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mahiमहिmáhi 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.
mahinमहिन्mahín mfn. = mahát, great, mighty, [RV.] (-tama mfn., [RV. x, 115, 6])
mfn. keeping a feast, festive, [Nalod.] (cf. 3. mahi, above).
mahikāमहिकाf. mist, frost (for mihikā, q.v.), [L.]
mahilāमहिलाf. (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.]
mahimāमहिमाf. = mahimán, greatness &c., [R.]
mahimaमहिमin comp. for mahiman.
mahināमहिनाmahinā́ ind., mightily, forcibly, [RV.]
mahinaमहिनmahína mf(A)n. = 1. mahín, great, mighty, [RV.]
mahína n. sovereignty, dominion, [L.]
mahipaमहिपmahi—pa m. N. of a man, [Cat.] (cf. next).
mahiraमहिरm. the sun (for mihira), [L.]
mahitāमहिताmahi—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)
mahitaमहितmfn. 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.
mahiṣīमहिषी(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.]
mahiṣaमहिषmahiṣá 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.
mahiṣiमहिषिm. pl. N. of a people, [VP.]
mahimanमहिमन्mahimán 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.
mahimatमहिमत्mahi—mat mfn. much, abundant, [MBh.]
mahi—mat m. marriage-fire, [L.]
mahimnāमहिम्नाmahimnā́ ind., mightily, forcibly, [RV.]
mahimnaमहिम्नm. N. of a poet, [Cat.]
mahitvaमहित्वmahi—tvá n. greatness, might, [RV.]; [VS.] &c.
mahivṛdhमहिवृध्mahi—vṛ́dh mfn. greatly rejoicing, [RV. vii, 31, 10] ([Sāy.] ‘giving great wealth’, [SV.] mahe-vṛdh).
mahiṣṭhaमहिष्ठmfn. greatest, largest, [BhP.]
mahidāsaमहिदासmahi—dāsa m. N. of a son of Itarā, [AitĀr.]; [ChUp.]
mahikeruमहिकेरुmáhi—keru (máhi-), mfn. raising highly, [RV. i, 45, 4] (fr. √ 2. kṛ, [Sāy.] = prauḍha-karman, fr. √ 1. kṛ).
mahimaghaमहिमघmáhi—magha (máhi-), mfn. rich in oblations or treasures, [RV. i, 122, 8.]
mahimatiमहिमतिmahi—mati mfn. (only in voc. mahe-mate) high-minded (said of Indra), [RV.]
mahinadīमहिनदीmahi—nadī f. (only in voc. mahe-nadi) a great river, [ib.]
mahinasaमहिनसmahi—nasa m. a form of Śiva or Rudra, [BhP.]
mahipatiमहिपतिmahi—pati m. N. of an author, [Cat.]
mahiṣīpaमहिषीपmahiṣī—pa m. N. of a man (orig. = next), [Vcar.]
mahiṣagaमहिषगmahiṣa—ga mfn. riding upon a buffalo (as Yama), [VarBṛS.]
mahiṣakaमहिषकm. pl. N. of a people, [MBh. (B.)]; [VarBṛS.] (v.l. māhiṣa).
mahiṣitaमहिषितmfn. changed into a buffalo, [Kāv.]
mahiṣmatमहिष्मत्mfn. (fr. mahiṣa) rich in buffaloes, [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 87], Vārtt.
m. N. of a king, [Hariv.]; [Pur.]
mahidattaमहिदत्तmahi—datta m. N. of a man, [Vās., Introd.]
mahikāṃśuमहिकांशुm. the moon, [Naiṣ.]
mahilākhyāमहिलाख्याf. = priyaṅgu (cf. above), [L.]
mahimāvatमहिमावत्mahimā—vat m. (scil. gaṇa) a class of deceased ancestors, [MārkP.]
mahimnāraमहिम्नारm. N. of a prince, [Hariv.]
mahindhakaमहिन्धकm. a rat, [L.]
an ichneumon, [L.]
the cord of a pole for carrying loads, [L.]
