ind. (for mahas-) the fourth of the seven worlds which rise one above the other (supposed to be the abode of those saints who survive a destruction of the world ; ; see).
f. great prosperity or power or perfection (in maharddhiprāpta-prāpta-m.Name of a prince of the garuḍa-s ; maharddhimat-mat-mfn.possessing or conferring great possessing etc. ; m.a great sage )
n. () idem or 'ind. (for mahas-) the fourth of the seven worlds which rise one above the other (supposed to be the abode of those saints who survive a destruction of the world ; ; see).'
m. () idem or 'n. () idem or 'ind. (for mahas-) the fourth of the seven worlds which rise one above the other (supposed to be the abode of those saints who survive a destruction of the world ; ; see).' '
mfn. (originallypr. p. of1. mah-;strong form, mahānt-f.mahat/ī-;in Epic often mahat-for mahāntam-; in the beginning of a compound mostly mahā-q.v) great (in space, time, quantity or degree) id est large, big, huge, ample, extensive, long, abundant, numerous, considerable, important, high, eminent etc. etc. (also ind.in mahad-bhū-,to become great or full [said of the moon] )
m. (rarely n.scilicettattva-),"the great principle", Name ofbuddhi-,"Intellect", or the intellectual principle (according to the sāṃkhya- philosophy the second of the 23 principles produced from prakṛti- and so called as thegreatsource of ahaṃkāra-,"self-consciousness", and manas-,"the mind"; see) etc.
m. a priest in a temple attendant upon an idol (the priest subsisting by appropriating to himself offerings to deities for which future punishment is assigned)
m. () the waking on the sixth day after the birth of a child (Name of a particular ceremony;this is the day on which the creator is supposed to enter the mother's chamber and write the child's destiny on its forehead)
महर् (महस्) ind. 1 The fourth of the seven worlds which rise one above the other from the earth (being between svar and janas); (महर्लोक also in this sense). -2 A kind of व्याहृति q. v.
महल्लः mahallḥ महल्लिकः mahallikḥ
महल्लः महल्लिकः A eunuch in a king's harem (a word derived from Arabic); मुष्कशून्यो$नुपस्थो यः स्त्रीस्वभावो महल्लिकः Śabdamālā.
महत् a. [मह्-अति] (compar. महीयस्; superl. महिष्ठ; nom. महान्, महान्तौ, महान्तः; acc. pl. महतः) 1 Great, big, large, huge, vast; महान् सिंहः, व्याघ्रः &c. -2 Ample, copious, abundant, many, numerous; महाजनः, महान् द्रव्यराशिः. -3 Long, extended, extensive; महान्तौ बाहू यस्य स महाबाहुः; so महती कथा, महानध्वा. -4 Strong, powerful, mighty; as महान् वीरः. -5 Violent, intense, excessive; महती शिरोवेदना, महती पिपासा. -6 Gross, thick, dense; महानन्धकारः. -7 Important, weighty, momentous; महत्कार्यमुपस्थितम्, महती वार्ता. -8 High, lofty, eminent, distinguished, noble; महत्कुलम्, महाञ् जनः. -9 Loud; महान् घोषः-ध्वनिः. -1 Early or late; महति प्रत्यूषे 'early in the morning'; महत्यपराह्णे 'late in the afternoon'.
-11 High; महार्घ्र. -m. 1 A camel. -2 An epithet of Śiva. -3 (In Sāṅ. phil.) The great principle, the intellect (distinguished from मनस्), the second of the twenty-five elements or tattvas recognized by the Sāṅkhyas; Ms.1.15;12.14; महदाद्याः प्रकृतिविकृतयः सप्त Sāṅ. K.3,8,22 &c. -4 The superior of a monastery. -n. 1 Greatness, infiniteness, numerousness. -2 Kingdom, dominion; 'महद्राज्यविशालयोः' Viśva; इन्द्रियाणि महत्प्रेप्सुः Mb.5.129.26. -3 Sacred knoweldge. -4 The Supreme Being (परमात्मा); बुद्धेः परतरं ज्ञानं ज्ञानात् परतरं महत् Mb.12.24.1. -ind. Greatly, excessively, very much, exceedingly; त्रैलोक्योद्वेगदं महत् Rām.6.111.48. (Note : महत् as the first member of a Tatpuruṣa compound and a few other cases, remains unchanged, while in Karmadhāraya and Bahuvrīhi comp. it is changed to महा q. v.) -Comp. -आयुधम् a great weapon; नाना- विधमहदायुधनैपुण्य ...... Dk.1.1. -आवासः a spacious or large building. -आशा a high hope; महदाशापूर्णमानसः Dk.1.3. -आश्चर्य a. very wonderful. -आश्रयः dependence on or seeking protection with the great. -उन्मदः a kind of fish; L. D. B. -औषधिः f. a herb of wonderful power. On the Himālaya there are trees of the Devadāru family which have got resinous stems. These stems burn like oil-lamps. These sticks of pinewood, therefore, are the natural lamps of the Himālaya. cf. सरलासक्तमातङ्गग्रैवेयस्फुरितत्विषः । आसन्नोषधयो नेतुर्नक्तमस्नेहदीपिकाः ॥ R.4.75; ज्वलितमहौषधिदीपिकासनाथाम् R.9.7. -कथ a. talked of or mentioned by the great, in great men's mouths. -कार्तिकी full moon of Kārtika combined with the asterism Rohiṇī; L. D. B. -कुलम् a noble family. -कूपः a deep well. -क्षेत्र a. occupying a wide territory. -गदः fever. -जवः 1 Bos gavaeus. -2 a kind of antelope; L. D. B. -ज्यैष्ठी f. full-moon of ज्येष्ठ under certain combinations. -गुण a. having the qualities of the great. -तत्त्वम् the second of the 25 principles of the Sāṅkhyas. -दोष a. highly criminal; महादोषमबुद्ध- बोधनम् Kau. A.1.17. -द्वन्द्वः 1 loud uproar. -2 martial band of music; L. D. B. -फलः the Bilva tree; L. D. B. -बिलम् the atmosphere. -भद्रा the river Gaṅgā; L. D. B. -भीष्मः N. of Śantanu; L. D. B. -मण्डूकः a kind of yellow frog; L. D. B. -व्यतिक्रमः a great transgression. -सिंहः the lion of Durgā; L. D. B. -सिद्धिनिलयः a mosque (the word is used by परमानन्द in Śivabhārata 18.52). -सेवा service of the great. -स्थानम् a high place, lofty station.
