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Mah, Māh: 11 definitions

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Mah means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Biology (plants and animals)

: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Mah in India is the name of a plant defined with Ficus benghalensis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ficus indica L. (among others).

2) Mah is also identified with Vigna mungo It has the synonym Phaseolus radiatus Roxb. (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Cytologia (1989)
· FBI (1876)
· Nucleus (1982)
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1994)
· Kew Bulletin (1956)
· Cytologia (1998)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Mah, for example extract dosage, pregnancy safety, side effects, diet and recipes, chemical composition, health benefits, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mah (मह�).—I. 1 P., 1 U. (mahati, mahayati-te, mahita)

1) To honour, respect, hold in great esteem, worship, revere, value greatly; गोप्तारं � निधीना� महयन्त� महेश्वरं विबुधा� (goptāra� na nidhīnā� mahayanti maheśvara� vibudhā�) ܲ�.; जयश्रीविन्यस्तैर्महि� इव मन्दारकुसुमै� (jayaśrīvinyastairmahita iva mandārakusumai�) Gītagovinda 11; स्त्री पुमानित्यनास्थैष� वृत्तं हि महित� सताम� (strī pumānityanāsthaiṣ� vṛtta� hi mahita� satām) Kumārasambhava 6.12; ܲīⲹ 5.7,24; Bhaṭṭikāvya 1.2; R.5.25;11.49.

2) To delight, gladden.

3) To increase, aggrandize.

4) (Ātm.) To delight in; प्रशस्तिभिर्महयस� दिवे दिवे (praśastibhirmahayase dive dive) Ṛv.6.15.2.

5) To be honoured. (Ved. in the last four senses.) II. 1 Ā. (mahate) To grow or increase.

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Māh (माह्).�1 U. (󲹳پ-ٱ) To measure.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mah (मह�).—r. 1st and 10th cls. (mahati mahayati-te) To revere, to worship, to adore. (i)mahi r. 1st cl. (ṃhٱ) To grow or increase. r. 10th cl. (ṃhⲹپ) 1. To speak. 2. To shine.

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Māh (माह्).�(u, or ) or r. 1st cl. (󲹳پ-ٱ) To mete, to measure.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mah (मह�).—i. 1, and i. 10, [Parasmaipada.] To adore, to honour [ʲñٲԳٰ] ii. [distich] 72; [ܲīⲹ] 5, 24. The original form was magh and the original signification ‘To be great, powerful.�

� Cf. magha, mahant, and [Gothic.] and A. S. magan; [Gothic.] magu, mavi, mahts; A. S. mact, meaht, miht; [Gothic.] mahteig; [Old High German.] magan, great, heavy; A. S. maegn, meagn, strength; [Gothic.] magus, a boy; A. S. mag, maeg, maegen, macian; [Gothic.] magaths; [Anglo-Saxon.] maegdh; [Old High German.] macôn; [Anglo-Saxon.] macian; (for (cf. [Old High German.] ga-mah; N.G. Gemach), [Latin] magnus, mactus.

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Māh (माह्).� (mā� Ā�) i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] [Ātmanepada.] To mete, to measure.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mah (मह�).�1. mahate mahayati mahate mahayate [participle] mahita (q.v.) A. ([Middle]) gladden; delight, exalt, refresh, excite, impel; esteem highly, honour; [Middle] be glad, rejoice at ([instrumental] or [accusative]); grant, bestow.

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Mah (मह�).�2. ([feminine] mah & ī) great, mighty, powerful, strong, abundant; old, aged. [feminine] ī the earth (as the great one), ground, soil, land, country, kingdom; space; host; cow; [dual] heaven and earth; [plural] rivers, waters.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Mah (मह�):�1. mah ([originally] magh; cf. also �ṃh) [class] 1. 10. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xvii, 81; xxxv, 15]) mahati, mahayati ([Vedic or Veda] and [Epic] also [Ātmanepada] mahate, hayate; p. mahat q.v.; [perfect tense] [grammar]; ; [subjunctive] 峾󲹲Գٲ, 峾󲹲, [Ṛg-veda]; [Aorist] aīt [grammar]; [future] 󾱳, ṣyپ, [ib.]; [indeclinable participle] 󾱳ٱ, [Mahābhārata]; [infinitive mood] mahe, and mahaye q.v.)

—to elate, gladden, exalt, arouse, excite, [Ṛg-veda; Brāhmaṇa; Kauśika-sūtra; Chāndogya-upaniṣad; Mahābhārata];

—to magnify, esteem highly, honour, revere, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;

� ([Ātmanepada]) to rejoice, delight in ([instrumental case] or [accusative]), [Ṛg-veda iii, 52, 6; vi, 15, 2];

—to give, bestow, [ib. i, 94, 6; 117, 17; v, 27, 1 etc.]

2) cf. [Greek] μέγ-ας; [Latin] magnus, mactus; Old [German] michel; [English] mickle, much.

3) 2. mah mf(ī or = m.)n. great, strong, powerful mighty, abundant, [Ṛg-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā]

4) (with 辱� or ) old, aged, [Ṛg-veda i, 71, 5; v, 41, 15 etc.]

5) Māh (माह्):—[class] 1. [Ātmanepada] [Parasmaipada] 󲹳پ, te, to measure, mete, [Dhātupāṭha xxi, 29.]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Mah (मह�):�(ki) mahati, mahayati 1. 10. a. To revere, to adore. (i, ṅa) mahayate To grow, to increase. (ka, i) ṃhⲹپ 10. a. To speak; to shine.

2) Māh (माह्):�(ña, u, �) 󲹳پ te 1. c. To mete.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Mah (मह�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Maha.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Hindi dictionary

: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Mah in Hindi refers in English to:�(nm) a month; see [magha;]; ~[taba] the moon; ~[nama] monthly paper/magazine; -[ba-maha] month by month, monthly; ~[rukha] beautiful like the moon; ~[vara] monthly, per mensem; ~[vara] monthly salary; ~[varana] monthly, on a monthly basis; ~[vari] monthly; menstruation..—mah (मा�) is alternatively transliterated as Māha.

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