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mahatमहत्mahát mfn. (orig. pr. p. of √ 1. mah; strong form, mahānt f. mahatī́; in ep. often for mahāntam; ibc. mostly mahā, q.v.) great (in space, time, quantity or degree) i.e. large, big, huge, ample, extensive, long, abundant, numerous, considerable, important, high, eminent, [RV.] &c. &c. (also ind. in mahad-√ bhū, to become great or full [said of the moon] [Śiś.])
abounding on rich in (instr.), [ChUp.]
(ifc.) distinguished by, [Śak.]
early (morning), [ib.]
advanced (afternoon), [MBh.]
violent (pain or emotion), [ib.]
thick (as darkness), gross, [ib.]
loud (as noise), [Lāṭy.]
many (people, with jana sg.), [MBh.] (with uktha n. a partic. Uktha of 720 verses; with aukthya n. N. of a Sāman, [MBh.]; mahānti bhūtāni, the gross elements, [Mn.]; [MBh.]; cf. mahābhūta)
mahát m. a great or noble man (opp. to nīca, alpa or dīna), [Kāv.]; [Kām.]; [Pañcat.]
the leader of a sect or superior of a monastery, [RTL. 87 n. 1]
a camel, [L.]
N. of Rudra or of a partic. R°, [BhP.]
of a Dānava, [Hariv.]
(scil. gaṇa), a partic. class of deceased progenitors, [MārkP.]
of two princes, [VP.]
mahát m. (rarely n. scil. tattva), ‘the great principle’, N. of Buddhi, ‘Intellect’, or 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, ‘self-consciousness’, and Manas, ‘the mind’; cf. [IW. 83, 91] &c.), [MaitrUp.]; [Mn.]; [Sāṃkhyak.]; [MBh.] &c.
mahát n. anything great or important, [ChUp.]
greatness, power, might, [ŚBr.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]
dominion, [L.]
a great thing, important matter, the greater part, [ĀśvGṛ.]
advanced state or time (mahatí rātriyai or rātryai, in the middle of the night, [TS.]; [Br.])
sacred knowledge, [MBh.]
mahát , mahán &c. See p. 794, cols. 2, 3.
mahatāमहताmaha—tā f. greatness, mightiness, [ChUp.]
mahatīमहतीmahátī (atī), f. the egg-plant, [Bhpr.]
the (7 or 100-stringed) lute of Nārada, [Śiś.]
(with dvādaśī), the 12th day in the light half of the month Bhādrapada, [Pur.]; [Suśr.]
mahattāमहत्ताmahat—tā f. greatness, high rank or position, [Kathās.]
mahattvaमहत्त्वmahat—tva n. id., [Kāv.]; [Var.]
great size or extent, magnitude, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
violence, intensity, [Suśr.]
moral greatness, [Kathās.]
mahatkathaमहत्कथmahat—katha mfn. talked about by the great, mentioned by them, [BhP.]
mahatkulaमहत्कुलmahat—kula n. a distinguished or noble family, [Pañcad.]
mahatpatiमहत्पतिmahat—pati m. ‘great lord’, N. of Viṣṇu, [Viṣṇ.]
mahatsenaमहत्सेनmahat—sena m. N. of a prince, [VP.]
mahatsevāमहत्सेवाmahat—sevā f. service of the great, homage (rendered) to great men, [MW.]
mahattamaमहत्तमmahat—tama mfn. greatest or very great
mahattarāमहत्तराmahat-tarā f. (in dram.) a woman superintending the gynaeceum, [Bhar.]
mahattarīमहत्तरीmahat—tarī f. N. of a form of the goddess Tārā, [Buddh.]
mahattaraमहत्तरmahat—tara mfn. greater or very great or mighty or strong, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Kathās.]
mahat—tara m. the oldest, most respectable, chief, principal, [R.] (f(A). , [Mṛcch.])
mahat—tara m. the head or oldest man of a village, [L.]
a Śūdra (?), [W.]
a courtier, chamberlain, [Kathās.]
N. of a son of Kaśyapa (or of Kāśyapa), [MBh.]
mahatkāṇḍaमहत्काण्डmahat—kāṇḍá m. or n. (?) N. of a section of the Atharva-veda-saṃhitā, [AV.]
mahatsthānaमहत्स्थानmahat—sthāna n. a high place, lofty position (v.l. mahā-sth°), [ib.]
mahatkṣetraमहत्क्षेत्रmahat—kṣetra mfn. occupying a wide district or territory, [L.]
mahattarakaमहत्तरकmahat—ta°raka m. a courtier, chamberlain, [Kathās.]
mahattarikāमहत्तरिकाmahat—tarikā f. a lady of the bedchamber, [Kād.]
mahattattvaमहत्तत्त्वmahat—tattva n. ‘the great principle’, Intellect (see above), [BhP.]
mahattamapadaमहत्तमपदmahat—tama—pada mfn. holding a great or high position (said of a saint), [Divyāv.]
mahattvarahitaमहत्त्वरहितmahat—tva—rahita mfn. deprived of majesty or greatness, [MW.]