Mahakaya, Mahākaya, Mahākāya, Maha-kaya, Mahākāyā: 23 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahākāya (महाकाय):—[(ma + kāya)]
1) adj. grossleibig (von lebenden Wesen aller Art) [Arjunasamāgama 3, 24.] [Indralokāgamana 1, 6.] [Nalopākhyāna 11, 20.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 26, 23. 55, 2] (mahākāyaśirodhara) . [Geschichte des Vidūṣaka 235. 326.] [Pañcatantra 59, 8. 170, 23.] Viṣṇu (v. l. mahākāla, mahāmāya) [DHYĀNABINDŪP.] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 1. Śiva] [Mahābhārata 13, 1148. 1168. 1199.] Davon nom. abstr. tva n. [Pañcatantra 170, 25.] —
2) m. a) Elephant [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 174.] — b) Nomen proprium eines Wesens im Gefolge Śiva’s [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 50.] [Mahābhārata 13, 7103] (unter nandīśvara ist diese Stelle zu 2. zu setzen). — c) Nomen proprium eines Fürsten der Garuḍa [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 3.] —
3) f. ā Nomen proprium einer der Mütter im Gefolge Skanda's [Mahābhārata 9, 2642.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahākāya (महाकाय):——
1) Adj. grossleibig , von grossem Umfange (Baum [Rāmāyaṇa 4,18,11.6,17,28]). Nom.abstr. tva n. —
2) m. — a) *Elephant. — b) Nomen proprium — α) eines Wesens im Gefolge Śiva's. — β) eines Fürsten der Garuḍa. —
3) f. ā Nomen proprium einer der Mütter im Gefolge Skanda's.
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