Mahanabha, Mahānābha: 4 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahānābha (महानाभ):—[(ma + nābha)] m.
1) Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Hiraṇyākṣa [Harivaṃśa 195.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 147.] eines andern Dānava [Harivaṃśa 199.] —
2) Bez. eines best. über Waffen gesprochenen Zauberspruchs [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 1, 31, 7.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahānābha (महानाभ):——
1) Adj. mit einer grossen nabelähnlichen Vertiefung versehen ( śula) [Rāmāyaṇa 6,87,10.] —
2) m. — a) ein best. über Waffen gesprochener Zauberspruch. — b) Nomen proprium zweier Dānava.
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