Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 Earth; as in mahīpāla, mahī- bhṛt &c.; mahī ramyā śayyā Bh. 3. 79.
2 Ground, soil.
3 Landed proper- ty or estate, land.
4 A country, kingdom.
5 N. of a river falling into the gulf of Cambay.
6 (In geom.) The base of any plane figure.
7 A large army (Ved.). Comp. inaḥ, īśvaraḥ a king; na na mahīnanahīnaparākramaṃ R. 9. 5. kaṃpaḥ an earthquake. kṣitu m. a king, sove- reign; R. 1. 11, 85; 19....