Mahadeva, Maha-deva, Mahādevā, Mahādeva: 41 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahādeva (महादेव):—
1) m. (ma + deva) a) oxyt. der grosse Gott, insbes. Bez. eines zu dem Kreise des Rudra gehörigen Gottes und des Rudra selbst. somo.rājā.varuṇo.rājā mahāde.a u.a mṛ.yurindraḥ [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 5, 21, 11. 9, 7, 7. 12, 5, 19.] Aryaman, Varuṇa, Rudra, Mahādeva [13, 4, 4.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 1, 4, 36, 1.] Śarva, Īśāna, Mahādeva, Ugradeva [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 39, 8.] rudrāya mahādevāya juṣṭo vardhasva [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 4, 8, 9. 19.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 11, 5, 3, 5.] yāṃ samāṃ mahādevaḥ paśūṃhanyāt [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 6, 9, 7. 18.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 51.] [Taittirīyāraṇyaka 10, 1. 20.] [Pariśiṣṭa des Atharvaveda 42, 2.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 385.] mahādevasya putrābhyāṃ bhavaśarvābhyāṃ namaḥ [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 4, 20, 1.] = śiva [Amarakoṣa.1,1,1,28.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 198.] [Halāyudha.1,13.] [Arjunasamāgama.3,7.] [Sundopasundopākhyāna.3,4. 28.] [Mahābhārata.2,1642.3,1625.4,1297.5,7392. 14,203.] [Harivaṃśa 7581. 12495.] [Rāmāyaṇa.1,37,6. 55,12. 15. fg. 75,17] [?(77,20 Gorresio).3,31,10. 35,107.6,74,38. 102,3. Spr. 4702. Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 23,63. 51,56. MUIR, Stenzler.3,161. PAÑCAR.1,7,10. WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 359. Oxforder Handschriften 23,b,10. 40,b,37.101,a,31. 345,a,42. WASSILYEW 42.] gṛha [Oxforder Handschriften 268,a,37.] eine der 8 Formen Rudra's oder Śiva’s [Viṣṇupurāṇa 58.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 52,7.] [Oxforder Handschriften 54,a,1.] — b) Beiname Viṣṇu’s [Mahābhārata 5, 298.] [Harivaṃśa 12561.] [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 352.] — c) Nomen proprium verschiedener Männer [Weber’s Indische Studien.1,80. 470.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 141. 969. 1173. 1218. fg.] [Oxforder Handschriften 124,b,2. 141,b,9. 239,b, No. 580. 244,b, No. 608. fg. 336,a, No. 790. 364,b, No. 68.] [HALL 66. 87. 182.] [Hiouen-Thsang 1,171. 397.] [WASSILJEW 18. 30. 57. fg. 224. 228.] dīkṣita [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 246.] dvivedi [219. 229.] vedānti [?636. HALL in der Einl. zu VĀSAVAD. 18. 48. Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 6, 541.] paṇḍita [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 33. 201.] puṇatāmakara [664. fgg.] [HALL 26. 34. 47. 51. 53.] bhaṭṭa [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1027.] [Oxforder Handschriften 262,b, No. 632.] [HALL 175.] [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 6,14, Nalopākhyāna 3.] bhaṭṭadinakara [HALL 74.] sarasvatī [1. 139.] vādīndra und sarvajñavādīndra [67. 26.] — d) Nomen proprium eines Berges [HALL 196.] —
2) f. mahādevī (ma + de) a) die grosse Göttin d. i. Pārvatī [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 204.] [Halāyudha 1, 16.] [Mahābhārata 14, 1184.] [Harivaṃśa 9416. 9426.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 66, 39.] [Burnouf 532.] Name der Dākṣāyaṇī in Śālagrāma [Oxforder Handschriften 39,b,6.] — b) Beiname der Lakṣmī, Viṣṇu’s Gemahlin, [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 45, 42.] bhūmirbhūtirmahādevī dātāraṃ kurute priyam [Mahābhārata 13, 3108.] — c) die erste Gemahlin eines Königs [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] [Mahābhārata 5, 7395.] [Geschichte des Vidūṣaka 11.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 5, 29. 32, 123. 35, 23. 65, 99] (rāja) . [69, 81.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 437. 5, 220. 386.] [Daśakumāracarita 51, 17.] [Sāhityadarpana 19, 2.] — d) Nomen proprium verschiedener Frauenzimmer [Vetālapañcaviṃśati] in [Lassen’s Anthologie (II) 29, 13.] [HALL] in der Einl. zu [VĀSAVAD. 51.] gaṇikā [Oxforder Handschriften 217,b,32.] —
3) n. Name eines Tantra [Oxforder Handschriften 109,a,4.] mahādevatantra [32]; vgl. śivatantra .
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Mahādeva (महादेव):—
1) d) giri [Kathāsaritsāgara 51, 48.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahādeva (महादेव):——
1) m. — a) der grosse Gott , insbes. Bez. eines zu dem Kreise des Rudra gehörigen Gottes und des Kreise des Rudra gehörigen Gottes und des Rudra (Śiva) selbst. [Maitrāyaṇi 2,9,9,1.] [Mānavagṛhyasūtra 2,14.] Auch eine der 8 Formen Rudra’s oder Śiva's. — b) Beiname Viṣṇu's. — c) Nomen proprium — α) verschiedener Männer. Auch ṭīkṣita , ddhivedi , paṇiḍata , bhṭṭa , bhaṭṭadinakara , vidīndra , sarvajavādīndra und sarasvatī. — β) eines Berges. —
2) f. mahādevā f. Nomen proprium einer Tochter Devaka’s [Wilson's Uebersetzung des Viṣṇupurāṇa 4,98.] Richtig sahadevā. —
3) f. mahādevī — a) Beiname — α) der Pārvati. — β) der Lakṣmi. — b) Name der Dākṣāyaṇi in Śālagrāma. — c) die erste Gemahlin eines Fürsten. — d) *Koloquinthe [Rājan 7,112.] — e) Nomen proprium verschiedener Frauen. —
4) n. Titel eines Tantra [Āryavidyāsudhākara 160,17.]
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