Mahendra, Māhendra, Mahemdra, Maha-indra: 49 definitions

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Mahendra (महेन्द्र):—[(mahā + i)]

1) m. a) oxyt. der grosse Indra [Amarakoṣa.3,4,1,10.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa.1,1,57.3,3,366.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha.3,593.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 201.] [Jaṭādhara] in [Oxforder Handschriften 191,a,29.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā.7,39.] yanmahānindro bhavattanmahendrasya mahendratvam [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa.3,21.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa.1,6,4,21.2,5,4,9.4,3,3,17.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā.1,6,2,4.2,5,4,4.6,5,5,3.] [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa.3,5,7,6.] [ĀŚV. GṚHY.1,10,4.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch.7,7.] [Nalopākhyāna.3,5.] [Mahābhārata.1,7705.] [Harivaṃśa 4020.] [Rāmāyaṇa.1,1,43. 16,11. 47,11.6,81,21.] [Suśruta.2,172,16.] [Śākuntala 94,20.] [Raghuvaṃśa 13,20.] [Spr. 3772.] [KĀM. NĪTIS.4,21.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 46,81. 48,2. 58,42.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 19,93. 72,225. 228.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa.6,13,6.9,8,11.] [Oxforder Handschriften 27,a,14.] mahotsava [Weber’s Verzeichniss 136,a (134).] ketu, dhvaja Indra's Banner [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 44, 14. 33, 24.] Mahendra ein best. Stern [Viṣṇupurāṇa 241.] Viṣṇu so genannt [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 102, 16.] [Śabdakalpadruma] nach dem [Mahābhārata Śiva] [Śivanāmasahasra] — b) Oberhaupt: sarvadevānām (Indra) [Nalopākhyāna 4, 11.] — c) Nomen proprium eines jüngeren Bruders (nach Andern eines Sohnes) des Aśoka [WASSILJEW 41. 45. 46.] [Hiouen-Thsang 1, 423. 2, 121. 140.] Vie de [Hiouen-Thsang 198.] [KÖPPEN 1, 176. 180. 197. 515.] eines andern Fürsten [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde II, 400. 954. fg.] — d) Nomen proprium eines Gebirges [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 3, 4. 3, 3, 366.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde I, 562.] [Pariśiṣṭa des Atharvaveda] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 93.] [Mahābhārata 1, 2459. 5120. 7824. 3, 8158. 5, 353. 13, 7657. 14, 1174.] [Harivaṃśa 2322. 5295. 12395] (śailendraṃ zu lesen). [Rāmāyaṇa.1,75,8. 76,15.4,37,2. 62,22.5,4,3.] [Suśruta.2,169,1.] [Raghuvaṃśa.6,54. 72.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 14,11. 16,10.] [Siddhāntaśiromaṇi.3,42.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 19,92.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 174.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa.5,19,16.7,14,32.9,16,26.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 57,10. 29. 58,21.] [MUIR, Stenzler.2,446.] [Oxforder Handschriften 82,a,19.] Nomen proprium eines Ortes [339,a,41.] — e) eine best. hohe Zahl [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 185.] —

2) f. ā Nomen proprium eines Flusses [Mahābhārata 6, 330] [?(Viṣṇupurāṇa 183).] —

3) f. ī eine best. Pflanze, = mahendravāruṇī [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] u. dem letzten Worte. — Vgl. mahī, māhendra .

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Māhendra (माहेन्द्र):—(von mahendra)

1) adj. f. ī auf den grossen Indra bezüglich, ihm gehörig u.s.w. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 29.] aindraṃ vā māhendraṃ vā purolāśam [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 7, 4.] uddhāra [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 6, 5, 5, 3.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 24, 17.] graha [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4, 3, 3, 15. 5, 4, 8.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 10, 3, 10.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 3, 21.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 4, 2, 10. 5, 11, 28.] pragraha (v. l. graha) [Mahābhārata 5, 4562.] vāraṇendra [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 25, 7.] kavaca [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 86, 25.] tanucchada [Raghuvaṃśa 12, 86.] astra [Mahābhārata 7, 6958.] [Bhaṭṭikavya 15, 93.] dhanus so v. a. Regenbogen [Mahābhārata 5, 5353.] [Harivaṃśa 7477.] [Mṛcchakaṭikā 85, 15.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 2, 13.] ambhas Regenwasser [Kumārasaṃbhava 7, 84.] [Suśruta 1, 238, 18.] diś so v. a. Osten [Mahābhārata 7, 8408.] āśā [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 239.] östlich, in östlicher Richtung laufend: śirā Wasserader [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 54, 36.] —

2) m. a) = śubhadaṇḍaviśeṣa [Śabdakalpadruma] nach dem [SĀRASAṂGRAHA]. — b) patron. [Pravarādhyāya] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 59, 18.] —

3) f. ī a) (sc. diś) Osten [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 28, 15.] — b) (sc. ṛc) ein den Indra verherrlichendes Lied: mahendraṃ ca māhendrībhiḥ samarcayet [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 46, 81.] — c) Indra's Energie [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] unter den sieben göttlichen Müttern [Mitākṣarā 142, 10.] pl. unter den Müttern Skanda's [Mahābhārata 9, 2655.] — d) Kuh [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]; vgl. māheyī .

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Mahendra (महेन्द्र):—

1) a) [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 13, 4, 2. 9. 17, 1, 18.] — d) mahendrādri [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 79, 12.]

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Māhendra (माहेन्द्र):—

1) ketavaḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 21, 44.] —

2) c) Bez. des 7ten Muhūrta [Weber’s Indische Studien 10, 296.]

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Māhendra (माहेन्द्र):—

3) e) eine best. Iṣti [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 2, 18, 17.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Mahendra (महेन्द्र):——

1) m. — a) der grosse Indra. Auch übertragen auf Viṣṇu und Śiva. — b) ein best. Stern. — c) Oberhaupt. — d) *eine best. hohe Zahl (buddh.). — e) Nomen proprium — α) zweier Fürsten. — β) eines Gebirges. —

2) mahendrā f. Nomen proprium eines Flusses. —

3) *f. mahendrī eine best. Pflanze.

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Māhendra (माहेन्द्र):——

1) Adj. (f. ī) — a) auf den grossen Indra bezüglich , ihm gehörig u.s.w. dhanus n. Regenbogen , ambhas Regenwasser , dīś f. und āśā f. Osten. — b) östlich , in östlicher Richtung laufend.

2) m. — a) ein best. Bechervoll [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtra 13,3,10.] — b) * = ṣṛbhadaṇḍaviśeṣa. — c) Bez. des 7ten Muhūrta. — d) Patron. — e) Pl. Nomen proprium einer Dynastie [Viṣṇupurāṇa 4,24,18.] —

3) f. māhendrī — a) Osten. — b) eine best. Iṃṣṭi. — c) Pl. best. den Indra verherrlichende Verse. — d) *Kuh. — e) Indra’s Energie , eine der sieben göttlichen Mütter. Pl. unter den Müttern Skanda's. —

4) n. das Mondhaus Gyeṣṭha [Varāhamihira’s Yogayātrā 7,7.]

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