Mahamatya, Mahāmātya, Maha-amatya: 9 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahāmātya (महामात्य):—[(mahā + a)] m. Hauptminister eines Fürsten [KĀM. NĪTIS. 14,5.] [Oxforder Handschriften 211,a,25.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī.3,228] (pl.) und in den Unterschrr. der Taraṅga.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahāmātya (महामात्य):—m. Hauptminister eines Fürsten.
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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Partial matches: Maha, Amatya.
Starts with: Mahamatya-vara.
Full-text (+22): Mahamatya-vara, Mahapradhana, Maha-prati, Ladol, Mantrin, Prathama-chepati, Lakshminarayana, Dvitiya-chepati, Sarvadhikari, Govinda, Kshatriya, Amatya, Sodhala, Lakshmananayaka, Sthanakiyapattana, Shrimali Khetaya Thakura, Vasaida, Antarapana, Jhampadaprabhu, Mahasandhivigrahika.
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The history of Andhra country (1000 AD - 1500 AD) (by Yashoda Devi)
Part 8 - Nannichoda II (A.D. 1151-1160) < [Chapter XX - The Telugu Cholas (Chodas)]
Part 4 - Singaladeva (A.D. 1247-1253) < [Chapter XIV - The Yadavas]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Story of the corpulent sheep without fat < [Chapter XXV - Patience Toward the Dharma]
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