Mahotsava, Maha-utsava: 18 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahotsava (महोत्सव):—[(mahā + u)] m.
1) ein grosses Fest [Nalopākhyāna 26, 32.] [Geschichte des Vidūṣaka 54.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1181.] mahendra [136,a (134).] śatakratoḥ [Kathāsaritsāgara 27, 59.] kṛṣṇarāsa [PAÑCAR. 1, 11, 1.] parirambhamahā [Prabodhacandrodaja 58, 4.] Am Ende eines adj. comp.: vilambitavatseśapāṇigrahamahotsavā [Kathāsaritsāgara 33, 2.] saṃjātamanomahotsavā [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 11, 32.] Davon adj. maya aus grossen Festen bestehend, grosse Feste feiernd: mayaṃ svapuraṃ cakāra [Kathāsaritsāgara 56, 414.] —
2) der Liebesgott [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 77.] — Vgl. madana .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahotsava (महोत्सव):—m. —
1) ein grosses Fest. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā. —
2) *der Liebesgott.
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Partial matches: Maha, Utsava.
Starts with: Mahotsavamaya, Mahotsavavidhi.
Ends with (+11): Abhishekamahotsava, Amritamahotsava, Ashtahnikamahotsava, Atthai-mahotsava, Dikshamahotsava, Indramahotsava, Kaumudimahotsava, Madanamahotsava, Madhumasamahotsava, Mahendramahotsava, Maheshamahotsava, Mallakridamahotsava, Navacandimahotsava, Navasamvatsara Mahotsava, Navavarshamahotsava, Parapushtamahotsava, Parinirvanamahotsava, Parinishkramtimahotsava, Rajatamahotsava, Rajnamindramahotsava.
Full-text (+70): Parapushtamahotsava, Madanamahotsava, Rathamahotsava, Makorcavam, Mahotsavavidhi, Mahotsavamaya, Mocchava, Motsava, Kaumudimaha, Rasamahotsava, Dikshamahotsava, Indramahotsava, Mahusava, Navavarshamahotsava, Mahotsavin, Kaumudimahotsava, Yatramahotsava, Madhumasamahotsava, Snana-mahotsava, Mahotsav.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 3.2.27 < [Chapter 2 - The Great Festival of Śrī Girirāja]
Verse 5.7.4 < [Chapter 7 - The Killing of Kuvalayāpīḍa]
Chapter 2 - The Great Festival of Śrī Girirāja < [Canto 3 - Girirāja-khaṇḍa]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 1.2.220 < [Part 2 - Devotional Service in Practice (sādhana-bhakti)]
Verse 3.4.51 < [Part 4 - Parenthood (vātsalya-rasa)]
Verse 2.1.324 < [Part 1 - Ecstatic Excitants (vibhāva)]
Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)
Part 5.3b - Artha-doṣa (defect of sense) < [Chapter 2 - Literary Study of the Mālatīmādhava]
Part 2.3b - Arthālaṃkāras (Figure of Sense) < [Chapter 2 - Literary Study of the Mālatīmādhava]
Sanskrit sources of Kerala history (by Suma Parappattoli)
12. Astami-Mahotsava by Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri < [Chapter 5 - Sanskrit Dramas and Campus bearing on Kerala History]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.1.148 < [Chapter 1 - Vairāgya (renunciation)]
Verse 1.1.30-31 < [Chapter 1 - Bhauma (the earthly plane)]
Verse 1.4.80 < [Chapter 4 - Bhakta (the devotee)]
Harshacharita (socio-cultural Study) (by Mrs. Nandita Sarmah)
12. Festivals (Mahotsava) < [Chapter 6 - Other Socio-Cultural Aspects]
2. Dissimilarities (4): Festivals < [Chapter 8 - Comparative Society as described in the Kādambarī and the Harṣacarita]