Maha, Maghava, Ѳ, 岵va, : 42 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Maha (मह).—A son of Bharagni.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 29. 8.
1b) One of the twenty Amibha gods.*
- * Brahṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 1. 17; Vāyu-purāṇa 100. 16.
1c) (Maharloka) the fourth of the seven worlds;1 Manus went to it after tapas at Meru; Manus retire to this place when the periods of their duties are over; Gods like Ajitas, Yāma gaṇas and Āyuṣmantas besides Śukra, Cākṣuṣa and others live in Maharloka;2 the space between Dhruva and Jana; the residents of this loka possess mental powers to create any desired thing; even gods sacrifice to each other;3 created from Vyāhṛti.4
- 1) Brahṇḍa-purāṇa II. 19. 155; Matsya-purāṇa 60. 2; 61. 1; 184. 23; Vāyu-purāṇa 101. 17.
- 2) Brahṇḍa-purāṇa II. 21. 22; 35. 179, 197; IV. 1. 25, 33, 122. Vāyu-purāṇa 101. 41, 52, 208; 109. 48.
- 3) Brahṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 2. 2, 21, 40, 42-3; Vāyu-purāṇa 101. 44.
- 4) Brahṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 2. 2, 21; Vāyu-purāṇa 101. 23.

The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Source: Wisdom Library: PāñcarātraѲ (मह�) refers to an aspect of ṛsṃh (‘m-Dz�), according to the Vihagendra-saṃhi 4.17, which mentions seventy-four forms (inlcuding twenty forms of ū). He is also known as Ѳṛsṃh or Ѳnarasiṃha. Nṛsiṃha is a Tantric deity and refers to the furious (ugra) incarnation of Viṣṇu.
The 15th-century Vihagendra-saṃīta is a canonical text of the Pāñcarātra corpus and, in twenty-four chapters, deals primarely with meditation on mantras and sacrificial oblations.
: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama TextsѲ (मह�) or Ѳmudrā refers to one of the 81 Mudrās (hand-gestures) described in chapter 2 of the Ṛṣirātra section of the Բٰܳṃh: an encyclopedic Sanskrit text written in over 3500 verses dealing with a variety of topics such as yoga, temple-building, consecration ceremonies, initiation and dhanurveda (martial arts).—[Cf. the chapter ܻ-ṣaṇa].

Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Shodhganga: Saudarya Lahari of Sri Sankara A StudyMaha (मह) refers to one of the 72 rays of the Viśuddhi-Cakra which (together with the 64 rays of the Ājñā) are associated with the lunar plane called Brahmagranthi, according to Śaṅkarācārya’s Saudaryalaharī.—Accordingly, the Goddess is visualised (by Sādhaka) as dwelling above the six Ādracakras ruling over the 360 rays which emanate in them [e.g., Maha]. These 360 rays represent 360 syllables (i.e., a consummation of the ś岹貹ñ or 50 alphabets) as well as the principles of nature. For the 360 syllables, together with � and �, Nyāsa should be performed for Śrīcakrapūjā.

Shakta (शाक्�, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
: Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts: Volume 12 (1898) (shai)Ѳ (मह�) or Ѳtantra refers to one of the Tantras mentioned in the Ѳmokṣa-Tantra, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 12 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (second series)� by Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri.—The Ѳmokṣatantra manuscript, consisting of 3,024 ślokas (metrical verses), is deposit: Dhaka, Vikramapura Majhapada, Babu Rasavihari Raya. It deals with the salvation, cosmogony (i.e., the order of cosmic regions) and contains a bibliography of Tantric literature.—The catalogue includes the term—Ѳ� in its ‘subject-matter list� or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms).

Shaiva (शै�, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesSee Magha.
: Dhamma Dana: Pali English GlossaryF Great, superior, of large breadth, noble.
: Journey to Nibbana: Patthana DhamaMaha means great.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
India history and geography
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryѲ.�(PJS), abbreviation of Ѳjana (especially in medieval Jain inscriptions). Cf. Ѳ-Mūla (i. e. the elder Mūla) distinguished from Kṣudra-Mūla (i. e. the younger Mūla); also Ѳ-Dharmagiri and Kṣudra-Dharmagiri, etc. Note: is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary� as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
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Maha.�(IA 18), abbreviations of Mahattara or Mahattama. Note: maha is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary� as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
See also (synonyms): Ma�.
