Mahagraha, Mahāgraha, Maha-graha: 6 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahāgraha (महाग्रह):—[(ma + graha)] m. der grosse Planet, Beiw. Rāhu’s, [Harivaṃśa 12503.] Saturn [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 14.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahāgraha (महाग्रह):—m. Beiname —
1) Rāhu's. —
2) *des Planeten Saturn.
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Mahāgrāha (महाग्राह):—m. ein grosser Haifisch [Mahābhārata 12,28,44.]
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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