mah मह् (orig. magh; cf. also √ maṃh) cl. 1. 10. P. ([Dhātup. xvii, 81]; [xxxv, 15]) mahati, maháyati (Ved. and ep. also Ā. mahate, °háyate; p. mahát, q.v.; pf. mamāha Gr.; māmahé; Subj. māmahanta, māmahas, [RV.]; aor. amahīt Gr.; fut. mahitā, mahiṣyati, [ib.]; ind.p. mahitvā, [MBh.]; inf. mahe, and maháye, q.v.) to elate, gladden, exalt, arouse, excite, [RV.]; [Br.]; [Kauś.]; [ChUp.]; [MBh.]; to magnify, esteem highly, honour, revere, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; (Ā.) to rejoice, delight in (instr. or acc.), [RV. iii, 52, 6]; [vi, 15, 2]; to give, bestow, [ib.] [i, 94, 6]; [117, 17]; [v, 27, 1] &c. [cf. Gk. μέγ-ας; Lat. magnus, mactus; Old Germ. michel; Eng. mickle, much.] máh mf(I/ or = m.)n. great, strong, powerful mighty, abundant, [RV.]; [VS.] (with pitṛ or mātṛ) old, aged, [RV. i, 71, 5]; [v, 41, 15] &c. mahā महा (ā), f. a cow, [L.] Ichnocarpus Frutescens, [L.] mahā́ in comp. for mahat (in [RV. ii, 22, 1] and [iii, 23]; [49, 1] used for mahat as an independent word in acc. sg. mahā́m = mahāntam). mahā-kaṅkara &c. See p. 794, col. 3. mahī मही mahī́ (ī́), f. See mahī́, p. 803, col. 2. mahī́ f. (cf. 2. máh), ‘the great world’, the earth (cf. urvī, pṛthivī), [RV.] &c. &c. (in later language also = ground, soil, land, country) earth (as a substance), [Mn. vii, 70] the base of a triangle or other plane figure, [Col.] space, [RV. iii, 56, 2]; [v, 44, 6] &c. a host, army, [ib.] [iii, 1, 12]; [vii, 93, 5] &c. a cow, [RV.]; [VS.] ([Naigh. ii, 11]) du. heaven and earth, [RV. i, 80, 11]; [159, 1] &c. ([Naigh. iii, 30]) pl. waters, streams, [RV. ii, 11, 2]; [v, 45, 3] &c. Hingtsha Repens, [L.] a kind of metre, [Col.] N. of a divine being (associated with Iḍā and Sarasvatī, [RV. i, 13, 9]; [Sāy.]; cf. [Naigh. i, 11]) of a river, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] of the number ‘one’, [Gaṇit.] in comp. for maha. mahī-kampa &c. See p. 803, col. 2. maha मह mahá mfn. great, mighty, strong, abundant, [RV.] mahá m. (cf. makha, magha) a feast, festival, [MBh.] the festival of spring, [Śiś.]; [Hariv.]; [Var.] a partic. Ekāha, [ŚāṅkhŚr.] a sacrifice, [L.] a buffalo, [L.] light, lustre, brilliance, [L.] mahá n. pl. great deeds, [RV.] in comp. for mahā before ṛ and before r for ṛ. mahi महि máhi mfn. (only nom. acc. sg. n.) = mahát, great, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.] máhi ind. greatly, very, exceedingly, much, [ib.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.] máhi m. n. greatness, [BhP.] máhi m. = mahat, intellect, [ib.] máhi f. = 1. mahī́, the earth, [L.] (in comp. not always separable from 1. mahín, q.v.) in comp. for mahī. in comp. for 2. mahin. mahi-keru &c. See p. 802, col. 3. mahac महच् in comp. for mahat. mahad महद् in comp. for mahat. mahan महन् mahán n. greatness, might, power, abundance (only instr. sg. mahnā́ and once pl. mahábhiḥ, which also = greatly, mightily, right heartily), [RV.] mahar महर् 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, [Pur.]; [Vedāntas.]; cf. [IW. 55 n. 2]). &c. See p. 794, col. 3. mahas महस् máhas n. greatness, might, power, glory (instr. pl. greatly, mightily &c.