Mahavana, Mahāvana, Maha-vana: 16 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahāvana (महावन):—1. (ma + vana) n.
1) ein grosser Wald [Jaṭādhara im Śabdakalpadruma] [Nalopākhyāna.12, 98.] [Mahābhārata 5, 2322] (wo mit der ed. Bomb. chinnaṃ st. channaṃ zu lesen ist). [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 55, 48. 5, 12, 25.] —
2) n. Nomen proprium eines in einem grossen Walde gelegenen buddhistischen Klosters in Udyāna [Burnouf 396.] [Hiouen-Thsang 1, 136] (saṃghārāma) . [KÖPPEN 1, 146.] Nomen proprium eines Waldes in Vṛudāvana [Śabdakalpadruma]
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Mahāvana (महावन):—2. (wie eben) adj. einen grossen Wald habend [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 6, 10.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahāvana (महावन):—1. n. —
1) ein grosser Wald. —
2) n. Nomen proprium — a) *eines Waldes. — b) eines in einem Walde gelegenen buddh. Klosters.
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Mahāvana (महावन):—2. Adj. einen grossen Wald habend.
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Starts with: Mahavanasamgharama, Mahavanasthana, Mahavanavihara.
Ends with: Homahavana, Sahyamahavana.
Full-text (+44): Mahavanasamgharama, Kutagarasala, Pajjunnadhita Sutta, Panditakumaraka, Urubuddharakkhita, Rahita, Kalimbha, Kolavana, Kamiavana, Mahuvana, Bahulavana, Khairavana, Vindavana, Billavana, Revataka, Talavana, Bhandiravana, Lohajamghavana, Uruvelakappa, Mahavanavihara.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 2.3.16 < [Chapter 3 - Description of the Yamunā’s Arrival]
Verse 8.13.105 < [Chapter 13 - A Thousand Names of Lord Balarāma]
Verse 1.19.31 < [Chapter 19 - Breaking of the Two Arjuna Trees]
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 1 - Introduction (Buddha’s Fifth Vassa at Vesali) < [Chapter 23 - The Buddha’s Fifth Vassa at Vesali]
The Occasion of the Great Assembly (Mahāsamaya) < [Chapter 22 - Founding of Vesali]
Chapter 19b - The Buddha’s Second Vassa < [Volume 3]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 1.6.122 < [Chapter 6 - Priyatama (the most beloved devotees)]
Verse 2.2.1-2 < [Chapter 2 - Jñāna (knowledge)]
Verse 2.1.112-112 < [Chapter 1 - Vairāgya (renunciation)]
Animal Kingdom (Tiryak) in Epics (by Saranya P.S)
Mahavamsa (by Wilhelm Geiger)
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Part 7 - Sarvada-jātaka < [Chapter XX - The Virtue of Generosity and Generosity of the Dharma]
Part 5 - Buddha’s preferences for Rājagṛha < [Chapter V - Rājagṛha]
Appendix 1 - The five hundred insults and five hundred praises to the Buddha < [Chapter XLII - The Great Loving-kindness and the Great Compassion of the Buddhas]