: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I (history)Māha (मा�) refers to one of the twelve months mentioned in the 峾 (dealing with poetry and riddles), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi� library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—The months are described in the following sequence: [e.g., Māha] [...]. The tone is that of an evocation of the sounds and things seen during each of the twelve months akin to love poetry (ᲹԲ, mere ᲹԲ) and profane twelve months songs. But as the poem unfolds the religious tone increases, with reference to ‘the good teacher� and presence of Jain terms so that this work is also close to Aupadeśik Bāraso [...]

The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Maha in India is the name of a plant defined with Ziziphus rugosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ziziphus latifolia Blanco (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· FBI (1875)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants� (1824)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1990)
· Flora de Filipinas, ed. 2 (1845)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta� (1814)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants� (1832)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Maha, for example side effects, health benefits, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, diet and recipes, have a look at these references.

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.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarymaha : (m.) a religious festival. || (mahanta becomes in compounds; the last vowel ā is often shortened euphonically.)
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryMaha, (m. & nt.) (fr. mah, see mahati & cp. Vedic nt. mahas) 1. worthiness, venerableness Miln. 357.�2. a (religious) festival (in honour of a Saint, as an act of worship) Mhvs 33, 26 (virassa mahamhi, Loc.); VvA. 170 (thūpe ca mahe kate), 200 (id.). ° a great festival Mhvs 5, 94. ǻ° festival of the Bo tree J. IV, 229. ° festival held on the building of a monastery J. I, 94; VvA. 188. ٳٳ° a festival called the elephant f. J. IV, 95. (Page 525)
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary1) maha (မ�) [(pu) (ပ�)]�
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[မ�+အ။ သူစိ။]
2) (မဟ�) [(ti) (တ�)]�
[mahanta+si.ⲹnitea mahantasaddā -pru.nīti,sutta�712.sī,ṭ�,,1�182.si-vi nta- ṭ�-pru�,2�15va.nirutti,n�85.senā padissate .jā,2�219-nitea saddātīç eka.ssahonti pari bhikkhū bhikkhuniyo.dī,3�121-nitea tīç pu,bahu.vaya� bhūmicālo.a�,3�131-nitea pu,eka.bārāṇasirajjaṃnāma .jā,ṭṭha,1�288-nitea napuç eka.� saddā 3-, 2- rasa nirutti,n,86-nitea nipāka paṭirūpaka-hueiea.īa ]]]] saddā.sasinitea mahitasaddā prueiea.bodhi-.]
[မဟန္�+သိ။ ဝါကျ၌ မဟန္တသဒ္ဒါကိ� မဟ�-ပြု။ နီတိ၊ သုတ္တ။ ၇၁၂။ သီ၊ ဋီ၊ သစ်၊ ၁။ ၁၈၂။ သ�-ဝိဘတ်ကြောင့� န္�-ကိ� ဋ�-ပြု။ မောဂ်၊ ၂။ ၁၅ဝ။ နိရုတ္တိ၊ နှာ။ ၈၅� သေန� ပဒိဿတ� မဟာ။ ဇာ၊ ၂။ ၂၁�-� မဟာသဒ္ဒါထီလိင�,ဧကဝုစ်။ မဟာဿဟောန္တ� ပရိဝါရ� ဘိက္ခ� ဘိက္ခုနိယော။ ဒီ၊ ၃။ ၁၂�-� ထ�,ပု၊ ဗဟုဝုစ်။ မဟာဝတာယ� ဘူမိစာလော။ အံ၊ ၃။ ၁၃�-� ပုလ္လိင်၊ ဧကဝုစ်။ ဗာရာဏသိရဇ္ဇံနာ� မဟာ။ ဇာ၊ ဋ္ဌ၊ ၁။ ၂၈�-� နပုလ္လိင�,ဧကဝုစ်။ ဤသို� မဟာသဒ္ဒါကိ� လိင� �-ပါး၊ ဝုစ� �-ပါ� တွေ့ရသဖြင့� နိရုတ္တိ၊ နှာ၊ ၈၆-� နိပါက ပဋိရူပက-ဟုလည်းဆို၏� ဤအလိ� "မဟာ" သဒ္ဒါတည်။ သမာသိ၌ မဟိတသဒ္ဒါကိုလည်� မဟာပြုသေး၏� မဟာဗောဓ�-ကြည့်။]
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)1) maghava�
(Burmese text): (�) သိကြား။ (�) မဃဝပန်း။ (မြန်မာပြည်၌ ဖက်ထုပ်ပန်းဟူ၏� ပီအက်စအီးဒ�-� မဃသဒ္ဒ� ပန်းတစ်မျိုးဟေ� တွေ့ရ၏)� မဃဝပုပ္�-ကြည့်။ မဃဝန္တ�-လည်းကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Understand. (2) Maghawapan. (In Myanmar, it is referred to as "phahetup pan." In PASCED, a type of flower called Maghadatta is mentioned.) Look at Maghawpuff. Also look at Maghawnt.
