ArthaŚ, 10, 2, 13.1 āśrayakārī sampannaghātī pārṣṇir āsāro madhyama udāsīno vā pratikartavyaḥ saṃkaṭo mārgaḥ śodhayitavyaḥ kośo daṇḍo mitrāmitrāṭavībalaṃ viṣṭir ṛtur vā pratīkṣyāḥ kṛtadurgakarmanicayarakṣākṣayaḥ krītabalanirvedo mitrabalanirvedaś cāgamiṣyati upajapitāro vā nātitvarayanti śatrur abhiprāyaṃ vā pūrayiṣyati iti śanair yāyāt viparyaye śīghram //

GarbhOp, 1, 2.5 ṣaḍāśrayam iti kasmāt madhurāmlalavaṇatiktakaṭukaṣāyarasān vindatīti ṣaḍjaṛṣabhagāndhāramadhyamapañcamadhaivataniṣādāś cetīṣṭāniṣṭaśabdasaṃjñāḥ praṇidhānād daśavidhā bhavanti //

MBh, 12, 177, 36.1 ṣaḍja ṛṣabhagāndhārau madhyamaḥ pañcamastathā /

MBh, 13, 17, 51.2 dakṣayajñāpahārī ca susaho madhyamastathā //

MBh, 14, 49, 52.1 ṣaḍjarṣabhau ca gāndhāro madhyamaḥ pañcamastathā /

ManuS, 7, 155.1 madhyamasya pracāraṃ ca vijigīṣoś ca ceṣṭitam /

AKośa, 1, 204.1 niṣādarṣabhagāndhāraṣaḍjamadhyamadhaivatāḥ /

KāvyAl, 4, 33.2 ayaṃ hi madhyamagrāmo madhyamotpīḍitarṣabhaḥ //

LiPur, 1, 65, 76.2 dakṣahā paricārī ca prahaso madhyamas tathā //

MPur, 154, 459.2 ajātijāḥ kimiti na ṣaḍjamadhyamapṛthusvaraṃ bahutaramatra vakṣyate //