A cow.

A cow.

Great prosperity, good luck.

m. N. of a sovereign of the race of Ikshva1ku ikṣvāku MBh.; Ka1d.; BhP. 102616 803,3 161641

[mah-ghañarthe ka] 1 A festival, festive occasion; baṃdhutāhṛdayakaumudīmahaḥ Māl. 9. 21; U. 6. 40; sa khalu dūragato- pyativartate mahamasāviti baṃdhutayoditaiḥ Śi. [Page0850-a+ 56] 6. 19; madanamahaṃ Ratn. 1.

2 An offer ing, a sacrifice.

3 A buffalo.

4 Light, lustre; cf. mahas also.

mahaitareya &c, see p. 802, col. 2. 102642 804,1 161672

a. (kī f.), māhāja- nīna a. (nī f.) 1 Fit for merchants. [Page0864-c+ 54]

2 Fit for great persons.

1 An eminent man.

2 A tortoise.

3 N. of Viṣṇu.

f. N. of a place g. dhūmādi. 104097 815,1 163971 mfn. (fr. prec.) ib. 104098 815,1 163972

m. (patr. fr. mahaka) N. of a teacher Pravar. 104099 815,1 163973

mf (I) n. Ka1s3. on Pa1n2. 4-2, 110 (v.l. māhikī-prastha). 104100 815,1 163974

m. a, wide-spreading fragrance L. 102605 803,3 161626

A wide-spread fragrance.

a. (lī f.), māhākulīna a. (nī f.) 1 Nobly born, of noble family, of illustrious descent.

m. (fr. Arabic mahall) a eunuch in a king's palace or in a harem L. 102611 803,3 161632 mf (ikA) n. old, feeble, decrepit Lalit.; Ka1ran2d2. 803,3 161633 m. = prec. L. 803,3 161634 m. a large house, mansion L. 803,3 161635

A eunuch in a king's harem (a word derived from Arabic).

a. Weak, feeble, old. kaḥ 1 A eunuch in a king's harem.

2 A large house, palatial building; (cf Mar. mahāla).

m. = $ N. of a prince Cat. 102607 803,3 161628

m. = $ N. of a king ib. 102608 803,3 161629

The superior of a mon- astery.

m. a brahman L. 104102 815,1 163977

A Brāhmaṇa.

a. (sī f.) 1 Belong- ing to a large carriage.

2 Relating to a kitchen.

w.r. for mahanīya. 104103 815,1 163978

w.r. for mahanīya. 104103 815,1 163978

a. (ṇī f.) Having the aspirate or hard breathing.

ind. The fourth of the seven worlds which rise one above the other from the earth (being between svar and janas); (maharloka also in this sense).

2 A kind of vyāhṛti q. v.

a. (kī f.) Fit for a great king, imperial, royal.

Sovereignty.

See mahārāṣṭrī.

mahas is an alternate of mahar. ind. The fourth of the seven worlds which rise one above the other from the earth (being between svar and janas); (maharloka also in this sense).

2 A kind of vyāhṛti q. v.

a. 1 Splendid, bright, brilliant, luminous, lustrous.

2 Great, mighty.

a. [mah-ati] (compar. mahī- yas; superl. mahiṣṭha; nom. mahān, mahāṃ- tau, mahāṃtaḥ; acc. pl. mahataḥ) 1 Great, big, large, huge, vast; mahān siṃhaḥ, vyāghraḥ &c.

2 Ample, copious, abun- dant, many, numerous; mahājanaḥ, mahān dravyarāśiḥ.

3 Long, extended, extensive; mahāṃtau bāhū yasya sa mahābāhuḥ; so mahatī kathā, mahānadhvā.

4 Strong, powerful, mighty; as mahān vīraḥ.

5 Violent, intense, excessive;...

mfn. (fr. mahat) g. utsādi 815,1 163975 n. greatness g. pṛthv-ādi. 104101 815,1 163976

1 A kind of lute.

2 N. of the lute of Nārada; avekṣamāṇa mahatīṃ muhurmuhuḥ Śi. 1. 10.

3 The egg-plant.

4 Greatness, importance.

a. (kī f.) High- minded, magnanimous, noble, digni- fied, glorious.

[mahātmano bhāvaḥ ṣyañ] 1 Mag- nanimity, noble-mindedness, great- ness; U. 4. 5.