2) ghava�
(Burmese text): (သိ၊ဋီ၊သစ်၊၂။၂၅�)သည� မဃမ� ပျက်ယွင်းလာသောပုဒ� ဖြစ်ဖွယ်ရှိသည်။
တĭĕĭ၊၁၊၅၃၇
(Auto-Translation): (Thi, Ti, Thit, 2.251) is a verse that seems to have been lost from the text. Tipi, 16, 537

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary(मह�).—a (S See explanation under mahata) Great, big, large. 2 A great one; a mighty personage; as hē ēka āhēta; tō ⲹ ēka āhē. Used gravely or jeeringly.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English(मह�).�a Great, big; a great one.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMaghava (मघ�).�m. Name of Indra.
Derivable forms: � (मघवः).
See also (synonyms): maghavat.
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMaha (मह).—[mah-ghañarthe ka]
1) A festival, festive occasion; बन्धुताहृदयकौमुदीमह� (Իܳṛdⲹ첹ܻܳī�) Mālatīdhava (Bombay) 9.21; Uttararāmacarita 6.4; � खल� दूरगतो�- प्यतिवर्तत� महमसावित� बन्धुतयोदितै� (sa khalu dūragato'- pyativartate mahamasāviti bandhutayoditai�) Śiśupālavadha 6.19; मदनमहम� (madanamaham) Ratnāvalī 1.
2) An offering, a sacrifice.
3) A buffalo.
4) Light, lustre; cf. महस् (mahas) also.
Derivable forms: � (मह�).
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Ѳ (मह�).—A cow.
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Ѳ (मह�).—The substitute of महत् (mahat) at the beginning of Karmadraya and Bahuvrīhi compounds, and also at the beginning of some other irregular words. (Note : The number of compounds of which is the first member is very large, and may be multiplied ad infinitum. The more important of them, or such as have peculiar significations, are given below.)
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(माहा).—A cow.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryѲ (मह�).—[, read sa, q.v.: lokadtu (so text) nāma Ѳvastu iii.342.8, referring to the earth, in which Śākya- muni is preaching the Law.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaha (मह).—m.
(-�) 1. A festival. 2. Light, lustre. 3. A buffalo. 4. Sacrifice, oblation. f.
(-) 1. A cow. 2. A plant, (Hedysarum lagopodioides.) E. mah to worship, aff. ñ: see mahasa and mahi .
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(माहा).—f.
(-) A cow. E. prohibitive prefix, han to kill, affs. ḍa and ṭāp .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaha (मह).—[mah + a], I. adj. f. ī, Great,
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Ѳ (मह�).—[-], a substitute for mahant, when former part of compounds of the Bahuvrīhi and Karmadraya classes; e. g. -rāja, m. A great king,
Maghava (मघ�).—[masculine] [Epithet] of Indra.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaha (मह).�1. [masculine] feast, festival.
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Maha (मह).�2. [adjective] great, rich, abundant, [abstract] � [feminine]; [neuter] [plural] great deeds.
