Mahiman, Mahim膩n: 15 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Purana
2. Shaivism
3. Vedanta
Languages
1. Sanskrit
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Introduction:

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In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Mahim膩n (啶す啶苦ぎ啶距え啷�).鈥擜n 膧ditya. Bh膩gavata 6th Skandha says that Mahim膩n was the son of Bhaga by Siddhi.

: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Mahiman (啶す啶苦ぎ啶ㄠ) refers to 鈥溑歩va鈥檚 greatness鈥�, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.5.25 (鈥淧rayer by the gods鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, as the Gods said to 艢iva: 鈥淸...] Even the Veda does not know your greatness (mahiman) in reality. [vedo'pi mahim膩na峁� te na j膩n膩ti hi tattvata岣�] Noble men sing your great glory to the extent of their intellect. Indra and others sing your secret greatness always with pleasure and sanctify their own tongue. O lord of gods, by your favour even a sluggish person realizes Brahman. The Vedas say that you are always attainable by devotion. [...]鈥�.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) Mahim膩n (啶す啶苦ぎ啶距え啷�).鈥擜 son of Bhaga and Siddh墨.^*

* Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 VI. 18. 2.

1b) A son of 膧yu Agni; also 艢膩van.^*

* V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 29. 37.

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The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 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.

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

: academia.edu: Religious Inclusivism in the Writings of an Early Modern Sanskrit Intellectual (Shaivism)

Mahiman (啶す啶苦ぎ啶ㄠ) or 艢ivamahiman refers to 鈥溑歩va鈥檚 greatness鈥�, according to Appaya鈥檚艢iv膩rkama峁噄d墨pik膩 on the Brahma蝉奴迟谤补 2.2.38.鈥擜ppaya does not seem willing to ascribe full 鈥榲edicness鈥� to 艢aiv膩gamas, as is clear from the following passage in his subcommentary on the same 蝉奴迟谤补: 鈥淪o it is concluded that the 艢aiv膩gamas follow 艣谤耻迟颈 with regard to the various ways of performing [艢iva鈥檚] worship and 艢iva鈥檚 greatness [i.e., 艣颈惫补-尘补丑颈尘补苍]鈥攂oth [features] not being taught in directly perceivable 艣谤耻迟颈 [i.e. the Vedic 蝉补峁僪颈迟腻蝉]鈥攋ust like Kalpa蝉奴迟谤补s (whose purpose is to expand upon different parts required by the performance of rituals, of which just a few procedures are taught in directly perceivable 艣谤耻迟颈) follow 艣谤耻迟颈 with regard to various parts not taught in directly perceivable 艣谤耻迟颈. Therefore, all things taught in the Veda and 艢aiv膩gamas are exactly the same. But the following is the difference: while in [the case of] Kalpa蝉奴迟谤补s, it is possible to doubt, with regard to those parts that are contradicted by directly perceivable 艣谤耻迟颈, that the [human] author may have committed an error, such doubt is not possible in the case of 膩gamas insofar as they have 艢iva as their author鈥�.

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Shaiva (啶多啶�, 艣aiva) or Shaivism (艣aivism) 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.

Vedanta (school of philosophy)

: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): (Advaita Vedanta)

Mahiman (啶す啶苦ぎ啶ㄠ) refers to 鈥済reatness鈥�, according to M膩dhavavidy膩ra峁噛a鈥檚艢a峁卥aradigvijaya 5.97.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淚 [艢a峁卥ara] desire to know the basis of Brahman from the great sage Gau岣峚p膩da, [who was] the student of the son of Vy膩sa. Because of my devotion to [this] one aim, I have found you [my guru, Govinda,] who is full of all good qualities, who has obtained the supreme truth and whose greatness (mahiman) extends [throughout the land]鈥�.