2 Majesty, dignity, exalted position.

3 The peculiar virtue of any divinity or sacred shrine; or a work giving an account of the merits of such divinities or shrines; as davomīhātmya, śanimāhā- tmya &c.

a. Greater, larger &c. raḥ 1 The principal, chief, or eldest per- son, the most respectable person; raghukulamahattarāṇāṃ vadhūḥ U. 4; gṛhapatiśca ma- māṃtaraṃgabhūto janapadamahattaraḥ Dk.

2 A Chamberlain.

3 A courtier.

4 The head or the oldest man of a village.

A courtier, chamberlain.

1 Greatness, largeness, magnitude, great extent.

2 Mighti- ness, majesty.

3 Importance.

4 Exalted position, height, elevation.

5 Intensity, violence, high degree.

mahajas &c, see p. 802, col. 3. 102646 804,1 161676

mah/aye &c, see p. 794, col. 3. 102609 803,3 161630

a. [adhikā mātrā yasya] Beyond measure, excessive, inordi- nate. traṃ On the subject of prosody.

a. (rī f.) [ajagara-aṇ] Relating to ajagara or the boa; a chapter in the Mahā-bhārata.

1 Speaking, declaration, making known, relation, communi- cation; itthaṃbhūtākhyāne P. I. 4. 90; rāmasaṃdeśaº Rām.

2 Allusion to some old tale; ākhyānaṃ pūrvavṛttoktiḥ S. D.; (e. g. deśaḥ so'yamarātiśoṇitajalairyasminhradāḥ pū- ritāḥ Ve. 3. 31).

3 A tale, story; espe- cially, a legendary story, legend; apsarāḥ purūravasaṃ cakama ityākhyānavida- ācakṣate Māl. 2; Ms. 3. 232.

4 A legendary work such as the Mahā-...

mfn. one who does not perform the 5 Maha1-yajn5as mahA-yajYa s (q.v.), L. 1313,3 9150.3

a. (yī f.) [araṇi-ṭhak] Relating to or sprung from Araṇi q. v. yaḥ N. of Śuka. yaṃ or ºparvan Title of the last section of the third book of the Mahābhārata.

a. Relating to, or treat- ing of, the sage āstīka. kaḥ N. of an old saint, son of Jaratkāru; (at whose intercession King Jana- mejaya spared the Nāga Takṣaka from the destruction to which he had doomed the serpent race). Mb. gives the following etymology of the name; nāma cāsyābhavatkhyātaṃ loke- ṣvāstīka ityuta. astītyuktvā gato yasmātpitā garbhasthameva tam... kaṃ A section (parva) of the first book of the...

a. [aśva-astyarthe ini] Posses- sed of horses, consisting of horses; Rv. 4. 2. 5. m. A cavalier, a horse-tamer. nau (du.) 1 The two physicians of the gods who are represented as the twin sons of the sun by a nymph in the form of a mare; cf. tvāṣṭrī tu saviturbhāryā vaḍavārūpadhāriṇī.. asūyata mahā- bhāgā sāṃtarīkṣe'śvināvubhau... [According to Vedic conception they are the har- bingers of Uṣas or the dawn; they...

a. Grown to excess; ºḍho hi nārīṇāmakālajño manobhavaḥ R. 12. 33. ḍhaṃ, ḍhiḥ f. A very high position, great elevation or rise; atyārūḍhirbhavati maha- tāmapyapabhraṃśaniṣṭhā Ś. 4. v. 1.; atyārūḍhaṃ ripoḥ soḍhaṃ caṃdaneneva bhoginaḥ R. 10. 42.

a. (vī f.) [bhīroridaṃ aṇ] 1 Terrible, frightful, horrible, formi- dable; U. 5. 6.

2 Miserable.

2 Relating to Bhairava. vaḥ 1 A form of Śiva (of which 8 kinds are enumerated).

2 The sentiment of terror (bhayānaka).

3 Fear, terror.

4 N. of a musical mode (rāga) calculated to excite emotions of fear or terror. vī 1 A form of the goddess Durgā.

2 N. of a Rāgiṇī in the Hindu musical system.

3 A girl of...

w.r. for bhoṭa. 097616 768,2 153346

m. N. of a pupil of S3a1kyamuni śākyamuni Buddh. (cf. mahā-) 400,2 74612 f. a bawd L. 048708 400,2 74613

a. [daridrā-ka] Poor, needy, indigent, in distressed circum- stances; sa tu bhavatu daridro yasya tṛṣṇā viśālā manasi ca parituṣṭe ko'rthavān ko daridraḥ Bh. 3. 50. ºtāṃ Poverty; śaṃkanīyā hi loke'sminniṣpratāpā daridratā Mk. 3. 24.

