Mahaprajapati, Maha-prajapati, Mahāprajāpati, Mahāprajāpatī: 8 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahāprajāpati (महाप्रजापति):—[(ma + pra)] m. der grosse Herr der Geschöpfe, Beiw. Viṣṇu’s [Mahābhārata 12, 12864.]
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Mahāprajāpatī (महाप्रजापती):—und prajāvatī s. u. prajāpatī und vgl. noch [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 2. 163. fg. 298.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahāprajāpati (महाप्रजापति):——
1) m. der grosse Herr der Geschöpfe , Beiw. Viṣṇu’s [Viṣṇusūtra 98,16.] —
2) f. tī Nomen proprium der Tante und Amme Śākyamuni's.
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, Prajapati.
Full-text: Gautami, Mahaprajavati, Devadaha, Dandapani, Mahamaya, Abhidharayati, Suprabuddha, Sarvasattvapriyadarshana, Suddhodana, Siddhartha, Gautama.
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