Mahashaya, Mahāśaya, Maha-ashaya: 10 definitions
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Mahashaya has 9 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Mahāśaya can be transliterated into English as Mahasaya or Mahashaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Mahashay.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahāśaya (महाशय):—1. (mahā + ā) m. der grosse (Wasser-) Behälter, das Meer [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 2, 8.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 166.]
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Mahāśaya (महाशय):—2. (wie eben) adj. hochgesinnt, edel; von Personen [Amarakoṣa 3, 1, 3.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 367.] [AṢṬĀV. 3, 10. 17, 5. 12. 18, 28.] [Spr. 3510.] [Geschichte des Vidūṣaka 59. 134.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 39, 231. 45, 82. 46, 231. 72, 128.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 148.] [Hitopadeśa 120, 15. 18.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahāśaya (महाशय):—1. m. das Meer.
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Mahāśaya (महाशय):—2. Adj. hochgesinnt , edel (Person).
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Partial matches: Saya, Ashaya, Maha.
Starts with: Mahashayana.
Full-text: Makacayam, Mahashayya, Mahashay, Mahanubhava, Yukteswar Giri, Bhajana Rahasya, Ashaya.
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Verse 2.3.170 < [Chapter 3 - Bhajana (loving service)]
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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 3.3.66 < [Chapter 3 - Mahāprabhu’s Deliverance of Sarvabhauma, Exhibition of His Six-armed Form, and Journey to Bengal]
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Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)
Foreword (translated from the Hindi edition)
Text 18 < [Chapter 3 - Tṛtīya-yāma-sādhana (Pūrvāhna-kālīya-bhajana–niṣṭhā-bhajana)]
Yoga-sutras (Ancient and Modern Interpretations) (by Makarand Gopal Newalkar)
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The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)