Magha, Māgha, Maghā, Māghā: 37 definitions

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Magha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Magha (मघ):—

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Māgha (माघ):—

1) adj. f. ī zum Sternbild Maghā in Beziehung stehend: amāvāsyā [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 15, 12, 7.] paurṇamāsī [3, 18, 20.] [Mahābhārata 14, 2517.] —

2) m. a) (sc. māsa) der Monat Māgha, der mit dem Wintersolstitium beginnt, [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 3, 13. 15.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 153.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13, 8, 1, 4.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Brāhmaṇa 19, 2. 3.] [GṚHY. 4, 6.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 83. 141.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 96.] [Suśruta 1, 19, 7.] pauṣamāghau hemantaḥ [20,4.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 7,17.8,27. 21,10.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 2,141.] [Pañcatantra 169,6.] [Hiouen-Thsang 1,64.] [Oxforder Handschriften 15,] [No. 57. 35,a,2. 46,b,4. 71,a,8. 284,b.] māhātmya [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 457.] — b) m. Nomen proprium eines Dichters, Verfassers des Śiśupālavadha, [Bibliothecae sanskritae 234.] [Weber’s Indische Studien.8,196. 415. 421. 423. fg.] [Oxforder Handschriften 124,b,4. 150,b,33. 163,a,6. 198,b,] [No.468. 209,a,11.] kāvya [113,b,34.] —

3) f. ī a) (sc. tithi) der Vollmondstag im Monat Māgha [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 13, 1, 7. 15, 1, 6.] [GOBH. 4, 4, 11.] [Mahābhārata 13, 1723. 4552.] [Harivaṃśa 7906.] [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio 2, 79, 12.] [PAÑCAR. 2, 7, 38.] — b) Hingtsha repens [Ratnamālā] bei [WILSON.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Magha (मघ):——

1) n. — a) Gabe , Geschenk , Lohn. — b) eine best. —

2) m. oder f. maghā eine best. Arzenei. —

3) m. Nomen proprium — a) eines Dvipa. — b) eines Landes der Mleccha. —

4) f. ā — a) Sg. und Pl. das 10te Mondhaus. — b) Śiva’s Gattin. —

5) f. maghī eine best. Kornart.

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Māgha (माघ):——

1) Adj. (f. ī) zum Mondhaus Maghā in Beziehung stehend. —

2) m. — a) ein best. Monat , dessen Vollmond im Mondhaus Mahā steht (beginnt mit dem Wintersolstitium). — b) Nomen proprium des Verfassers von Śiśpālavadha und eines Kaufmannes ([Indische studien von Weber 14,123]). —

3) f. māghī — a) der Vollmondstag im Monat Māgha. — b) *Hingtscha repens.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Date of the poet Māgha < [Introduction]

Māgha’s diversity in composition < [Introduction]

Knowledge of Rhetoric (Alaṃkāra) in the Śiśupālavadha < [Introduction]

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Rig Veda 8.21.17 < [Sukta 21]

Rig Veda 10.147.3 < [Sukta 147]

Rig Veda 8.61.18 < [Sukta 61]

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Kaushambi under the Maghas < [Chapter 2]

Beads and Coins from Kaushambi < [Chapter 4]

Kaushambi under the Gupta Dynasty (350 to about 500 A.D.) < [Chapter 2]

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