महत्तर a. Greater, larger &c. -रः 1 The principal, chief, or oldest person, the most respectable person; रघुकुलमहत्तराणां वधूः U.4; गृहपतिश्च ममान्तरङ्गभूतो जनपदमहत्तरः Dk. -2 A chamberlain. -3 A courtier. -4 The head or the oldest man of a village.
पारमहंस्य a. Relating to a 'Paramahaṁsa' or a religious man who has subdued all his senses. -स्यम् Most sublime asceticism or meditation; साङ्ख्यायनः पारम- हंस्यमुख्यः Bhāg.3.8.8; न वै तथा चेतनया बहिष्कृते हुताशने पारमहंस्य पर्यगुः Bhāg.4.21.41. -Comp. -परि ind. relating to such asceticism.
पैतामह a. (-ही f.) [पितामह-अण्] 1> Relating to a paternal grandfather. -2 Inherited or derived from a paternal grandfather. -3 Derived from, presided over by, or relating to Brahmā यच्च पैतामहं स्थानम् Mb.12. 16.32; अयोध्या सृष्टलोकेव सद्यः पैतामही तनुः (बभौ) R.15.6. -हाः (pl.) Ancestors, forefathers. -हम् The lunar mansion Rohiṇī.
प्रपितामहः 1 A paternal great-grandfather. -2 An epithet of Kṛiṣṇa; प्रजापतिस्त्वं प्रपितामहश्च Bg.11.39. -3 Of Brahman. -4 Of the Supreme Spirit. -ही A paternal great-grandmother; पितामही च स्वेनैव स्वेनैव प्रपितामही Dāyabhāga.
a. having a high-sounding name; -âyudha, n. great weapon; -âvâsa, m. spacious abode; -âsâ, f. great expectation or hope; -âsraya, m. tak ing refuge with the great; -guna, a.pos sessing the virtues of great men; -bhaya, n. great danger or extremity; -vat, a. connec ted with the word &open;mahat&close;; -vyatikrama, m. great transgression.
a. [old pr. pt. of √ mah: strong base mahânt; °ree;-almost invariably mahâ, q. v.; in E. ac. n. sg. is sts. used for ac. m.] great; 1. in space: large, big, huge, extensive; high (tree); deep; long (distance); full-grown; gross (element); 2. of time: long; advanced (time of day); 3. of quantity: abundant, ample, copious, numerous; 4. of degree: considerable, important, momentous; high (price); valuable (fee); intense (emo tion), violent (pain); thick (darkness); loud (sound); 5. of rank: high, lofty, eminent, powerful, distinguished, noble; w. gana, m. multitude of people; w. âtman, m. the great soul=intellect; m. great, eminent,or noble man; m. (sc. âtman), n. (rare, sc. tattva), in tellect; n. great thing; important matter; greatness, power; greater part; also ad. in mahad-bhû, become full (moon).
n. great family; -tat tva, n. the principle Mahat, intellect; -tara, cpv. greater, stronger, than (ab.); very great, strong, or mighty; m. elder, chief, head; chamberlain; courtier: -ka, m.courtier, cham berlain, -i-kâ, f. lady's maid; -tâ, f. great ness, largeness; exalted position; -tva, n. greatness, great size, magnitude; strength, intensity, violence; exalted position; moral greatness.
a. having a strong cur rent; m. N. of a son of Tvashtri; -½ogas, a. very vigorous or powerful; very mighty; -½audavâhi, m. N. of a Vedic teacher; -½au shadha, n. great or sovereign remedy; -½oshadhi (or î), f. very efficacious medicinal herb.
