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.] mahānābha महानाभ mahā—nābha mfn. having a large navel-like cavity, [R.] mahā—nābha m. N. of a magical spell pronounced over weapons, [R.] of two Dānavas, [Hariv.]; [VP.] mahānāda महानाद mahā—nāda m. a loud sound, last cry, roaring, bellowing, [MBh.]; [MārkP.] mahā—nāda mf(A)n. last-sounding, roaring or bellowing loudly, making a loud noise, [MBh.]; [R.] mahā—nāda m. a great drum, [L.] a muscle, shell, [L.] rain-cloud, [L.] an elephant, [L.] a lion, [L.] a camel, [L.] the ear, [L.] = śayānaka (bhayānaka ?), [L.] N. of Śiva, [MBh.] of a Rākṣasa, [R.] mahā—nāda n. a musical instrument, [W.] mahānāga महानाग mahā—nāgá m. a great serpent, [ŚBr.]; [Suparṇ.] a great elephant, [Hariv.] one of the elephants that support the earth, [R.] N. of Vātsyāyana, [Gal.] mahānāḍī महानाडी mahā—nāḍī f. a great tubular vessel, [MW.] sinew, tendon, [L.] mahānāsa महानास mahā—nāsa mfn. having a great nose (Śiva), [MBh.] mahāndhra महान्ध्र mahā°ndhra (°hān°) m. pl. N. of a people, [Buddh.] mahānīca महानीच mahā—nīca m. ‘very low (in caste)’, a washerman, fuller, [L.] mahānīlā महानीला mahā—nīlā f. a species of plant, [L.] mahānīlī महानीली mahā—nīlī f. a blue variety of Clitoria Ternatea, [L.] = bṛhan-nīlī, [L.] mahānīla महानील mahā—nīla mfn. dark blue, deep black, [MBh.]; [Bhartṛ.] mahā—nīla m. a sapphire, [Kāv.]; [Var.] &c. a kind of bdellium, [Bhpr.] Verbesina Scandens, [L.] N. of a Nāga, [Hariv.]; [VP.] of a mountain, [MārkP.] mahā—nīla n. a lotion or ointment for the eyes, [Car.] mahānūpa महानूप mahā°nūpa (°hān°) mfn. having great swamps, [R.] mahānakha महानख mahā—nakha mfn. having great nails or claws (Śiva), [MBh.] mahānadī महानदी mahā—nadī f. a river, [Lāṭy.]; [MaitrUp.]; [MBh.] &c. N. of the Ganges, [MBh.]; [MārkP.] of a well-known river (which rises on the south-west of Bengal, and after an eastward course of 520 miles divides into sev. branches at the town of Cuttack, and falls by sev. mouths into the Bay of Bengal), [MW.] of various streams, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c. mahānada महानद mahā—nada m. a great river or stream, [MārkP.] N. of a river, [VP.] mahānaka महानक mahā°naka (°hān°) m. a kind of large drum, [MBh.] mahānala महानल mahā—nala m. Arundo Bengalensis, [L.] mahānana महानन mahā°nana (°hān°) mfn. having a great mouth or face, [MBh.] mahānasī महानसी mahā—°nasī f. a cook, kitchen-maid, [MBh.] mahānasa महानस mahā°nasa n. (°hān°) a heavy waggon or cart, [ŚrS.] a kitchen (also m.), [Gobh.]; [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.] &c. mahā—°nasa m. cooking utensils (?), [KātyŚr.] N. of a mountain, [BhP.] mahānaṭa महानट mahā—naṭa m. ‘great actor’, N. of Śiva, [Cat.] mahānemi महानेमि mahā—nemi m. a crow, [L.] mahānidhi महानिधि mahā—nidhi m. mahāniśā महानिशा mahā—niśā f. = prec. [BrahmaP.]; [Tithyād.]; [Hcat.] &c. N. of Durgā, [L.] mahānila महानिल mahā°nila (°hān°) m. N. of a serpent demon, [VP.] mahānāman