Mahashveta, Mahāśvetā, Maha-shveta: 12 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Mahāśvetā can be transliterated into English as Mahasveta or Mahashveta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahāśveta (महाश्वेत):—[(ma + śveta)]
1) adj. blendend weiss. —
2) f. ā a) Name verschiedener Pflanzen: Batatas paniculata Chois. [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 3, 29.] Clitoria Ternatea Lin. [Ratnamālā 240.] = śvetakiṇihī [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] = mahāśaṇapuṣpikā ebend. u. diesem Worte. — [Suśruta 1, 138, 13.] — b) weisser Zucker [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 9, 12.] — c) Beiname der Sarasvatī [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 27.] — d) Beiname der Durgā [Devīpurāṇa 45 im Śabdakalpadruma] — e) Nomen proprium eines Frauenzimmers [KĀD.] in [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 7, 584.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahāśveta (महाश्वेत):——
1) *Adj. blendend weiss. —
2) f. ā — a) eine best. Pflanze. Nach den Lexicographen Batatas paniculata , Clitoria ternatea und eine Achyranthes-Art. — b) *weisser Zucker. — c) Beiname — α) der Durgā. — β) *der Sarasvati. — d) Nomen proprium eines Frauenzimmers.
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Partial matches: Shveta, Maha.
Starts with: Mahashvetaghanti.
Full-text: Shvetaghanti, Mahashvetaghanti, Kshudrashveta, Rikshagandha, Kadambari, Shveta, Pracch, Kushmanda, Anamaya, Pundarika, Vyantara, Arishta, Hanu.
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