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Ѳ (मह�).�(only °� & [accusative] sgl. m) = mahant.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaghava (मघ�):—[from magha] m. = magha-van, [Bhaviṣya-purāṇa, khaṇḍa 1 & 2: bhaviṣya-purāṇa & bhaviṣyottara-purāṇa]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Maha (मह):—[from mah] 1. maha mfn. great, mighty, strong, abundant, [Ṛg-veda]
2) [v.s. ...] m. (cf. makha, magha) a feast, festival, [Ѳbrata]
3) [v.s. ...] the festival of spring, [Śiśupāla-vadha; Harivaṃśa; Varāha-mihira]
4) [v.s. ...] a [particular] Ekāha, [Śāṅkyana-śrauta-sūtra]
5) [v.s. ...] a sacrifice, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] a buffalo, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) [v.s. ...] light, lustre, brilliance, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) Ѳ (मह�):—[from maha > mah] a f. a cow, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) Maha (मह):—[from mah] n. [plural] great deeds, [Ṛg-veda]
10) [from mah] 2. maha in [compound] for before � and before r for �.
11) Ѳ (मह�):—[from mah] b in [compound] for mahat (in, [Ṛg-veda ii, 22, 1 and iii, 23; 49, 1] used for mahat as an independent word in [accusative] sg. m = ntam).
12) c -kaṅkara etc. See p. 794, col. 3.
13) (माहा):�1. f. a cow, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. , maī, heyī).
14) 2. Vṛddhi form of , in [compound]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Maha (मह):�(�) 1. m. A festival; light; a buffalo; a sacrifice. f. A cow; a plant (Hedysarum legipodioides).
2) (माहा):�() 1. f. A cow.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Ѳ (मघवा) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ѳ, 岵, 岵ī.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Maha (मह) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Maha.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryѲ (मघवा):�(nm) [indra] —the chief of gods; —[bṣ� biḍaujā ṭīkā] the commentary to be more abstruse than the text.
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary1) Ѳ (मह�):�—an allomorph of [mahat] as it appears in numerous compounds; ~[kavi] a great poet; an epic poet; ~[ⲹ] mammoth, a colossus; ~[] the Annihilator; the Time Indefinite; ~[屹ⲹ] an epic; ~[ṣṭ] leprosy; ~[ṃt] a voluminous book; a significant work; ~[] a drag-net; ~[deva] an epithet of Lord Shiv; ~[ī] an epithet of goddess Parvati: -Shiv's spouse; queen consort; ~[ś] sub-continent; ~[Բ/Բī] a metropolis; cosmopolitan city; ~[ī] the aorta; ~[貹ٰ] magna charta; ~[Ծ] death; ~[Բⲹī] attorney general; ~[patha] a highway; ~[貹] high crime; ~[ٲ첹] a great sin (five such sins have been enumerated by the Hindu scriptures-killing a Brahman, consuming liquor, theft, committing incest with the preceptor’s wife and associating with one who has committed any of these sins); ~[ٲī] a great sinner; ~[貹] see) ~[ٲ첹; ~pāpī] see ~[ٲī; ~puruṣa] a great man; ~[ܰṣoٲ] befitting a great man; ~[ṇa] see ~[prastna; ~pralaya] the great deluge; ~[prastna] death; the final journey; ~[ñ] a great scholar endowed with great wisdom; ~[ṇa] an aspirate; possessing tremendous vitality; ~[ṛt] Commander-in-Chief, Supreme Commander; ~[ī] very powerful, a great warrior; an epithet of Lord Hanuman; ~[] large-armed, valiant, valorous; ~[ṇa] a Brah:man who performs cremation rituals and accepts payment therefor in cash or kind; ~[bga] fortunate, lucky; also used as a form of address; ~[tya] prime minister, premier; ~[mati] talented, very wise; noble; ~[] noble; liberal; ~[mahima] Your/His Majesty; ~[tra] prime minister; ~[nya] most Honourable, most revered, His Highness; ~[yā] female personification of worldly illusions; ~[muni] a great sage; ~[ū] a blithering idiot; ~[ٰ] the geat journey-death; ~[Բ] one of the three main sects of Buddhism; ~[ratī] a great warrior; a leading luminary in any field of activity; ~[ٰ] the unending night-the great deluge; ~[lekkāra] accountant-general; ~[ⲹ] a sentence impregnated with an expression of essential truth (as [a� brahsmi] - I am Brahma); ~[ī] one who undertakes great pledges; ~[ś] ducus venosus; ~[śūԲⲹ] the vast sky; ~[ī] a very chaste woman; ~[ܻ/岵] an ocean.