महानामन् mahā—nāman m. N. of a relation of Gautama Buddha, [Buddh.] mahānāmnī महानाम्नी mahā́—nāmnī f. N. of a Pariśiṣṭa of the Sāma-veda, [Cat.] pl. (scil. ṛcas), N. of 9 verses of the S°-v° beginning with the words vidā maghavan, [AV.]; [VS.]; [Br.] &c. mahānagnā महानग्ना mahā—nagnā (f(A). , [ĀpŚr.]; or ī́, [AV.] &c.), a kind of harlot (= mahatī ca nagnī ca, [Sāy.] on [AitBr.]; w.r. mahā-ṇagnī and -naghnī). mahānagna महानग्न mahā—nagná m. ‘quite naked’, a paramour, [AV.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.] an athlete, [Buddh.]; [Lalit.] mahānandā महानन्दा mahā—°nandā f. ardent spirits, [L.] a species of plant (= ārāma-śītalā), [L.] the 9th day in the light half of the month Māgha, [Tithyād.] N. of a river, [MBh.] mahānanda महानन्द mahā°nanda m. (°hān° or °hā-n°) great bliss (-tva n. state of great bliss), [Up.] the great joy of deliverance from further transmigration, final emancipation, [L.] a kind of flute, [Saṃgīt.] N. of a disciple of Buddha, [Buddh.] of a king, [Pur.] of two authors, [Cat.] of a river, [L.] mahānandi महानन्दि mahā—nandi or mahā—nan°din, m. N. of a king, [Pur.] mahānetra महानेत्र mahā—netra mfn. large-eyed (Śiva), [MBh.] mahānṛtya महानृत्य mahā—nṛtya m. a great dancer (said of Śiva), [MBh.] mahānidrā महानिद्रा mahā—nidrā f. ‘the great sleep’, death, [L.] mahānidra महानिद्र mahā—nidra mfn. sleeping soundly, sleeping long, [R.] mahānimba महानिम्ब mahā—nimba m. Melia Bukayun, [Suśr.] mahānimna महानिम्न mahā—nimna n. the intestines, abdomen, [Car.] mahāntaka महान्तक mahā°ntaka (°hān°) m. ‘the great finisher’, death (N. of Śiva), [MBh.] mahānvaya महान्वय mahā°nvaya (°hān°) mf(A)n. being of noble family, [Kathās.] mahānyāsa महान्यास mahā—nyāsa m. N. of wk. mahānyāya महान्याय mahā—nyāya m. a principal rule, [ĀśvŚr.] mahānāṭaka महानाटक mahā—nāṭaka n. a brilliant spectacle, [Bālar.] N. of a kind of drama, [Sāh.] of a drama in 14 acts fabled to have been composed by the monkey-chief Hanu-mat (= hanuman-n°, q.v.), [IW. 367]; [519.] mahānāyaka महानायक mahā—nāyaka m. a great head or chief, [Inscr.]; [Vās.] a great gem in the centre of a string of pearls, [Vās.] mahāndhraka महान्ध्रक mahā°ndhraka (°hān°) m. N. of a king (v.l. mahīdhraka), [R.] mahānagara महानगर mahā—nagara n. a great city or N. of a city, [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 89.] mahānandin महानन्दिन् mahā—nandi or mahā—nan°din, m. N. of a king, [Pur.] mahānaraka महानरक mahā—naraka m. N. of a hell, [Mn.]; [Yājñ.] mahānarman महानर्मन् mahā—narman m. a Māhiṣya (q.v.) who knows medicine, [L.] mahānavamī महानवमी mahā—navamī f. the 9th day in the light half of the month Āśvina, [KālP.]; [Tithyād.] the last of the 9 days or nights dedicated to the worship of Durgā, the last days of the D°, [MW.] mahāniśītha महानिशीथ mahā—niśītha m. pl. N. of a Jaina sect, [W.] mahā—niśītha n. of a Jaina wk. mahānināda महानिनाद mahā—nināda m. N. of a Nāga, [Buddh.] mahāniraya महानिरय mahā—niraya m. N. of