Mahesha, Maheśa, Maha-isha: 21 definitions
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Mahesha has 20 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Maheśa can be transliterated into English as Mahesa or Mahesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Mahesh.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMaheśa (महेश):—[(mahā + īśa)] m.
1) der grosse Herr, Gott [WILSON, Sel. Works 1, 244.] Beiname Śiva’s [Spr. 4710.] [MUIR, Stenzler 2, 446.] liṅga [KṢITĪŚ. 25, 16.] netra Bez. der Zahl drei [Śrutabodha 36.] — b) Nomen proprium einer buddhistischen Gottheit [WILSON, Sel. Works 2, 17.] — c) Nomen proprium verschiedener Männer [Oxforder Handschriften 189,b, No. 433. 201,b, No. 481. 261,a,13] [?(Weber’s Verzeichniss 159,4). HALL 66. 202.] — Vgl. māheśa .
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Māheśa (माहेश):—(von maheśa)
1) m. unter den Mānavaugha [Oxforder Handschriften 101,b,9.] Wohl fehlerhaft für māheśī . —
2) f. ī Beiname der Durgā [Devīpurāṇa 45 im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Maheśa (महेश):—Z. 3 lies
2) st. b); Z. 4 lies
3) st. c).
3) tīrtha [Rāmāyaṇa] ed. [SCHL. I, XXXI.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMaheśa (महेश):—m. —
1) der grosse Herr , Gott. —
2) Beiname Śiva's. —
3) Nomen proprium — a) einer buddhistischen Gottheit. — b) verschiedener Männer.
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Māheśa (माहेश):——
1) m. unter den Mānavaugha. —
2) f. ī Beiname der Durgā.
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