Mahalaya, Mahālaya, Mahālayā, Maha-alaya, Maha-laya: 14 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahālaya (महालय):—[(mahā + ā)]
1) m. a) Kloster (vihāra) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 227. fg.] [Medinīkoṣa y. 124.] a tree, etc. sacred to a deity [WILSON.] — b) Wallfahrtsort. — c) die Allseele (paramātman) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — d) ein best. Halbmonat, = kanyāgatāparapakṣa [Tithyāditattva im Śabdakalpadruma] = saurāśvinīyakṛṣṇapakṣa [Śabdakalpadruma] Vgl. 2. — e) Nomen proprium eines Ortes [Oxforder Handschriften 39,b,23. 53,a,6.] eines Liṅga (vielleicht n.) [42,a,12. 44,a, No. 101.] — f) Nomen proprium eines Mannes [Oxforder Handschriften 53,a,8.] —
2) f. ā Bez. eines best. heiligen Tages [Asiatick Researches 3, 292.] [Colebrooke I, 186.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahālaya (महालय):——
1) m. — a) *Kloster. — b) *Wallfahrtsort. — c) *die Allseele. — d) ein best. Halbmonat. — e) Nomen proprium — α) einer Oertlichkeit [Viṣṇusūtra 85,18.] — β) eines Mannes. —
2) f. ā ein best. heiliger Tag. —
3) (wohl n.) Name eines Liṅga.
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Partial matches: Maha, Laya, Alaya.
Starts with: Mahalayapaksha, Mahalayaprayoga, Mahalayashraddhapaddhati, Mahalayashraddhasamgraha.
Full-text: Mahalayaprayoga, Mahalayashraddhapaddhati, Mahabhaga, Manonpu, Makalayan, Makalayapatcam, Pretapaksha, Navaratri-amavasya, Vicayatacami, Karunyapitirkkal, Pitripaksha, Mahala, Alaya, Gaya.
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