Mahisha, Mahiṣa, Mahisa, Māhiṣa, Mahīśa: 38 definitions
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Mahisha has 37 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Mahiṣa and Māhiṣa and Mahīśa can be transliterated into English as Mahisa or Mahisha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Mahish.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahiṣa (महिष):—
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Māhiṣa (माहिष):—(von mahiṣa und mahiṣī)
1) adj. f. ī dem Büffel —, der Büffelkuh eigen, von ihnen kommend [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 4, 48.] rūpa [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 9, 60.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 83, 20.] vapus [KĀŚĪKH. 72, 22.] veṣa [?27 (bei AUFRECHT, Halāyudha Ind.).] māṃsa [Mahābhārata.13, 4247.] śṛṅga [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 100.] [Halāyudha 4, 79.] rakta [Oxforder Handschriften 103,b,8.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 55,30.] kṣīra [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 5, 9.] [YAMA] bei [Kullūka] zu [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 5, 8.] [Spr. 1388.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 32, 18.] [Suśruta 1, 174, 20. 176, 2.] ghṛta [?180, 19. Scholiast zu Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 150, 13.] dadhi [Spr. 655.] pañca (gṛha; vgl. pañcamahiṣa) [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 50, 85.] —
2) m. pl. Nomen proprium eines Volkes [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 17, 26, v. l.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 188,] [Nalopākhyāna 54.] sg. Nomen proprium einer Gegend [Oxforder Handschriften 339,b,16]; vgl. mahiṣa 2, b und māhiṣaka .
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Mahiṣa (महिष):—
2) c) von Skanda erschlagen [Mahābhārata 7, 7412.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahiṣa (महिष):——
1) Adj. (f. mahiṣī) gewaltig. suparṇa m. die Sonne , maga m. der Büffel. —
2) m. — a) Büffel. — b) ein grosser Priester (nach [Mahīdhara]). — c) Nomen proprium — α) Pl. eines Volkes. — β) eines Asura , den Durgā (oder Skanda) erschlägt. — γ) eines Sādhya. — δ) eines Mannes. — ε) eines Gebirges in Śālmaladvipa [Wilson's Uebersetzung des Viṣṇupurāṇa ,4,27.] —
3) f. māhiṣī — a) Büffelkuh. — b) Bez. ausgezeichneter Frauen , insbes. der ersten Gemahlin eines Fürsten (auch Pl. st. Sg.) ; auch Gemahlin eines Fürsten überh. und Weibchen (eines Vogels). sammudrasya Bez. der Yamuna. — c) *ein liederliches Weib und das Geld , welches man aus der Prostitution seines Weibes löst. — d) *eine best. Heilpflanze.
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Māhiṣa (माहिष):——
1) Adj. (f. ī) dem Büffel — , der Büffelkuh eigen , von ihnen kommend. —
2) m. Pl. Nomen proprium eines Volkes.
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Starts with (+37): Mahisamandala, Mahisha-kara, Mahishacara, Mahishada, Mahishadadhi, Mahishaddaka, Mahishadesha, Mahishadhvaja, Mahishadi, Mahishaga, Mahishaghni, Mahishaghrita, Mahishajya, Mahishaka, Mahishakanda, Mahishakhya, Mahishaksha, Mahishakshaka, Mahishakshi, Mahishakshi guggula.
Ends with: Adharmamahisha, Agramahisha, Ashvamahisha, Gomahisha, Nilamahisha, Nrimahisha, Pancamahisha, Pratimahisha, Sarvamahisha, Vanamahisha.
Full-text (+162): Mahishavahana, Mahishadhvaja, Mahishasura, Mahishaksha, Mahishardana, Mahishika, Mahishya, Mahishaghni, Mahishamardini, Mahishatva, Mahishamarddini, Mahishaka, Mahishapalaka, Mahishapala, Mahishanana, Ashvamahishika, Karambha, Mahishasthalaka, Shakyama, Mahishasthali.
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