Mahatmya, Māhātmya: 18 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahātmya (महात्म्य):—in der Stelle sādhu pṛcchasi māṃ devi śrīśaṃ mahātmyamuttamam [PADMA-Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 14], wo, wie schon das Metrum zeigt, śrīśamāhātmyam zu lesen ist. Auch [Daśakumāracarita 8, 4] ist mā zu lesen.
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Māhātmya (माहात्म्य):—(wie eben) n. hohes Wesen, hoher Sinn, Grösse, Majestät, Macht, Würde [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 3, 27.] hariścandrasya [Mahābhārata 2, 488.] [Bhagavadgītā 11, 2.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 44, 8. 72, 43. 6, 36, 68.] [Harivaṃśa 5749.] [Spr. 3326. 5202.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka 8, 16.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 52, 381. 66, 65.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 24.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 16, 51. 108, 29.] [Lassen’s Anthologie (II) 58, 9.] [Pañcatantra 48, 18. fg. ed. orn. 58, 18.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 103, 9.] [Nīlakaṇṭha 71.] sthāpitā satsu māhātmyaṃ śaṅkitā ripavaḥ kṛtāḥ [Harivaṃśa 4858.] ityetadgoṣu me proktaṃ māhātmyam [Mahābhārata 13, 2701.] himavataḥ [Kathāsaritsāgara 1, 14.] dahanasya [Spr. 36, v. l.] vasuṃdharāyāḥ [UTTARARĀMAC. 74, 11.] khaḍga [Kathāsaritsāgara 42, 162.] kaṇṭhasthasūtra [37, 128. 43, 65.] tapasaḥ [40, 103. 72, 276.] svasattva [187.] śīlasya [36, 132.] dānasya [Spr. 1746.] svamati [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 528.] māgha [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 457.] am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 391.] — Vgl. devī, bhāvanārāyaṇa, mahātmya .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahātmya (महात्म्य):—n. fehlerhaft für māhātmya.
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Māhātmya (माहात्म्य):—n. (adj. Comp. f. ā) hohes Wesen , hoher Sinn , Grösse , Majestät , Macht , Würde.
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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Sanskrit sources of Kerala history (by Suma Parappattoli)
1.1. The Kerala-Mahatmyam (Introduction) < [Chapter 2 - Historical details from Mahatmyas and Prashastis]
1.3. Temples of Kerala < [Chapter 2 - Historical details from Mahatmyas and Prashastis]
4. Other Mahatmyas < [Chapter 2 - Historical details from Mahatmyas and Prashastis]
Karandavyuha Sutra (by Mithun Howladar)
Part 6 - Mahāyāna Buddhist Literature < [Appendix 1 - Buddhist Sanskrit Language]
Part 1 - Introduction (Buddhist literature) < [Appendix 1 - Buddhist Sanskrit Language]
Chapter 3 - Ṣaḍakṣarī-mahāvidyā-māhātmya-varṇana < [Part Two]
Saivism in the Patala-Khanda of the Padma-Purana < [Purana, Volume 9, Part 1 (1967)]
Publications of the All-India Kashiraj Trust Purana Bulletin < [Purana, Volume 6, Part 2 (1964)]
The Position and Antiquity of the Patala-Khanda of the Padma Purana < [Purana, Volume 1, Part 2 (1960)]
The Brahma Purana (critical study) (by Surabhi H. Trivedi)
14. The Gautami-mahatmya section of the Brahma Purana < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
9. Introduction, part 2 < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
6. Date of the Brahma Purana < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
The Markandeya Purana (Study) (by Chandamita Bhattacharya)
1.5: Divisions of the Purāṇas < [Chapter 1]
Śaktism (worship of Śakti as the female goddess) < [Chapter 4]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 6.14.12 < [Chapter 14 - The Glories of Ratnākara, Raivata, and Kācala]
Verse 6.19.32 < [Chapter 19 - In the First Fortress of Dvārakā, the Glories of Līlā-sarovara, etc.]
Verse 6.14.1 < [Chapter 14 - The Glories of Ratnākara, Raivata, and Kācala]