m. great grandfather; also designation of Brahman and Krishna: pl. great-grandfathers, ances tors: î, f. paternal great-grandmother; -pi trivya, m. paternal grand-uncle; -pitvá, (V.) n. going away; flight, retreat; retired spot; evening; -pitsu, des. a. desirous of plunging into (lc.); wishing to enter upon a path (ac.); -pîdana, n. pressing, squeezing; means of squeezing tumours; -purâna, a.long kept, old; -pushpita, pp. covered with blossoms, flowering; -pûraka, a. (ikâ) fulfilling, satis fying; -pûrana, a. (î) filling up (oil) and increasing (love for anything); insertion in (lc. or --°ree;); drawing of a bow;embellishment of Indra's banner; -pûrya, ps. base of √ 1. pri, be thoroughly filled or satiated; be filled to the brim.
m. bristling of the hair, thrill (caused by cold, fear, joy, anger, or wantonness); -harshana, a. causing the hair to bristle, thrilling (with rapture or horror); -harshin, a. whose hair is bristling, thrilled.
Beside Tatāmaha, denotes from the Atharvaveda onwards the ‘paternal grandfather,’ apparently as a ‘father in a higher sense.’ The great-grandfather is Prapitāmaha and Pratatāmaha. It is significant that there are no corresponding Vedic words for maternal grandparents, and that the words used in the latter language, such as Mātāmaha, are imitations of the terms for paternal relations. In one passage of the Rigveda Delbruck suggests that make pitre means ‘ grandfather,’ a sense which would well suit the napātam, ‘grandson,’ following, but the sense of the whole passage is uncertain. We learn very little from the texts of the position of grandparents. No doubt they were entitled to marks of respect similar to those shown to parents, as the epic expressly testifies. A grandfather might easily be the head of the family, or be living with his eldest son, after he ceased to be able to control the family.The grandmother (Pitāmahī) is not mentioned in the extant Vedic literature.
noun (masculine) a buffalo (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a feast (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular Ekāha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a sacrifice (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
brilliance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
festival (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
light (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
lustre (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the festival of spring (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective abundant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
great (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
mighty (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
strong (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a camel (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a great or noble man (opp. to nīca) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular class of deceased progenitors (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Dānava (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Buddhi (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Rudra or of a particular Rudra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of two princes (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the intellectual principle (according to the Sāṃkhya philosophy the second of the 23 principles produced from Prakṛti and so called as the great source of Ahaṃkāra) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the leader of a sect or superior of a monastery (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
[medic.] mahāsneha
[medic.] a kind of śvāsa Frequency rank 1918/72933
adjective abounding on rich in (instr.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
abundant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
advanced (afternoon) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
ample (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
big (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
considerable (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
distinguished by (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
early (morning) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
eminent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
extensive (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
great (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
gross (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
high (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
huge (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
important (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
large (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
long (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
loud (as noise) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
many (people) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
numerous (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
thick (as darkness) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
violent (pain or emotion) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective glorious (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
illustrious (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
praiseworthy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to be honoured (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
indeclinable the fourth of the seven worlds which rise one above the other (supposed to be the abode of those saints who survive a destruction of the world) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a festival or a festive hymn (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a sacrifice (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
gladness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
glory (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
greatness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
joy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
light (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
majesty (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
might (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
oblation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
power (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
splendour (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
[geogr.] the fourth of the seven worlds (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) kind (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
knowledge (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
manner (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sort (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective giving pleasure (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
gladdening (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
glorious (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
great (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
mighty (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a king (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
splendid (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) great size or extent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
high rank or position (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
intensity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
magnitude (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
moral greatness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
violence (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) a kind of diesease of the vagina
name of a river
the (7 or 100-stringed) lute of Nārada (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the 12th day in the light half of the month Bhādrapada (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the egg-plant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bṛhatī
[medic.] a kind of hidhmā Frequency rank 11040/72933
noun (masculine) a hero (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
champion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a king (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a people (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Subrahmaṇya (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a kind of poison
a sovereign remedy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a very efficacious drug (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dry ginger
garlic
name of certain very strong or pungent plants (such as dried ginger) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
panacea (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) Aconitum Ferox (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a great or very efficacious medicinal plant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Dūrvā grass (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Hingtsha Repens (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Mimosa Pudica (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a serpent-maid (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of various medicinal plants (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a divyauṣadhī Frequency rank 6009/72933
noun (masculine) a religious man who has subdued all his senses by abstract meditation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an ascetic of the highest order (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a paternal grandfather (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an ancestor (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Brahmā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of several authors (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Śiva
the Piṭris (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) (pl.) forefathers (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
ancestors (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Manu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective brāhma (e.g. -astra)
relating to or derived from a grandfather (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
relating to or derived from or presided over by Brahmā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a paternal great-grandfather (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
ancestors (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
great-grandfathers (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Brahmā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Kṛṣṇa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) (du.) maternal grandparents (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
(pl.) a mother's father (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a maternal grandfather (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
grandfather (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of Sūta (the pupil of Vyāsa and supposed narrator of the Purāṇas) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the father of Sūta (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Terminalia Bellerica (the nuts of which are used as dice) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a Rākṣasa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the bristling or erection of the hair of the body (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
thrill or shudder (caused by excessive joy) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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