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [Up.] joy, gladness, pleasure, [VS.]; [AV.]; [TBr.] (°ás ind. gladly, briskly, swiftly, [RV.]) a festival or a festive hymn, [Pañcar.] a sacrifice, oblation, [L.] light, splendour, majesty, [Inscr.]; [Kāv.]; [Kathās.]; [BhP.] the fourth of the seven worlds (written mahar; see above and cf. vyāhṛti) = udaka, water, [Naigh. i, 12] N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.] mahás ind., gladly, briskly, swiftly, [RV.] , mahasa &c. See p. 794, col. 3. mahat महत् mahát 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. mahin महिन् mahín mfn. = mahát, great, mighty, [RV.] (-tama mfn., [RV. x, 115, 6]) mfn. keeping a feast, festive, [Nalod.] (cf. 3. mahi, above). mahna मह्न in puru-m° See puru-madga. mahyā मह्या f. See under mahnyā, p. 804, col. 1. mahya मह्य mfn. (prob.) highly honoured, [MBh.] (= mahat, [Nīlak.]) m. pl. N. of a people, [VP.] mahādhī महाधी mahā—dhī mfn. having a great understanding, [Śiś.]; [Śrutab.] mahāśa महाश mahā°śa (°hāśa), m. N. of a son of Kṛṣṇa, [BhP.] mahāga महाग mahā—ga mfn. (?) great, prosperous, [W.] mahāhi महाहि mahā°hí m. a great serpent, [ŚBr.]; [Kathās.] mahāja महाज mahā°já m. a large he-goat, [ŚBr.]; [Yājñ.] mahā—ja mfn. high-born, noble, [W.] mahāsi महासि mahā°si (°hāsi), m. a large scimitar or sword, [W.] mahailā महैला f. great cardamoms, [L.] mahījā महीजा mahī—jā f. N. of Sītā, [A.] mahīja महीज mahī—ja mfn. ‘earth-born’, (prob.) born in the desert (said of horses), [MBh.] mahī—ja m. a plant, tree, [ib.] ‘son of the Earth’, N. of the planet Mars, [VarBṛS.] mahī—ja n. green ginger, [L.] mahīkṛ महीकृ mahī—√ kṛ P. -karoti, to make great, magnify, exalt, [Śaṃk.] mahīlā महीला f. a woman, [L.] mahīna महीन mahī°na m. ‘earth-ruler’, a king, prince, [Ragh.] mahīpa महीप mahī—pa m. ‘earth-protector’, a king, [MBh.] N. of a lexicographer, [Cat.] mahīyā महीया mahīyā́ f. joyousness, happiness, exultation (dat. °yaí), [RV.]; [TS.] N. of a partic. verse, [ĀpŚr.], Sch. mahīya महीय Nom. Ā. °yáte, to be joyous or happy, [RV.] &c. &c.; to prosper, [TUp.]; to be exalted, rise high, [R.]; to be highly esteemed or honoured, [Kāv.] (also pr. p. Pass. mahīyyamāna, [Bhaṭṭ.]) mahīyu महीयु mahīyú mfn. joyous, happy, [RV.] mahaugha महौघ mf(A)n. having a strong current, [Kathās.] m. N. of a son of Tvaṣṭṛ, [ib.] mahajas &c. See p. 802, col. 3. mahada महद maha—da mfn. giving greatness (?), [Daś.] (in mahadāyudhāni, ‘weapons giving greatness’). mahaka महक m. (only [L.]) an eminent man a tortoise N. of Viṣṇu N. of a man (cf. māhaki). mahasa महस n. knowledge, [L.] kind, sort, manner, [L.] mahatā महता maha—tā f. greatness, mightiness, [ChUp.] mahatī महती mahátī (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.] mahaye महये maháye Ved. inf. for joy, for enjoyment, [RV.] maheśa महेश m. ‘great lord or god’, N. of Śiva, [Cāṇ.] of a Buddhist deity, [W.] of various authors and other men (also with kavi, ṭhakkura, bhaṭṭi and miśra), [Cat.] °svara &c. See p. 802 col. 2 mahelā महेला f. a woman, [Nalac.]; [Nalod.] maheṣu महेषु m. a great arrow, [MārkP.] mfn. armed with a great arrow, [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 107], Sch. mahikā महिका f. mist, frost (for mihikā, q.v.), [L.] mahilā महिला f. (accord. to [Uṇ. i, 55] fr. √ 1. mah) a woman, female, [Hit.]; [Sāh.] (cf. mahelā) a woman literally or figuratively intoxicated, [L.] a partic. fragrant drug, [L.] (= priyaṅgu, [Bhpr.]) N. of a river, [Siṃhās.] mahimā महिमा f. = mahimán, greatness &c., [R.] mahima महिम in comp. for mahiman. mahinā महिना mahinā́ ind., mightily, forcibly, [RV.] mahina महिन mahína mf(A)n. = 1. mahín, great, mighty, [RV.] mahína n. sovereignty, dominion, [L.] mahipa महिप mahi—pa