a hell, [Yājñ.] mahāniyama महानियम mahā—niyama m. ‘great vow’, N. of Viṣṇu, [MBh.] mahāniyuta महानियुत mahā—niyuta n. a partic. high number, [Buddh.] mahānubhāva महानुभाव mahā°nubhāva mf(A)n. (°hān°) of great might, mighty, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Pañcat.] &c. high-minded, noble-mighty, generous, [Ratnāv.]; [Kād.] mahānurāga महानुराग mahā°nurāga (°hān°) m. great love, excessive affection, [MW.] mahānāmnika महानाम्निक mahā—nāmnika mfn. relating to the Mahā-nāmnī, [MW.] relating to the M° verses, [Gobh.]; [Kull.] on [Mn. ii, 165.] mahānānātva महानानात्व mahā—nānā-tva n. N. of certain ceremonial rules, [Lāṭy.] mahāndhakāra महान्धकार mahā°ndha-kāra (°hān°) m. thick darkness, gross spiritual darkness, [MaitrUp.] mahānimitta महानिमित्त mahā—nimitta n. N. of a partic. doctrine, [W.] mahāniraṣṭa महानिरष्ट mahā́—niraṣṭa (mahā́-), m. a gelded bull, [TS.]; [Kāṭh.]; [ĀśvŚr.] mahānirvāṇa महानिर्वाण mahā—nirvāṇa n. ‘the great Nirvāṇa’, total extinction of individual existence, [Buddh.] mahānāgahana महानागहन mahā—nāga—hana m. (?) N. of Śiva, [MBh.] of a Śrāvaka, [Buddh.] mahānārāyaṇa महानारायण mahā—nārāyaṇa m. ‘the great Nārāyaṇa’, Viṣṇu, [Lalit.] mahānīlamaya महानीलमय mahā—nīla—maya mfn. consisting or made of sapphire, [Kathās.] mahānīlopala महानीलोपल mahā—nī°lopala m. ‘dark-blue stone’, a sapphire, [R.] mahānandatva महानन्दत्व mahā—°nanda—tva n., state of great bliss mahānarendra महानरेन्द्र mahā—narendra m. a great conjuror or magician, [Kād.] mahānubhāvatā महानुभावता mahā—°nubhāva—tā f. ([Kād.]; [Mṛcch.] [in Prākṛt]) magnanimity, generosity. mahānandadhīra महानन्दधीर mahā—°nanda—dhīra m. N. of an author, [Cat.] mahānubhāvatva महानुभावत्व mahā—°nubhāva—tva n. ([Kathās.]) magnanimity, generosity. mahānuśaṃsaka महानुशंसक mahā°nuśaṃsaka (°hān°) mfn. being of great comfort or advantage, [Divyāv.] mahānyāsavidhi महान्यासविधि mahā—nyā°sa-vidhi m. N. of wk. mahānāmnīvrata महानाम्नीव्रत mahā—nā°mnī-vrata n. a religious observance in which the Mahā-nāmnī verses are recited, [Saṃskārak.] mahānīlatantra महानीलतन्त्र mahā—nīla—tantra n. N. of a Tantra mahānasādhyakṣa महानसाध्यक्ष mahā—°na°sādhyakṣa m. a chief kitchen-superintendent, [BhP.] mahānavamīpūjā महानवमीपूजा mahā—navamī—pūjā f. N. of wk. mahānidhikumāra महानिधिकुमार mahā—ni°dhi-kumāra m. N. of two poets. mahānimbarajas महानिम्बरजस् mahā—nimba—rajas n. a partic. high number, [Buddh.] mahānayaprakāśa महानयप्रकाश mahā—naya-prakāśa m. N. of wk. mahānīlābhrajālīya महानीलाभ्रजालीय mahā—nī°lābhra-jālīya Nom. P. °yati, to resemble a dense mass of black clouds, [Vās., Introd.] mahānirṇayatantra महानिर्णयतन्त्र mahā—nirṇaya-tantra n. N. of wk. mahānirvāṇatantra महानिर्वाणतन्त्र mahā—nirvāṇa—tantra n. N. of a Tantra, [IW. 525.] mahānārāyaṇopaniṣad महानारायणोपनिषद् mahā—nārāya°ṇopaniṣad f. N. of an Upaniṣad. mahānadīsāgarasaṃgama महानदीसागरसंगम mahā—na°dī-sāgara-saṃgama m. ‘confluence of the Mahā-nadī and the ocean’, N. of a place, [Cat.]