m. A Gandharva.

m. N. of a king of S3a1kambhari1 śākambharī (who ruled from 1301-1365 A.D. and patronized Ra1ghava-deva rāghava-deva, the grandfather of S3a1rn3gadhara śārṅgadhara, the author of the anthology, one stanza of which is attributed to him). 163535 1288,2 260558 n. Hammi1ra hammīra 's deeds, N. of a Maha1-ka1vya mahā-kāvya by Naya-candra naya-candra. 163536 1288,2 260559

m. N. of Gan2e7s3a gaṇeśa Ka1lP. 1305,2 264378 m. of an attendant on Maha1-ka1la mahā-kāla or S3iva śiva L. 1305,2 264379 m. of an inferior Buddha buddha Buddh. 1305,2 264380 m. pl. N. of a class of heretics L. 1305,2 264381

m. (fr. $) N. of a med. wk. translated from the Arabic by Maha1-deva mahā-deva Pan2d2ita paṇḍita. 164932 1298,1 262798 m. N. of a med. wk. by the same author. 164933 1298,1 262799

m. = ajā-pāla L. 051245 419,1 78869

m. N. of Maha1-vi1ra mahā-vīra 's son-in-law (founder of schism 1. of the Jain church). 050292 412,2 77260

fr. jamba Un2. iv, 95/96 051275 419,2 78927 m. N. of a monkey-chief (son of Pita1-maha pitā-maha; father of Ja1mba-vati1 jāmba-vatī) MBh. iii, 16115; Hariv. 2065 ff. and 6701; R. iv, vi; BhP. viii; VP.; S3atr. x, 934. 051276 419,2 78928 m. patr. fr. -vat g. arīhaṇādi 419,2 78929 f. Ja1mbavat jāmbavat 's daughter (Kr2ishn2a kṛṣṇa 's wife, Sa1mba sāmba 's mother) MBh. iii, xiii; Hariv.; VP.; S3atr. x, 934 419,2 78930

m. N. of the author of an astronomical work (father of the writer Maha1-deva mahā-deva). 033665 282,1 50163

m. (= mahā-l) a crow Npr. 033377 279,3 49720

a. (rṣṇī f.) [kṛṣṇa aṇ] 1 Belonging to Kṛṣṇa or Viṣṇu; R. 15. 24.

2 Belonging to Vyāsa.

3 Belonging to the black antelope; Ms. 2. 41.

4 Black. rṣṇaṃ Ved. The skin of the black antelope.

&c, see mahā-k. 038222 318,2 57543

a. [kavi-yaṇ] 1 Possessed of the qualities of a sage or a poet.

2 Praiseworthy, fit to be described.

3 Prophetic, inspired, poetical. vyaḥ N. of Śukra, preceptor of the Asuras. vyā 1 Intelligence.

2 A female fiend. vyaṃ 1 A poem; mahā- kāvyaṃ; meghadūtaṃ nāma kāvyaṃ &c.

2 Poetics, poetry, poetical composition. (kāvya [Page0401-b+ 56] is defined by writers on Poetics in different ways; tadadoṣau...

m. (or koṣāt) hair L. 314,2 56858 f. (gan2as gaRa s gaurādi and harītaky-ādi), N. of a plant and of its fruit (Trichosanthes dioeca, or Luffa acutangula, or Luffa pentandra L.;) S3a1n3khGr2.; Car.; Sus3r. (cf. mahā-k) 314,2 56858.1 f. a moonlight night L. 314,2 56858.2 n. the fruit of the plant Kos3a1taki1 kośātakī Car. 037794 314,2 56858.3

f. N. of a plant (= mahā-jyotiṣmatī) L. 034477 287,3 51416

[lokyate'sau lok-ghañ] 1 The world, a divison of the universe; (roughly speaking there are three lokas svarga, pṛthvī and pātāla, but accord- ing to fuller classification the lokas are fourteen, seven higher regions rising from the earth one above the other, i. e. bhūrloka, bhuvarloka, svarloka, maha- rloka, janarloka, taparloka, and satyaloka or brahmaloka; and seven lower regions, descending from the earth one be-...