m. N. of a man, [Cat.] (cf. next). mahira महिर m. the sun (for mihira), [L.] mahitā महिता mahi—tā f. (for 2. See p. 803, col. 1) greatness, [BhP.] mahi—tā f. (for 1. See p. 802, col. 3) festivity, [Nalod.] f. N. of a river, [MBh.] ([VP.] ahitā) mahita महित mfn. honoured, celebrated &c., [Inscr.]; [Kāv.] proper, right, [W.] m. (scil. gaṇa) a class of deceased ancestors, [MārkP.] N. of a Deva-putra, [Lalit.] of Kailāsa, [L.] of a man g. gargādi n. the trident of Śiva, [L.] mahin &c. See col. 1. mahiṣī महिषी (ī), f. See below. máhiṣī f. a female buffalo, buffalo-cow, [Br.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. any woman of high rank, (esp.) the first or consecrated wife of a king (also pl.) or any queen, [RV.] &c. &c. the female of a bird, [BhP.] (with samudrasya), N. of the Gaṅgā, [Hariv.] an unchaste woman or money gained by a wife's prostitution, [L.] a species of plant, [L.] N. of the 15th day of the light half of the month Taiṣa, [L.] mahiṣa महिष mahiṣá mf(ma/hizI)n. great, powerful, [Naigh. iii, 3] mahiṣá m. (with supará) the sun, [AV.] (with or scil. mṛgá, once with mṛgā́ṇām) a buffalo, [RV.] &c. &c. (considered as the emblem of Yama and of a Jaina saint) a great priest, [Mahīdh.] the son of a Kṣatriya and a Tīvarī, [L.] N. of an Asura (slain by Durgā or Skanda), [MBh.]; [Pur.] of a Sādhya, [Hariv.] of a sage (author of a Comm. on the [Prāt.] of the Yajur-veda), [Cat.] of a mountain in Śālmaladvīpa, [VP.] mahiṣá m. pl. N. of a people, [Hariv.] &c. See p. 803, col. 1. mahiṣi महिषि m. pl. N. of a people, [VP.] mahman मह्मन् mahmán m. greatness, [AV.] mahmán , mahya. See p. 803, col. 3. mahnyā मह्न्या f. a partic. exclamation (v.l. mahyā), [Gobh.] pl. N. of the Mahā-nāmnī verses, [TāṇḍBr.] (v.l. mahṇyā). mahoṭī महोटी mahoṭikā or f. the eggplant, [Bhpr.] mahābhra महाभ्र mahā°bhra (°hābh°) n. a great or dense cloud, [ŚāṅkhGṛ.] mahādhur महाधुर् mahā—dhur m. = mahān dhūḥ sadṛśaḥ pravāhaḥ, [MBh.] ([Nīlak.]) mahāṅga महाङ्ग mahā°ṅga mfn. (°hāṅga) having a great body or limbs (said of Śiva), [MBh.] mahā—°ṅga m. (only [L.]) a camel a kind of rat Asteracantha Longifolia Plumbago Zeylanica. mahāḍhya महाढ्य mahā°ḍhya mfn. (°hāḍh°) very rich, [Kathās.] mahā—°ḍhya m. Nauclea Cadamba, [L.] mahāśrī महाश्री mahā—śrī f. N. of Lakṣmī, [W.] of a Buddhist goddess, [L.] mahāśva महाश्व mahā°śva (°hāś°), m. N. of a man, [MBh.] mahāñji महाञ्जि mahā́°ñji (°hā́ñji) mfn. having broad spots, [VS.] mahābja महाब्ज mahā°bja (°hāb°) m. N. of a serpent demon, [Kālac.] mahācit महाचित् mahā—cit f. great intelligence (-tva n.), [Up.] mahādiś महादिश् mahā—diś f. a chief quarter of the world (east, south, west, north), [ĀpŚr.] Comm. mahāgni महाग्नि mahā°gni m. N. of wk. (°hāg°) mahāhna महाह्न mahā°hna (°hāh°), m. ‘advanced time of day’, the afternoon, [ŚāṅkhBr.] (cf. -niśā, -rātra). mahākṣa महाक्ष mahā°kṣa mfn. (°hākṣa) having great eyes (N. of Śiva), [MBh.] mahāmla महाम्ल mahā°mla mfn. (°hām°) very acid or sour, [W.] mahā—°mla n. the fruit of the Indian tamarind, [L.] acid seasoning, [W.] mahāniś महानिश् mahā—niś f. the dead of night, midnight, [Mn.] mahānta महान्त mahā́nta mfn. great, [Suparṇ.] mahā́nta m. N. of a prince, [VP.] mfn. (for mahar-anta) ending with mahar, [MBh.] mahārdha महार्ध mahā°rdha (°hār°) m. a species of plant, [L.] mahārgha महार्घ mahā°rgha mfn. (°hār°) high-priced, very precious or valuable, [MBh.]; [Kathās.] (also °ghya, Bharat.) costly, expensive, [Bālar.] mahā—°rgha