mahā—bhūta mfn. being great, great, [MBh.]
mahā—bhūta m. a great creature or being, [ib.]
mahā—bhūta n. a great element, gross element (of which 5 are reckoned, viz. ether, air, fire, water, earth, [Up.]; [Nir.]; [Mn.] &c. [cf. [IW. 83, 221]], as distinguished from the subtle element or Tanmātra, q.v.), [IW. 221]