, it is a durnimitta born of Sūrya, and for śānti one gives āhutis to Sūrya of karavīra flowers joined with trimadhu (Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 3, Chapter 20).
In the Brahma Purāṇa: in the first śrāddha, which Bhagavān Varāha performed to lift out the pitṛs, after the brāhmaṇas had eaten he did japa of the trimadhu and trisuvarṇa mantras, the Bṛhadāraṇyaka, the Saukara-sūkta and the Purusha-sūkta, as Vyāsa tells the munis (Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 219). Here trimadhu is the name of a mantra.
Related terms: Homa · Karavīra · Madhu
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 1, Chapters 13–15; Bhāga 3, Chapter 20
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 219