m. Perdix Chinensis, [L.] mahārtha महार्थ mahā°rtha m. (°hār°) a great thing, a gr matter, [DevīP.] weighty or important meaning, [MW.] mahā—°rtha mf(A)n. having large substance, rich, [VarBṛS.] great, dignified, [W.] having great meaning, significant, important, weighty, [MBh.]; [R.] mahā—°rtha m. N. of a Dānava, [Kathās.] mahā—°rtha n. = mahā-bhāṣya (q.v.), [Cat.] mahārha महार्ह (°hār°), mfn. very worthy or deserving, very valuable or precious, splendid, [MBh.]; [R.] &c. mahā—rha n. white sandal-wood, [L.] mahārma महार्म mahā°rma (°hār°), [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 90.] mahāruj महारुज् mahā—ruj ([ŚārṅgS.]) or mahā—ruja ([Suśr.]), mfn. causing great pain, very painful. mahārya महार्य mahā°rya (°hār°), m. N. of a teacher, [Cat.] mahāsya महास्य mahā́°sya (°hā́s°), mfn. large-mouthed, [AV.] mahībhṛt महीभृत् mahī—bhṛt m. = -bhartṛ, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. a mountain, [ib.] mahībhuj महीभुज् mahī—bhuj m. ‘earth-enjoyer’, a king, [Kāv.]; [Kathās.] mahīdhra महीध्र mahī—dhra m. (for -dhara) a mountain, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. N. of the number ‘seven’, [Sūryas.] (cf. parvata) N. of Viṣṇu, [BhP.] mahīruh महीरुह् mahī—ruh m. (nom. -ruṭ) ‘earth-grower’, a plant, tree, [Kir.] mahīyas महीयस् mfn. greater, mightier, stronger (or, ‘very great, very mighty &c.’), [Up.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (with hāsa m. very loud laughter; with kula n. a very noble family). mahaujas महौजस् n. great might or power, [W.] mfn. very vigorous or powerful or mighty, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. m. a hero, champion, [W.] N. of a king, [MBh.] of Su-brahmaṇya, [L.] pl. of a people, [MBh.] mahadbhū महद्भू mahad—bhū mfn. become great or full, [Ml.] (mahad used adverbially). mahaṛṣi महऋषि maha—ṛṣí m. = -rṣi, [AV.] mahakka महक्क m. a wide-spreading fragrance, [L.] mahalla महल्ल m. (fr. Arabic محل mahall) a eunuch in a king's palace or in a harem, [L.] mahanta महन्त m. the superior of a monastery, [Inscr.] maharṣi महर्षि maha—rṣi m. a great Ṛṣi, any great sage or saint (accord. to [Mn. i, 34] ten Maharṣis were created by Manu Svāyambhuva, viz. Marīci, Atri, Aṅgiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Pracetas, Vasiṣṭha, Bhṛgu, Nārada, also called the 10 Prajāpatis, q.v.; some restrict the number to 7, and some add Dakṣa, Dharma, Gautama, Kaṇva, Vālmīki, Vyāsa, Manu, Vibhāṇḍaka &c.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. ([IW. 206 n. 1]) N. of Śiva, [Śivag.] of Buddha, [L.] of a poet, [Cat.] mahattā महत्ता mahat—tā f. greatness, high rank or position, [Kathās.] mahayya महय्य mfn. to be gladdened or delighted, [ChUp.] mahebhya महेभ्य m. a very rich man, [Campak.] maheccha महेच्छ mfn. having high aims, magnanimous, ambitious, [Ragh.]; [Pañcat.] &c. See p. 802, col. 1. mahettha महेत्थ N. of a country, [MBh.] mahevṛdh महेवृध् mahe-vṛdh See under 1. mahi, p. 802, col. 3. mahiman महिमन् mahimán m. greatness, might, power, majesty, glory, [RV.] &c. &c. (°himnā́ ind. or °hinā́ ind. mightily, forcibly, [RV.]) the magical power of increasing size at will, [Vet.]; [Pañcar.] (cf. [MWB. 245]) magnitude (as one of Śiva's attributes; °mnaḥ stava m. stuti f. stotra n. N. of hymns; cf. mahimastava) N. of a man, [Rājat.] a N. of Mammaṭa q.v., [Cat.] du. N. of two Grahas at the Aśva-medha sacrifice, [ŚBr.]; [ŚrS.] &c. See col. 1.