Mahavakya, Mahāvākya, Mahā Vākya, Maha-vakya: 13 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahāvākya (महावाक्य):—[(ma + vākya)] n.
1) eine grosse Menge von Sätzen, ein grosses Gefüge einzelner Sätze, ein literarisches Product (wie das Mahābhārata, Rāmāyaṇa, Raghuvaṃśa) [Sāhityadarpana 9, 4. 10.] Davon nom. abstr. tva n. 7. —
2) ein grosser Satz, - Gedanke; Bez. von zwölf Aussprüchen der Upaniṣad’s (tattvamasi, ahaṃ brahmāsmi, brahmaivedaṃ sarvam u. s. w.), insbes. aber der mystisch gedeuteten Silben tattvam, [Weber’s Verzeichniss 181, No. 618.] [Oxforder Handschriften 227,b,23.] [Vedānta lecture No. 35. 78.] [BANERJEA 376.] viveka [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 631.] [Oxforder Handschriften 222.b,11.] dvādaśamahāvākyanirṇaya [HALL 138.] vicāra ebend. mahāvākyārtha [142.] mahāvākyārthaprabodha [137.] mahāvākyārthavicāra [138.] rahasya [142.] vivaraṇa [138.] muktāvalī [Akademische Vorlesungen 149.] mahāvākya auch Name einer Upaniṣad [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 326.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahāvākya (महावाक्य):—n. —
1) eine grosse Menge von Sätzen , ein grosses Gefüge von Sätzen , ein literarisches Product. Nom.abstr. tva n. —
2) ein grosser Satz , — Gedanke ; Bez. von zwölf Aussprüchen der Upaniṣad’s , insbes. der mystisch gedeuteten Silben tatvam. —
3) Titel einer Upaniṣad.
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Starts with (+9): Mahavakyadarpana, Mahavakyamahamantra, Mahavakyamantropadeshapaddhati, Mahavakyamuktavali, Mahavakyani, Mahavakyanirnaya, Mahavakyanyasa, Mahavakyapancikarana, Mahavakyarahasya, Mahavakyaratnavali, Mahavakyartha, Mahavakyartha atharvavediya, Mahavakyarthadarpana, Mahavakyarthaprabandha, Mahavakyarthaprabodha, Mahavakyarthasiddhi, Mahavakyarthavicara, Mahavakyarthavivarana, Mahavakyasiddhanta, Mahavakyasviddhanta.
Ends with: Dvadashamahavakya.
Full-text (+17): Dvadashamahavakya, Mahavakyaratnavali, Mahavakyatva, Mahavakyavyakhya, Mahavakyaviveka, Mahavakyasiddhanta, Mahavakyarahasya, Mahavakyadarpana, Mahavakyanirnaya, Mahavakyamuktavali, Mahavakyapancikarana, Mahavakyavivarana, Mahavakyanyasa, Mahavakyavicara, Mahavakyamantropadeshapaddhati, Mahavakyatippana, Mahavakyavivekarthasakshivivarana, Mahavakyopanishad, Mahavakyarthaprabodha, Mahavakyarthadarpana.
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