Maharashtra, Mahārāṣṭra, Maha-rashtra: 21 definitions

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Maharashtra means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Maharashtra has 19 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Mahārāṣṭra can be transliterated into English as Maharastra or Maharashtra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Mahārāṣṭra (महाराष्ट्र):—[(ma + rāṣṭra)]

1) m. pl. die Mahratten [Hiouen-Thsang 2, 149. fgg.] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde 1, 148.] nairṛte draviḍānartamahārāṣṭrāśca raivataḥ . javanaḥ pahlavaḥ sindhuḥ pārasīkādayo matāḥ .. [KŪRMACAKRA im Jyotiṣatattva] [Śabdakalpadruma] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 10,8.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 57,46. 58,23.] [VAJRASŪCI 256.] [Oxforder Handschriften 256,a,25.] deśa [352,b,18.] bhāṣā [Scholiast] zu [Naiṣadhacarita 22,47.] [MUIR, Stenzler.2,54. 56.] [Oxforder Handschriften 204,a,5.] —

2) f. ī a) (sc. bhāṣā) die mahrattische Sprache [Sāhityadarpana 173, 1.] [Colebrooke II, 68.] [VARARUCI 12, 32, v. l.] — b) Bez. verschiedener Pflanzen, = jalapippalī [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] ein best. Gemüse [Rājavallabha] ebend. —

3) n. ein best. Metrum, 4 Mal 29 Moren [Colebrooke II, 90. 157.] — Für 2. und 3. ist māhā jedenfalls richtiger.

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Māhārāṣṭra (माहाराष्ट्र):—(von mahārāṣṭra) adj. f. ī mahrattisch; subst. f. die mahratische Sprache [Oxforder Handschriften 181,a,39.] [VARARUCI 12,32.] [STENZLER] in [Mṛcchakaṭikā Einl. V.] bhāṣayā māharāṣṭrayā(!) [VṚDDHA-Cāṇakya] Einl. — Vgl. mahārāṣṭra .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Mahārāṣṭra (महाराष्ट्र):——

1) m. Pl. die Mahratten. —

2) f. ī — a) die mahrattische Sprache. — b) ein best. Gemüse. — c) *Commelina salicifolia [Rājan 4,108.] —

3) n. ein best. Metrum.

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Māhārāṣṭra (माहाराष्ट्र):——

1) Adj. (f. ī) mahrattisch. —

2) f. ī die mahrattische Sprache.

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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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