mahintamaमहिन्तमmahin—tama mfn., [RV. x, 115, 6]
mahiratnaमहिरत्नmahi—ratna mfn. possessing great treasures, [RV.]
mahitvanāमहित्वनाmahi—tvanā́ ind., by greatness
mahitvanaमहित्वनmahi—tvaná n. id. (°nā́ ind. by greatness), [RV.]
mahivrataमहिव्रतmáhi—vrata (máhi-), mfn. having great power, ruling mightily, [RV.]; [AV.]
mahiṣākṣaमहिषाक्षor mahiṣāk°ṣaka, m. a kind of bdellium, [L.]
mahiṣaghnīमहिषघ्नीmahiṣa—ghnī f. ‘slayer of the demon Mahiṣa’, N. of Durgā, [Hcat.]
mahiṣatvaमहिषत्वmahiṣa—tva n. the state or condition of a buffalo, [Kathās.]
mahiṣmatīमहिष्मतीf. N. of a partic. lunar day (personified as a daughter of Aṅgiras), [MBh.]
mahiṣvaniमहिष्वनिmahi—ṣváni (for -sv°) mfn. very noisy, [RV.]
mahikṣatraमहिक्षत्रmáhi—kṣatra (máhi-), mfn. possessing great power, [RV.]
mahilāpādaमहिलापादmahilā—pāda mfn. g. hasīy-ādi, [Kāś.]
mahimodayaमहिमोदयm. N. of wk.
mahirakulaमहिरकुलmahira—kula m. N. of a prince, [Buddh.] (cf. mihira-k°).
mahitāmbhasमहिताम्भस्mfn. whose waters are celebrated, [Kir.]
mahiṣānanāमहिषाननाf. ‘buffalo-faced’, N. of one of the Mātṛs attending on Skanda, [MBh.]
mahiṣāsuraमहिषासुरm. the Asura or demon Mahiṣa (from whom the country of Mysore is said to take its name), [RTL. 431]
mahiṣībhāvaमहिषीभावmahiṣī—bhāva m. the state or condition of a buffalo-cow, [Kathās.]
mahiṣīdānaमहिषीदानmahiṣī—dāna n. N. of wk.
mahiṣīpālaमहिषीपालmahiṣī—pāla m. a keeper of buffalo-cows, [L.]
mahiṣacaraमहिषचरmahiṣa—cara mfn. = -ga, [Caṇḍ.]
mahiṣapālaमहिषपालmahiṣa—pāla ([Kathās.]) m. a buffalo-herd, [L.]
mahiṣvantaमहिष्वन्तmáhiṣvanta mfn. (fr. mahis, √ 1. mah?), refreshing, delighting, [RV. vii, 68, 5] (others ‘great’; [Sāy.] = ṛbīsa).
mahilāhvayāमहिलाह्वयाf. id., [W.]
mahilāropyaमहिलारोप्यn. N. of a city in the south, [Pañcat.] (cf. mihil°).
mahimabhaṭṭaमहिमभट्टmahima—bhaṭṭa or mahima—siṃha-gaṇi, m. N. of two authors, [Cat.]
mahimastavaमहिमस्तवmahima—stava m. N. of a hymn (cf. under mahimán).
mahiṣākṣakaमहिषाक्षकmahiṣākṣa or mahiṣāk°ṣaka, m. a kind of bdellium, [L.]
mahiṣārdanaमहिषार्दनm. ‘tormenter of Mahiṣa’, N. of Skanda, [MBh.]
mahiṣīgoṣṭhaमहिषीगोष्ठmahiṣī—goṣṭha n. a stable for buffalo-cows, [Pāṇ. v, 2, 29], Vārtt. 3, [Pat.],
mahiṣīkandaमहिषीकन्दmahiṣī—kanda m. a species of bulbous plant (= mahiṣa-k°), [L.]
mahiṣīpriyāमहिषीप्रियाmahiṣī—priyā f. a species of grass, [L.]
