Mahavira, Mahāvīra, Maha-vira: 31 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Mahavir.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahāvīra (महावीर):—[(ma + vīra)]
1) m. a) ein grosser Held [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 274.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 290.] [Ṛgveda 1, 32, 6.] [Geschichte des Vidūṣaka 115.] [TANTRASĀRA im Śabdakalpadruma] Beiw. Viṣṇu’s [ŚABDĀRTHAK.] bei [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] [DHYĀNABINDŪP.] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 3.] Bogenschütze [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) ein grosser irdener Topf, der über Feuer gesetzt werden kann, namentlich beim Pravargya gebraucht, [ŚABDĀRTHAK.] bei [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] Eine Etymologie aus Bed. 1. wird versucht [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 1, 1, 11. -] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 19, 14.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 1, 2, 9. 17. 3, 1. 13. 4, 16. 2, 2, 13. 40.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Brāhmaṇa 8, 3. 7.] [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 9, 10, 1.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 26, 1, 16. 2, 10. 19.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 5, 9, 31. 12, 2.] [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 4, 7, 4.] — c) Opferfeuer [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 7, 6. 3, 3, 366.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 836.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] ein agnināman [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 1, 25.] [ŚABDĀRTHAK.] bei [WILSON.] — d) Donnerkeil. — e) Löwe. — f) ein weisses Pferd [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — g) der indische Kuckuck (kokila) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] = saṃcāna [Medinīkoṣa] — h) der Vogel Garuḍa [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — i) eine best. Pflanze, = ekavīra [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — k) = jarāṭaka (vgl. jarāṭa u. pārpara [4.]) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] — l) Nomen proprium eines Fürsten [Mahābhārata 1, 2696.] eines Sohnes des Bṛhadratha [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 71, 7] (mahāvīrya [Gorresio]). des Priyavrata [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 1, 25. 26.] des Savana [Viṣṇupurāṇa 200] (mahāvīta [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa]). Nomen proprium des letzten ( [24ten]) Arhant's der gegenwärtigen Avasarpiṇī [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 30.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Oxforder Handschriften 186,b,18.] [Colebrooke.2,315. fgg.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1356.] [WILSON, Sel. Works 1,225. 281. 285. fgg. 328. 330. 335. 337. fg. 341. 343.] [HALL 166.] —
2) f. ā eine best. Pflanze, = kṣīrakākolī [Ratnamālā im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Mahāvīra (महावीर):—
1) l) Nomen proprium des letzten Arhant's [Hemacandra] [Yogaśāstra 1, 1.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahāvīra (महावीर):——
1) m. — a) ein grosser Held. Auch als Beiw. Viṣṇu's. — b) *Bogenschütze. — c) ein grosser irdener Topf , der über Feuer gesetzt werden kann (namentlich beim Pravargya gebraucht). — d) Opferfeuer. — e) *Donnerkeil. — f) *Löwe. — g) *ein weisses Pferd. — h) *der indische Kuckuck. — i) *der Vogel Garuḍa. — k) *Helminthostachys lawiniata [Rājan 8,17.] — l) * = jarāṭaka. — m) Nomen proprium — α) verschiedener Fürsten. — β) des letzten Arhant’s der gegenwärtigen Avasarpiṇt. —
2) *f. ā eine best. Knolle.
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Ends with: Ghantakarnamahavira.
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