2) Māha (मा�) [Also spelled mah]:�(nm) a month; see [gha;]; ~[ba] the moon; ~[nā] monthly paper/magazine; -[ba-ha] month by month, monthly; ~[rukha] beautiful like the moon; ~[] monthly, per mensem; ~[] monthly salary; ~[nā] monthly, on a monthly basis; ~[ī] monthly; menstruation.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) Maghava (मघ�) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Maghavan.
2) Ѳ (मघवा) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Ѳ.
3) 岵 (माघव�) also relates to the Sanskrit word: 岵.
岵 has the following synonyms: 岵ī.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) Maha (मह) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: ṅk�.
2) Maha (मह) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Math.
3) Maha (मह) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Mah.
4) Maha (मह) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Maha.
5) Maha (मह) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Makha.
6) Maha (मह) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Mahat.
7) Ѳ (मह�) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Mag.
8) Māha (मा�) also relates to the Sanskrit word: 岵.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusMaghava (ಮಘ�):—[noun] Indra, the lord of gods.
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusMaha (ಮಹ):—[noun] (myth.) one of the worlds above the earth.
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Maha (ಮಹ):�
1) [noun] a feast; a festival.
2) [noun] a religious sacrifice.
3) [noun] great brightness; lustre; brilliance.
4) [noun] a buffalo.
5) [noun] (phil.) the Supreme Principle.
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Ѳ (ಮಹ�):�
1) [adjective] big; huge; large.
2) [adjective] superior; excellent.
3) [adjective] abundant; in great amount; profuse.
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Ѳ (ಮಹ�):�
1) [noun] the quality of being big, huge or large.
2) [noun] the quality of being superior, excellent; superiority; excellence.
3) [noun] the condition of being abundant; abundance.
4) [noun] a superior, excellent, meritorious man.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary1) Maha (मह):—n. honey;
2) Ѳ (मह�):—adj. 1. used as prefix in the compound word to imply the meaning of greatness; 2. great; big;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Maha, Mahanta, A, Ci.
Starts with (+26): Maha Abhaya, Maha Anathapindika, Maha andara, Maha Angana, Maha Anula, Maha Arittha, Maha Ariyavamsa, Maha Ariyavamsa Sutta, Maha Asana, Maha Assapura Sutta, Maha Assaroha Jataka, Maha Atthakatha, Maha Avici, Maha bhringaraj, Maha Brahmano, Maha Buddharakkhita, Maha Culani, Maha Cunda, Maha Cunda Sutta, Maha Dhanadeva.
Full-text (+5313): Mahendra, Magha, Mahamaya, Mahanasa, Mahadeva, Mahakala, Maharaja, Maharashtra, Mahavira, Mahalakshmi, Maheshvara, Mahi, Mahodara, Mahapurusha, Mahakaya, Mahabhuta, Mahanada, Mahapadma, Mahayashas, Mahatmya.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Maha Buddhavamsa—The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 4 - The Delightful Satisfaction of Sakka < [Chapter 39 - How the Āṭānāṭiya Paritta came to be Taught]
Part 3 - Definition of Kappa or Aeon < [Chapter 1-3 - Anudīpanī on words and phrases]
Part 2 - The story of Aggidatta < [Chapter 21 - Story of Sumana, Aggidatta and Jambuka]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 20 - Trophupa (iii): Khro phu lo tsa ba < [Book 8 - The famous Dakpo Kagyü (traditions)]
Chapter 1 - The Kashmirian Scholar Śākyaśrī < [Book 15 - Monastic Systems]
Chapter 5 - The chapter on Snar thang (Gtum ston) < [Book 5 - The Sovereign Lord (Atiśa)]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 9.41 [snake diagram] < [Chapter 9 - Ornaments of Sound]
Text 9.32 < [Chapter 9 - Ornaments of Sound]
Text 10.217 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Chapter 33 - On the Devī’s Vira� Rūpa < [Book 7]
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