Mahayya: 4 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahayya (महय्य):—(wie eben) adj. zu ergötzen, zu erfreuen: ātmaiveha mahayya ātmā paricaryaḥ [Chāndogyopaniṣad 8, 8, 4.] = pūjanīya []
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Mahāyya (महाय्य):—(von 1. mah) adj. zu ergötzen, zu erfreuen (= pūjya [Sāyaṇa]): taṃ vo ma.o ma.āyya.indraṃ dā.āya sa.ṣaṇim [Ṛgveda 8, 59, 8.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahayya (महय्य):—Adj. zu ergötzen , zu erfreuen.
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Mahāyya (महाय्य):—mahāyia Adj. zu ergötzen , zu erfreuen. Nach [Sāyaṇa. ] zu ehren.
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Chandogya Upanishad (english Translation) (by Swami Lokeswarananda)
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 8.70.8 < [Sukta 70]