Mahavisha, Mahāviṣa, Maha-visha: 9 definitions
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Mahavisha has 7 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Mahāviṣa can be transliterated into English as Mahavisa or Mahavisha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahāviṣa (महाविष):—1. (ma + viṣa) n. ein best. unter den kandaviṣāṇi aufgeführtes Gift [Suśruta 2, 252, 7. 253, 11.]
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Mahāviṣa (महाविष):—2. (wie eben)
1) adj. überaus giftig: kṛṣṇasarpa [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 53, 55.] vṛścika [Suśruta 2, 292, 19.] —
2) m. Coluber Naga (kālasarpa) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 2, 3.] [Jaṭādhara im Śabdakalpadruma]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahāviṣa (महाविष):—1. n. ein best. Gift.
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Mahāviṣa (महाविष):—2. —
1) Adj. überaus giftig. —
2) *m. Coluber Naga.
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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