mahiṣadhvajaमहिषध्वजmahiṣa—dhvaja m. ‘having a buffalo for an emblem’, N. of Yama, [L.]
mahiṣakandaमहिषकन्दmahiṣa—kanda m. a species of bulbous plant, [L.]
mahiṣavallīमहिषवल्लीmahiṣa—vallī f. a kind of creeper, [L.]
mahidāsabudhaमहिदासबुधmahi—dāsa—budha m. (prob. w.r. for bhaṭṭa) N. of an author, [Cat.] (cf. mahī-dāsa-bhaṭṭa).
mahiṣīśatakaमहिषीशतकmahiṣī—śataka n. N. of a poem.
mahiṣīstambhaमहिषीस्तम्भmahiṣī—stambha m. a pillar or column adorned with a buffalo's head, [MW.]
mahiṣaśatakaमहिषशतकmahiṣa—śataka n. N. of a poem.
mahiṣapālakaमहिषपालकmahiṣa—pā°laka ([Rājat.]) m. a buffalo-herd, [L.]
mahiṣasūdanīमहिषसूदनीmahiṣa—sūdanī f. = -ghātinī, [A.]
mahiṣavāhanaमहिषवाहनmahiṣa—vāhana m. ‘having a buffalo for a vehicle’, N. of Yama, [Kpr.]
mahiṣayamanaमहिषयमनmahiṣa—yamana m. ‘buffalo-tamer’, N. of Yama, [Dhūrtan.]
mahimātaraṃgaमहिमातरंगmahimā—taraṃga m. N. of wk.
mahimasundaraमहिमसुन्दरmahima—sundara m. N. of a man, [Cat.]
mahiṣamardinīमहिषमर्दिनीmahiṣa—mardinī f. ‘crusher of Mahiṣa’, N. of Durgā, [Cat.]
a prayer addressed to D°, [ib.]
mahiṣāsurāpahāमहिषासुरापहाmahiṣāsu°rāpahā and mahiṣāsu°rārdinī ([Hariv.]) = -ghātinī.
mahiṣīdānavidhiमहिषीदानविधिmahiṣī-dāna—vidhi m. N. of wk.
mahimasiṃhagaṇiमहिमसिंहगणिmahima—bhaṭṭa or mahima—siṃha-gaṇi, m. N. of two authors, [Cat.]
mahiṣāsurārdinīमहिषासुरार्दिनीmahiṣāsu°rāpahā and mahiṣāsu°rārdinī ([Hariv.]) = -ghātinī.
mahiṣāsuraghātinīमहिषासुरघातिनीmahiṣāsura—ghātinī f. ‘slayer of the A° Mahiṣa’, N. of Durgā, [Hariv.]
mahiṣāsurasūdanīमहिषासुरसूदनीmahiṣāsura—sūdanī f. ([Kathās.])
mahiṣīdānamantraमहिषीदानमन्त्रmahiṣī-dāna—mantra m. N. of wk.
mahiṣotsargavidhiमहिषोत्सर्गविधिmahiṣotsarga-vidhi m. N. of wk.
mahimataraṃgaṭīkāमहिमतरंगटीकाmahima—taraṃga-ṭīkā f. N. of wk.
mahiṣāsuramajjothāमहिषासुरमज्जोथाmahiṣāsura—majjothā f. ‘produced from the marrow of the A° M°’, a kind of perfume, [Gal.]
mahiṣāsuramardinīमहिषासुरमर्दिनीmahiṣāsura—mardinī f. = -ghātinī (°dinī-stotra n. N. of a Stotra)
mahiṣāsurasambhavaमहिषासुरसम्भवmahiṣāsura—sambhava m. ‘produced from the A° M°’ (cf. -majjotthā) or ‘produced in Mysore’, a kind of bdellium, [L.]
mahiṣīdānaprayogaमहिषीदानप्रयोगmahiṣī-dāna—prayoga m. N. of wk.
mahiṣamardinītantraमहिषमर्दिनीतन्त्रmahiṣa—mardinī—tantra n. N. of a Tantra, [ib.]