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Vedanta (啶掂啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶�, ved膩nta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mahiman (啶す啶苦ぎ啶ㄠ).鈥�m. [mahat imanic 峁璱lopa岣�]

1) Greatness (fig. also); 啶呧く啶� 啶げ啶 啶す啶苦ぎ啶距く啶� 啶曕じ啷嵿く啶椸た啶班ぞ啶じ啷嵿い啷� 啶掂た啶粪く啶膏啶む (ayi malayaja mahim膩ya峁� kasya gir膩mastu vi峁yaste) Bv.1.11; 啶呧ぇ啷嬥そ啶о 啶ざ啷嵿く啶む 啶曕じ啷嵿く啶す啶苦ぎ啶� 啶ㄠ啶啷€啶い啷� (adho'dha岣� pa艣yata岣� kasya mahim膩 nopac墨yate) H.2.2.

2) Glory, majesty, might, power; 啶むた啶膏啶た啶膏啶む啶掂ぎ啶掂じ啷嵿ぅ啶距き啶苦ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶灌た啶ぞ啶ㄠぎ啷佮う啷€啶班く啶ㄠ (迟颈蝉峁沚丑颈蝉迟惫补尘补惫补蝉迟丑腻产丑颈谤尘补丑颈尘腻苍补尘耻诲墨谤补测补苍) Kum膩rasambhava 2.6; Uttarar膩macarita 4.21.

3) High rank, exalted rank or position, dignity.

4) Personage (惫颈产丑奴迟颈); 啶す啶苦ぎ啶距え啶忇さ啷堗し啶距ぎ啷� (mahim膩na evai峁Ｄ乵) B峁�. Up.3.9.2.

5) One of the 8 Siddhis, the power of increasing size at will; see 啶膏た啶︵啶оた (siddhi).

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

Mahiman (啶す啶苦ぎ啶ㄠ).鈥攎.

(-尘腻) 1. Greatness in general, literally, or figuratively. 2. Magnitude as one of Siva'S attributes, illimitability. 3. Might, power, glory. 4. High rank. 5. The superhumen power of increasing in bulk at will, considered as one of the eight Siddhis. E. mahat great, imanic aff. of the abstract property.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mahiman (啶す啶苦ぎ啶ㄠ).鈥攊. e. mahant + iman, m. Greatness, [贬颈迟辞辫补诲别艣补] ii. [distich] 2; majesty, [Vikramorva艣墨, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 5; exaltation, [Uttara R膩macarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 42, 2.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mahiman (啶す啶苦ぎ啶ㄠ).鈥擺masculine] greatness, might, majesty; [instrumental] also as [adverb] greatly, mightily.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Mahiman (啶す啶苦ぎ啶ㄠ) as mentioned in Aufrecht鈥檚 Catalogus Catalogorum:鈥攁 name of Mamma峁璦. Ke艣avami艣ra in Ala峁僰膩ra艣ekhara, Gokulan膩tha in 艢aktiviveka Oxf. 246^a.

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

1) Mahiman (啶す啶苦ぎ啶ㄠ):鈥擺from mah] a m. greatness, might, power, majesty, glory, [峁歡-veda] etc. etc. (丑颈尘苍腻 ind. or 丑颈苍腻 ind. mightily, forcibly, [峁歡-veda])

2) [v.s. ...] the magical power of increasing size at will, [Vet膩la-pa帽cavi峁兣沘tik膩; Pa帽car膩tra] (cf. [Monier-Williams鈥� Buddhism 245])

3) [v.s. ...] magnitude (as one of 艢iva鈥檚 attributes; mna岣� stava m. stuti f. stotra n. Name of hymns; cf. mahimastava)

4) [v.s. ...] Name of a man, [R膩jatara峁単i峁嚹玗

5) [v.s. ...] a Name of Mamma峁璦 q.v., [Catalogue(s)]

6) [v.s. ...] [dual number] Name of two Grahas at the A艣va-medha sacrifice, [艢atapatha-br膩hma峁嘺; ???]

7) b etc. See [column]1.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mahiman (啶す啶苦ぎ啶ㄠ):鈥�(尘腻) 5. m. Magnitude as one of Shiva's attributes; greatness.

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

Mahiman (啶す啶苦ぎ啶ㄠ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Mahima.

[Sanskrit to German]

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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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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