māhātmyaṃ

Dictionary meanings for māhātmyaṃ from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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māhātmyaṃ

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

[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.

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