Mahattva: 10 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahattva (महत्त्व):—(wie eben) n. Grösse, = mahan [Yāska’s Nirukta 11, 37.] [Bhāṣāpariccheda 57.] taraṃgasya [Halāyudha 3, 31.] randhrasya [KĀM. NĪTIS. 15, 15.] mahābhāratasya grosser Umfang [Mahābhārata 1, 266.] balasya Grösse, Stärke [Yāska’s Nirukta 10, 10.] snehasya [Mālavikāgnimitra 32, 10.] rogasya Heftigkeit [Suśruta 1, 268, 8. 291, 20.] Grösse so v. a. hohe Stellung, hohes Ansehen: śūdro pi mahattvamīyāt [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 1, 96. 63, 19.] ṣaḍvyāghātā mahattvasya [Spr. 388. 862. 1030. 2141. 4870.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 5, 36.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 2, 46.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 16, 30. 9, 5, 14.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahattva (महत्त्व):—n. —
1) Grösse , grosser Umfang. —
2) Grösse , Stärke , Heftigkeit. —
3) hohe Stellung , hohes Ansehen. —
4) sittliche Grösse [137,14.] [Indische sprüche 7718.]
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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Starts with: Mahattvabhasa, Mahattvahina, Mahattvakamksha, Mahattvakanksha, Mahattvakankshi, Mahattvapurna, Mahattvarahita.
Ends with: Durgamahattva, Gunamahattva.
Full-text: Mahattvarahita, Durgamahattva, Mahatvate, Mahatva, Gunamahattva, Makattuvam, Samarika, Mahatta, Parushakshara, Kalapurna, Mattuvam, Kaladhara, Kalanidhi, Tiraskri, Yacana, Samudagama, Pula, Samucchraya, Bhash.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 2.7.33 < [Chapter 7 - Kidnapping of the Calves and Cowherd Boys]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.3.159 < [Chapter 3 - Bhajana (loving service)]
Verse 1.5.89 < [Chapter 5 - Priya (the beloved devotees)]
Verse 1.5.124 < [Chapter 5 - Priya (the beloved devotees)]
The Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 648-649 < [Chapter 11 - On ‘Quality’ as a Category]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 1.13.93 < [Chapter 13 - Defeating Digvijayī]
Verse 2.13.261 < [Chapter 13 - The Deliverance of Jagāi and Mādhāi]
Verse 1.16.271 < [Chapter 16 - The Glories of Śrī Haridāsa Ṭhākura]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 2.1.36 < [Part 1 - Ecstatic Excitants (vibhāva)]
Brahma Sutras (Shankaracharya) (by George Thibaut)
II, 2, 11 < [Second Adhyāya, Second Pāda]