Mahabhuta, Mahābhūta, Maha-bhuta: 25 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahābhūta (महाभूत):—[(ma + bhūta)]
1) adj. gross seiend, gross: ye ca mahābhūtā bhujaṃgamāḥ [Mahābhārata 13, 6164.] mahābhūtā (= vṛddhībhūtāḥ Schol.) bhūmikampe catvāraḥ sāgarāḥ pṛthak . velāmudvartayantīva [6, 105.] In dieser Bed. hätte man eher mahadbhūta erwartet. —
2) m. ein grosses Geschöpf, - Wesen: sthāvarā jaṅgamāścaiva mahābhūtāstathāpare so v. a. hohe Bäume und grosse Thiere [Mahābhārata 2, 466.] —
3) n. Element (Erde, Wasser, Feuer, Luft, Aether) [Yāska’s Nirukta 14, 5. 10.] [Aitareyopaniṣad 5, 3.] [MAITRYUP. 3, 2.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 1, 6.] [Bhagavadgītā 13, 5.] [Mahābhārata 3, 13913. fg. 6, 178. 12, 6821. 6823. 14, 983. 1092. 15, 924.] [Suśruta 1, 4, 1.] [Sūryasiddhānta 12, 23.] [Raghuvaṃśa 1, 29.] [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 14, 67.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 69, 4.] [BṚH. 8, 21.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 26, 12.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 54, 2.] [Sânkhya Philosophy 15.] [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 351, 5.] [Madhusūdanasarasvatī’s Prasthānabheda] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 20, 1.] ghaṭadāna [Oxforder Handschriften 35,b,15] [?(Weber’s Verzeichniss 137.a.) 43,a,19.] Vgl. mahānti bhūtāni unter mahant 1.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahābhūta (महाभूत):——
1) Adj. gross seiend , gross. —
2) m. ein grosses Geschöpf , — Wesen. —
3) n. Element ( Erde , Wasser , Feuer , Luft , Aether ).
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Starts with: Mahabhutadana, Mahabhutaghata, Mahabhutaghata-dana, Mahabhutaka, Mahabhutamandala, Mahabhutanga, Mahabhutarava, Mahabhutasamatasadhana, Mahabhutatmabhuta, Mahabhutatman.
Ends with: Ashtamahabhuta, Pamcamahabhuta, Pancamahabhuta, Panchamahabhuta.
Full-text (+105): Tanmatra, Purusha, Apyadravya, Parthivadravya, Mahabhutadana, Rashipurusha, Catudhatu, Pancamahabhuta, Mahabhutaghata, Samanyaguna, Mardava, Saushirya, Pancikarana, Vicara, Vaisheshikaguna, Upacaya, Vishyanda, Akashiyadravya, Prakasha, Upakleda.
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