Maharatha, Mahāratha, Maha-ratha: 16 definitions

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Maharatha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi. 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.

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

Mahāratha (महारथ):—1. (ma + ratha) m.

1) ein grosser Wagen [Mahābhārata 3, 1730.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 55, 32.] —

2) oxyt. ein grosser Kämpfer, - Kriegsheld [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 22, 22.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 7, 5, 18, 1.] [Nalopākhyāna 12, 31.] [Mahābhārata 1, 532.] mahāratho magadhānāṃ viśruto yo bṛhadrathaḥ [2363. 5930.] sarvaloka (arjuna) [?3, 1528. 11903. 5, 5799. 7383. Rāmāyaṇa 2, 50, 12. 56, 13, f. 3, 53, 11. Raghuvaṃśa 9, 1. Śiśupālavadha 3, 22. Kirātārjunīya 16, 14. Śiva Mahābhārata 13, 1236.] mahārathānāṃ yūthasya patiḥ [Kathāsaritsāgara 47, 23.] yūthapa [26.] eko daśasahasrāṇi yodhayedyastu dhanvinām . astraśastrapravīṇaśca mahāratha iti smṛtaḥ .. [ŚRĪDHARASV.] zu [Bhāgavatapurāṇa im Śabdakalpadruma]; vgl. [Mahīdhara] zu [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 22, 22.] ātmānaṃ sārathiṃ (v. l. rathikaṃ) cāśvānrakṣanyudhyeta yo naraḥ . sa mahārathasaṃjñaḥ syādityāhurnītikovidāḥ .. Citat bei [Mallinātha] zu [Kirātārjunīya 16, 14] und [Śiśupālavadha 3, 22.] Dass das Wort in dieser Bed. nicht als adj. comp. zu fassen sei, beweist schon der Accent und der Umstand, dass auch das einfache ratha häufig in der Bed. von Kämpfer, Held gebraucht wird. Hiernach wird man auch 1. bṛhadratha anders als [Sāyaṇa] auffassen. —

3) Nomen proprium eines Rākṣasa [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 29, 30.] eines Sohnes des Viśvāmitra [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 57, 3] (mahodara [Gorresio]). eines Fürsten [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 118, 23. 26.] = Śuddhodana in einer anderen Geburt [Burnouf 535.] Nomen proprium eines Ministers des Fürsten Śaṃkaravarman [Rājataraṅgiṇī 7, 82.] —

4) Lust, Verlangen (vgl. manoratha) [ŚABDĀRTHAK.] bei [WILSON.]

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Mahāratha (महारथ):—2. (wie eben) adj. mit grossen Wagen versehen: balāni [Harivaṃśa 10628.]

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

Mahāratha (महारथ):—1. m. —

1) ein grosser Wagen. —

2) ein grosser Kämpfer , — Kriegsheld. —

3) Nomen proprium — a) eines Rākṣasa. — b) eines Sohnes des Viśvāmitra. — c) eines Fürsten. — d) eines Ministers. —

4) *Lust , Verlangen.

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Mahāratha (महारथ):—2. Adj. mit grossen Wagen versehen.

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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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