See mahā-lugi. 116609 904,1 182885

m. N. of a man (the father of Maha1-deva mahā-deva; he wrote notes on his son's book) Cat. 116641 904,2 182925

I. 1 P., 10 U. (mahati, mahayati- te, mahita) 1 To honour, respect, hold in great esteem, worship, revere, value greatly; goptāraṃ na nidhīnāṃ maha- yaṃti maheśvaraṃ vibudhāḥ Subhāsh.; jayaśrī- vinyastairmahita iva maṃdārakusumaiḥ Gīt. 11; strī pumānityanāsthaiṣā vṛttaṃ hi mahitaṃ satāṃ Ku. 6. 12; Ki. 5. 7, 24; Bk. 10. 2; R. 5. 25, 11. 49.

2 To delight, gladden.

3 To in- crease, aggrandize

4 (Atm.) To delight...

f. a partic. exclamation (v l. mahyā) Gobh. 804,1 161678 f. pl. N. of the Maha1-na1mni1 mahā-nāmnī verses, Ta1n2d2Br. (v.l. mahṇyā). 102648 804,1 161679

1 A king of the Niṣadhas.

2 Especially, an epithet of king Nala, q. v.

3 A native or inhabi- tant of Niṣadha.

4 N. of a Mahā- kāvaya by Śrīharṣa, treating of the adventures of Nala, king of the Ni- shadhas.

1 A kind of reed.

2 N. of a poet and friend of Kālidāsa; sthānādasmāt sarasaniculādutpatodaṅmukhaḥ khaṃ Me. 14 (where Malli. observes:- niculo nāma maha kaviḥ kālidāsasya sahādhyāyaḥ; but this explanation is very doubt- ful).

3 An upper garment, cover cf. nicola.

4 The tree called hijjala, (Barringtonia Acutangula).

(akṣ), emasculated, deprived of vigour RV.; S3Br. (cf. mahā-n). 070314 553,1 109291

10 U. 1 To see, perceive, mark or observe carefully; na ca mahā- vane paṃthā nirūpitaḥ K. 120.

2 To investigate, examine, look out for, search.

3 To fix upon, determine, settle, resolve.

4 To choose, select, appoint.

5 To reflect, consider.

6 To act, represent dramatically, gesti- culate.

7 To perform.

ind. 1 As a prefix to verbs it implies separation (away from, outside of), certainty, completeness or fulness, enjoyment, crossing over, transgressing &c.; (for examples see under nir).

2 As a prefix to nouns, not directly derived from verbs, it forms nouns or adjectives, and has the sense of (a) ‘out of’, ‘away from’; as in nirvana, niṣkauśāṃbi; or (b) more usually, ‘not’, ‘without’, devoid of’ (having a...

5 9. 1 U. To surround, en- close; Bk. 14. 29. Caus. 1 To ward off, keep away from, avert from (with abl.); pāpānnivārayati yo- jayate hitāya Bh. 2. 72; nivārayaṃtī maha- to munivratāt Ku. 5. 3.

2 To sur- round, protect.

One charged with any duty, a functionary, an officer, a servant, employé; sidhyaṃti karmasu maha- tsvapi yanniyojyāḥ Ś. 7. 4.

1 The (Indian) fig- tree.

2 A fathom (measured by the arms extended).

3 The Śamī tree.

4 An epithet of Viṣṇu. Comp. parimaṃḍalaḥ a man being a fathom in circumference; (thus described: mahā [Page0650-c+ 54] dhanurdharāścaiva treta yāṃ cakravartinaḥ. sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpa- nnā nyagrodhaparimaṃḍalāḥ..). parimaṃḍalā an ex- cellent woman; (she is thus de- scribed: stanau sukaṭhinau yasyā ni beṃ ca vi-...

f. (mad) N. of 16 Sa1mans sAman s which belong to the Maha1-vratastotra mahā-vratastotra Br.; La1t2y. 599,1 118256

m. (mad) N. of 16 Sa1mans sAman s which belong to the Maha1-vratastotra mahā-vratastotra Br.; La1t2y. 075843 599,1 118256.1

m. (spaś) an introduction, preface, any introductory matter explanatory of the plan of a book S3is3. ii, 112 Sch. 612,3 120789 f. N. of the introduction of the Maha1-bha1shya mahā-bhāṣya of Patan5-jali patañ-jali 612,3 120790 mfn. = niḥ-sāra Kpr. Sch. 077477 612,3 120791

mf (I) n. composed by Patan5jali patañjali 617,1 121801 m. a follower of the Yoga yoga system of P Patan5jali patañjali Cat. 617,1 121802 n. the Y Yoga s system of P Patan5jali patañjali ib., (also 121810.1 līya n.) 617,1 121803 n. the Maha1-bha1shya mahā-bhāṣya of P Patan5jali patañjali ib. 078091 617,1 121804

m. (prob. a Pra1kr2it Prakrit form for saha-kāra) a species of mango tree Un2. iii, 139 Sch. 1196,3 240841 m. universal dissolution (= mahā-pralaya; prob. w.r. for saṃ-h) L. 151206 1196,3 240842

m. N. of a monkey (prob. w.r. for śarabha) Ra1matUp. 149234 1183,3 237793 m. a kind of insect infesting grain AdbhBr. 149235 1183,3 237794

a. (kī f.) 1 Connected with or relating to sleep.

