Mahashana, Mahāśana, Maha-ashana: 7 definitions

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Mahashana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

Mahashana has 5 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Mahāśana can be transliterated into English as Mahasana or Mahashana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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

Mahāśana (महाशन):—(mahā + 2. aśana) adj. f. ā viel essend, gefrässig, ein starker Esser [Yāska’s Nirukta 2, 27.] [Mahābhārata 3, 13238. 14720.] [Spr. 3360.] [Suśruta 2, 447, 21.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 78, 17.] kāma [Bhagavadgītā 3, 37.]

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Mahāsana (महासन):—(mahā + 1. ā) n. ein prächtiger Sitz [Mahābhārata 1, 6964.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 17, 108.]

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Mahāśana (महाशन):—m. Nomen proprium eines Asura (= aghāsura Comm.) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 2, 1]

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

Mahāśana (महाशन):——

1) Adj. (f. ā) viel essend , gefrässig (Blutegel [217,18]), ein grosser Esser.

2) m. Nomen proprium eines Asura.

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Mahāsana (महासन):—n. ein prächtiger Sitz.

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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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