Mahashiva, Mahāśiva, Maha-shiva, Mahāsīva: 7 definitions
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Mahashiva has 5 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Mahāśiva can be transliterated into English as Mahasiva or Mahashiva, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahāśiva (महाशिव):—[(ma + śiva)] m. der grosse Śiva [PAÑCAR. 4, 3, 76.] [BRAHMAVAIV. Pāṇini’s acht Bücher,] [GAṆAPATIKH. 29 im Śabdakalpadruma]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahāśiva (महाशिव):—m. der grosse Śiva.
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: Shiva, Maha, Civa.
Starts with: Mahashivaratra, Mahashivaratri, Mahashivaratrinirnaya, Mahashivaratrivrata, Mahashivaratrivratanirnaya, Mahashivaratryudyapana.
Full-text (+3): Dighabhanaka Maha Siva, Gamantapabbharavasi Maha Siva, Gamanta, Vamantapabbhara, Mahashivaratryudyapana, Mahashivaratrinirnaya, Mahashivaratrivrata, Mahashivaratrivratanirnaya, Nigrodhapitthi, Mahashivaratri, Mahabhushana, Ambilapassava, Suratissa, Sena, Asela, Lakshmivati, Mutasiva, Vasudeva, Bhaddasala, Purushapundarika.
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