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. 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.] 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). mahībhāra महीभार mahī—bhāra m. a burden for the earth, [Pañcar.] mahīdhara महीधर mahī—dhara mfn. ‘earth bearing’, supporting the earth, [Hariv.] mahī—dhara m. a mountain, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. N. of Viṣṇu, [VP.] of a Deva-putra, [Lalit.] of various men and authors (esp. of a Sch. on [VS.]) mahīcara महीचर mahī—cara or mahī—cārin, mfn. moving on the earth, [MBh.] mahīdāsa महीदास mahī—dāsa m. N. of various authors (also -bhaṭṭa; cf. mahi-d°), [Cat.] mahījīvā महीजीवा mahī—jīvā f. the horizon, [Gol.] mahīkṣit महीक्षित् mahī—kṣit m. ‘earth-ruler’, a king, prince, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. mahīlatā महीलता mahī—latā f. an earthworm, dew-worm, [L.] mahīlukā महीलुका mahī́lukā f. a cow, [AV.] mahīmayī महीमयी mahī—mayī f. (with nau) the earth compared to a ship, [BhP.] mahīmaya महीमय mahī—maya mf(I)n. consisting of earth, earthen, [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] &c. mahīmṛga महीमृग mahī—mṛga m. the earthly antelope (opp. to tārā-mṛg, 2), [R. iii, 49, 45.] mahīnātha महीनाथ mahī́—nātha m. ‘earth-lord’, = prec. [Pañcat.] mahīndra महीन्द्र mahī°ndra (°hīndra), m. id. (lit. ‘earth-Indra’) mahīpāla महीपाल mahī—pāla m. ‘earth-protector’, a king, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. N. of various princes (also -deva), [Kathās.]; [Śatr.] mahīpati महीपति mahī—pati m. ‘earth-lord’, a king, sovereign (-tva n.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. a kind of big lime, [L.] mahīraṇa महीरण mahī—raṇa m. N. of a son of Dharma (one of the Viśve Devāḥ), [Hariv.] mahīrata महीरत mahī—rata m. N. of a king, [Cat.] (v.l. bahīnara). mahīruha महीरुह mahī—ruha m. id., [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. Tectona Grandis, [L.] (prob. w.r. for -saha). mahīsūnu महीसूनु mahī—sūnu m. = -suta, [L.] mahīsaha महीसह mahī—saha m. Tectona Grandis, [L.] (cf. -ruha). mahīsura महीसुर mahī—sura m. ‘earth-god’, a Brāhman, [Daś.] mahīsutā महीसुता mahī—sutā f. N. of Sītā, [A.] mahīsuta महीसुत mahī—suta m. ‘son of the earth’, the planet Mars, [VarBṛS.] mahītala महीतल mahī—tala n. the surface of the earth, ground, soil, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. mahītaṭa महीतट mahī—taṭa n. N. of a place, [VarBṛS.] mahībhartṛ महीभर्तृ mahī—bhartṛ m. ‘earth-supporter’, a king, [Kāv.]; [Rājat.] mahībhaṭṭa महीभट्ट mahī—bhaṭṭa m. N. of a grammarian, [Col.] mahīdhraka महीध्रक mahī—dhraka m. (cf. prec.) N. of a king, [R.] (v.l. mahāndhraka). mahīśvara महीश्वर mahī°śvara (°hīlv°), m. ‘earth-lord’, a king, [Cat.] mahīcārin महीचारिन् mahī—cara or mahī—cārin, mfn. moving on the earth, [MBh.] mahīdurga महीदुर्ग mahī—durga mfn. inaccessible through (the nature of) the soil mahī—durga n. a fort inaccessible &c., [Mn. vii, 70] (others ‘a fort built of earth’). mahīkampa महीकम्प mahī—kampa m. ‘earth-tremor’, an earthquake, [VarBṛS.] mahīpṛṣṭha महीपृष्ठ mahī—pṛṣṭha n. the surface of the earth, [Bhartṛ.] mahīputrī महीपुत्री mahī—putrī f. N. of Sītā, [A.] mahīputra महीपुत्र mahī—putra m. a son of the earth, [Hariv.] the planet Mars, [Yājñ.] mahīrajas महीरजस् mahī—rajas n. ‘e-dust’, a grain of sand, [MārkP.] mahīyatva महीयत्व (?) g. vimuktādi (cf. māhīyatva). mahīśāsaka महीशासक mahī—śāsaka m. pl. N. of a school, [Buddh.] mahīcandra महीचन्द्र mahī—candra m. ‘earth-moon’, N. of a king, [Col.] mahīpatana महीपतन mahī—patana n. prostration on the ground, humble obeisance, [R.] mahīrandhra महीरन्ध्र mahī—randhra n. a hole in the earth, [MārkP.] mahīsvāmin महीस्वामिन् mahī—svāmin m. ‘earth-lord’, a king, [Pañcad.] mahīmaghavan महीमघवन् mahī—maghavan m. ‘earth-Indra’, a king, [Naiṣ.]; [Rājat.] mahīmaṇḍala महीमण्डल mahī—maṇḍala n. the circumference of the earth, the whole earth, [Kād.]; [Sūryas.] mahīpatitva महीपतित्व mahī—pati—tva n. mahīprācīra महीप्राचीर mahī—prācīra m. n. ‘earth-fence’, the sea, [L.] mahīprāvara महीप्रावर mahī—prāvara n. ‘earth. enclosure’, the sea, [L.] mahīpradāna महीप्रदान mahī—pradāna n. a gift of land, [Pañcat.] mahīpraroha महीप्ररोह mahī—praroha m. ‘earth-growing’, a tree, [MBh.] mahīsaṃgama महीसंगम mahī—saṃgama m. N. of a place, [ib.] mahīvallabha महीवल्लभ mahī—vallabha m. ‘earth-lover’, a king, [Daś.] mahīmahendra महीमहेन्द्र mahī—mahendra m. ‘great Indra of the earth’, a king, [Rājat.] mahīndrendra महीन्द्रेन्द्र mahī—°n°drendra m. an Indra among kings, [MBh.] mahīprakampa महीप्रकम्प mahī—prakampa m. = -kampa, [VarBṛS.] mahīdharadatta महीधरदत्त mahī—dhara—datta m. N. of a man, [Vās., Introd.] mahīmahikāṃśu महीमहिकांशु mahī—mahikāṃśu m. ‘earth-moon’, an illustrious king, [Naiṣ.] mahīpālaputra महीपालपुत्र mahī—pāla—putra m. a king's son, prince, [MārkP.] mahīpraśāsana महीप्रशासन mahī—praśāsana n. dominion over the earth, [ib.] mahītalavisarpin महीतलविसर्पिन् mahī—tala—visarpin m. ‘earth-walker’, an inhabitant of the earth, [Hariv.]