2 Somni- ferous. kaṃ A night-attack, an attack on sleeping men. Comp. pa- rvan n. N. of the tenth parvan or book of the Mahābhārata which relates how Aśvatthāman, Kṛta- varman and Kṛpa-the only sur- viving Kuru warriors-attacked by night the Pāṇḍava camp and slaughtered thousands of warriors while asleep. vadhaḥ the great noc- turnal slaughter of Pāṇḍava...

f. pl. a partic. Sa1man sāman (consisting of the Maha1-na1mni1 mahā-nāmnī verses; 244940.1 -tva n.) Br. 153898 1217,3 244940 n., See simā 244940 1217,3 244940.1

mf. (Siddh.stry. 25) a lunar day (30th part of a whole lunation of rather more than 27 solar days; 15 Tithis tiTi s, during the moon's increase, constitute the light half of the month and the other 15 the dark half; the auspicious Tithis tiTi s are Nanda1... mf. the number 15 VarBr2S.; VarBr2.; Laghuj.; Su1ryas. 446,3 84911 mf. cf. janma-, dus-, mahā-. 054947 446,3 84912 m. = try-aha-sparśa W. 446,3 84913

n. (fr. vi-pula) largeness, spaciousness, breadth, thickness VarBr2S.; Ra1jat.; Ka1ran2d2. &c 1023,3 207307 n. a Su1tra sūtra of great extension Buddh. (also 207309.1 -sūtra n.; cf. mahā-vaipulya-s) 1023,3 207308 m. N. of a mountain ib. 130431 1023,3 207309 n., See vaipulya 207308, a Su1tra sūtra of great extension Buddh. 1023,3 207309.1

m. (patr. fr. viśam-pa) N. of an ancient sage (teacher of the Taittiri1ya-sam2hita1 taittirīya-saṃhitā [ q.v. ]; in epic poetry a pupil of Vya1sa vyāsa and also the narrator of the Maha1-bha1rata mahā-bhārata to Janam-ejaya janam-ejaya) Gr2S.; TA1r. &c (cf.... m. of an author Cat. 1026,1 207754 m. of a son of S3uka-na1sa śuka-nāsa (transformed into a parrot) Ka1d. 130720 1026,1 207755 m. N. of wk. 130721 1026,1...

[upyate atra vap-ran] 1 A rampart, earth-work, mud-wall; ve- lāvapravalayāṃ (urvīṃ) R. 1. 30.

2 A bank or mound of any kind (against which bulls and elephants butt); R. 13. 47; see vaprakrīḍā below.

3 The slope or declivity of a hill or rocky place; bṛhacchilāvapraghanena vakṣasā Ki. 14. 40.

4 A summit, peak, table-land on a mountain; tīvraṃ mahā- vrasamivātra caraṃti vaprāḥ Śi. 4. 58, 3. 37; Ki. 5. 36, 6. 8....

m. n. A loom; mahā- sivemnaḥ sahakṛtvarī bahuṃ N. 1. 12; turī- vema dikaṃ T. S.

1 P. 1 To sound, resound; Bg. 1. 12.

2 To roar, cry out.

3 To fill with cries. Caus. To cause to cry or utter notes; aṃbudaiḥ śikhi- gaṇo vinādyate Ghaṭ. 10.

[yat-bhāve naṅ] 1 An effort, exertion, attempt, endeavour, trial; yatne kṛte yadi na sidhyati ko'tra doṣaḥ H. Pr. 31; Bh. 2. 5.

2 Diligence, assiduity, perseverance.

3 Care, zeal, watchfulness, vigilance; mahā- nhi yatnastava devadārau R. 2. 56; pratipā- tramādhīyatāṃ yatnaḥ Ś. 1.

4 Pains, trouble, labour, difficulty; śeṣāṃga- nirmāṇavidhau vidhāturlāvaṇya utpādya ivāsa yatnaḥ Ku. 1. 35, 7. 66; R. 7. 14....