Mahabharata, Maha-bharata, Mahābhārata: 16 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahābhārata (महाभारत):—[(ma + bhā)] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 2, 38] (m. nach dem Schol.). adj. in Verbindung mit āhava, yuddha oder subst. mit Ergänzung eines Wortes für Kampf: der grosse Kampf der Bharata [Mahābhārata 5, 4811.] yuddha [14, 1809.] saṃbhāraḥ (mahābhārata ārambhaḥ die neuere Ausg.) saṃbhṛto gniriva kratuḥ [Harivaṃśa 11101.] In Verbindung mit ākhyāna oder n. die grosse Erzählung vom Kampfe der Bharata, das grosse epische Gedicht Mah. [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 3, 4, 4.] [Mahābhārata 1, 11. 265. 2203. 2206. 18, 190. fg.] [Harivaṃśa 19. 11093. 16231.] vedān -pañcamān [Mahābhārata 1, 2418. 12, 13027.] mahattvādbhāravattvācca mahābhāratamucyate [1, 266. 18, 192] (wo mit der ed. Bomb. bhāravattvāt st. bhāratatvāt zu lesen ist). bharatānāṃ mahajjanma mahābhāratamucyate [?1,2320. - Weber’s Verzeichniss 13,7. Oxforder Handschriften 104,a,14. 255,b,12. 270,b,28. 279,a,2. Viṣṇupurāṇa 275. Sāhityadarpana.9,11. Madhusūdanasarasvatī’s Prasthānabheda in Weber’s Indische Studien.1,13,8. 20,25.] tātparyanirṇaya Titel eines Buches [HALL 162.] [MACK. Coll.] [?I,13. Oxforder Handschriften 247,a,29.] darpaṇa m. desgl. [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 471.] vyākhyāna n. desgl. [MACK. Coll. I, 60.]
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Mahābhārata (महाभारत):—[Sp. 641, Z. 12], tātparyanirṇaya [SARVADARŚANAS. 64, 9.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahābhārata (महाभारत):—Adj. —
1) in Verbindung mit āhavayuddha oder Subst. mit Ergänzung eines Wortes für Kampf ; der grosse Kampf der Bharata. —
2) in Verbindung mit ākhyāna oder n. die grosse Erzählung vom Kampfe der Bharata (das bekannte grosse epische Gedicht).
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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