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Mahavata, Mahāvata, Ѳ屹ٲ, Maha-vata: 12 definitions

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Mahavata means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Hindi. 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Mahavat.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Mahavata in Ayurveda glossary

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

: Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts: Volume 12 (1898) (ay)

Ѳ屹ٲ (महावात) or Ѳ屹ٲprasāraṇ�-taila refers to one of the topics discussed in the ۴Dz峾ṛt, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 4 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (first series)� by Rajendralal Mitra (1822�1891), who was one of the first English-writing historians dealing with Indian culture and heritage.—The ۴Dz峾ṛt is a large Ayurvedic compilation dealing with the practice of medicine and therapeutics authored by Gopāla Sena, Kavirāja, of Dvārandhā. It is dated to the 18th century and contains 11,700 śǰ첹.—The catalogue includes the term—Ѳ屹ٲ�-prasāraṇ�-taila in its ‘subject-matter list� or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads: 屹ٲṇīt� .

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Mahavata in Marathi glossary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vata (महाव�).—m ( H) An elephant driver or keeper.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

vata (महाव�).�m The elephant-driver or keeper.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Mahavata in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ѳ屹ٲ (महावात).—a stormy wind, violent wind; महावात� ()तैर्महिषकुलनीलैर्जलधरैः (ٲṣaܱīᲹ󲹰�) Mṛcchakaṭika 5.22.

Derivable forms: 屹ٲ� (महावात�).

Ѳ屹ٲ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms and ٲ (वा�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ѳ屹ٲ (महावात).—[masculine] ٲ [feminine] tempest, storm-blast.

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

Ѳ屹ٲ (महावात):—[=] [from > mah] m. a gr° or stormy wind, [Kāmandakīya-nītisāra]

[Sanskrit to German]

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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

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Mahavata in Hindi glossary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Mahāvaṭa (महाव�):�(nf) winter-rains.

2) Mahāvata (महाव�) [Also spelled mahavat]:�(nm) a mahaut, elephant-driver.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Mahavata in Kannada glossary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ѳ屹ٲ (ಮಹಾವಾತ):�

1) [noun] a violent storm with high winds.

2) [noun] (jain.) the air that is enveloping the earth.

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