Mahanaman, Mahānāman: 4 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahānāman (महानामन्):—[(ma + nā)]
1) m. Nomen proprium eines Vetters Śākyamuni’s [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 32. 93.] [Rgva tch’er rol pa ed. Calc. 1, 8. 282, 14.] [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 1.] [Hiouen-Thsang I, 364.] [Lebensbeschreibung Śākyamuni’s 236 (6).] [Burnouf 157.] —
2) f. mahānāmnī (sc. ṛc); pl. Bez. neun vedischer Verse im Metrum Śakvarī, welche mit vidā maghavan beginnen und einen besondern Complex gebildet haben, wie die Kuntāpa und Vālakhilya (Comm. zu [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 1, 1, 1]), in ihrem vollständigen Wortlaut aber noch nicht nachgewiesen sind. [Weber’s Indische Studien.8,68.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 23,35.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 11,7,6.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 4,4.5,7.6,24.] [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 8,14.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Brāhmaṇa 23,2.] [GṚHY. 2,12.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13,5,1,10.] [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa 3,11.] [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 13,4,1.] [LĀṬY. 3,5,13.7,5,2. 5. 10,2,1. 2.] [NIDĀNA 3,13.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5,1,94, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 1. 2.] [Oxforder Handschriften 378,a, No. 375. fg.] vrata n. eine mit dem Brahmacārin vorgenommene Begehung, bei welcher diese Verse recitirt werden, [SAṂSK. K. 161,a,7.] — Vgl. māhānāmika, māhānāmnika .
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Mahānāman (महानामन्):—
2) die Verse finden sich in [Sāmaveda] [PŪRVĀRCIKA, Prap. 7, Daśaratha’s Tod. 6]([NAIGEYAŚĀKHĀ]) [Tüb. Hdschr. 67] ([Verz. d. T. Hdschrr. S. 18]). Vgl. [BENFEY] zu [Sāmaveda] [S. 273 und Vorrede S. VII, Anm. 1.] — Vgl. auch māhānāmana fgg.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahānāman (महानामन्):——
1) m. Nomen proprium eines Vetters Śākyamuni's. —
2) f. mahānāmnī Pl. Bez. bestimmter vedischer Verse [Ārṣeyabrāhmaṇa]
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Tibetan tales (derived from Indian sources) (by W. R. S. Ralston)
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 3 - Acts of the Buddha < [Book 1 - The beginning of the story of the Doctrine]
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Chapter 2 - The genealogy of Mahāsammata < [Book 1 - The beginning of the story of the Doctrine]
A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)