Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

māheśvara माहेश्वर – pertaining to Maheśvara or Śiva

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary adjective

pertaining to Maheśvara or Śiva

Derived from

  1. maheśvara महेश्वर substantive masculine — great lord; supreme lord
Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

māheśvara ·a. relating to great Śiva; m. a Śivaite.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

Māheśvara, as, ī, am (fr. maheśvara), relating or belonging to the great lord Śiva; worshipping Śiva; (as), m. a worshipper of Śiva; (ī), f. the energy of Śiva, one of the divine Mātṛs (= pārvatī or Durgā); N. of a river; a species of climbing plant (= yava-tiktā).

Petersburger 1855 adjective · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective

māheśvara (von maheśvara) 1〉 adj. f. ī auf den grossen Herrn (Śiva) bezüglich, ihm gehörig u. s. w.: pada MBH. 13,815. cāpa HARIV. 2330. tanu MĀRK. P. 109,71. parṣad RĀJA-TAR. 2,127. yuga HARIV. 3019. kalpa (s. u. kalpa 2,d.). jvara HARIV. 9556. dharmāḥ Verz. d. Oxf. H. 266,b,15. yoga Verz. d. Oxf. H. 52,b,4. stotra HARIV. 14860. yajña R. 4,37,31. vedāṅga Ind. St. 1,17,1. upapurāṇa Ind. St. 18,18. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 8,a,9. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 65,b,13. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 80,a,6. tantra Verz. d. Oxf. H. 104,a,16. śākunaśāstrasāra Verz. d. B. H. No. 897. dhārā N. pr. eines heiligen Badeplatzes MBH. 3,8095. ˚pada desgl. MBH. 3,8097. ˚pura desgl. MBH. 3,8107. māheśvare pure Verz. d. Oxf. H. 39,b,20. — 2〉 adj. Śiva verehrend; m. ein Verehrer des Śiva: janāḥ HARIV. 14844. KATHĀS. 25,230. COLEBR. Misc. Ess. I, 406. fgg. BANERJEA 270. RĀJA-TAR. 1,154. parama˚ Inschr. in Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 6,539,2. Davon nom. abstr. māheśvaratā RĀJA-TAR. 1,135. RĀJA-TAR. 3,453. Vgl. mahāmāheśvara. — 3〉 f. ī a〉 Maheśvaraʼs Energie Verz. d. Oxf. H. 25,b, N. 5. unter den sieben göttlichen Müttern Verz. d. Oxf. H. 184,a,4. MIT. 142,10. H. 201, Sch. ŚABDAR._im_ŚKDR. = Durgā ebend. MBH. 14,1184. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 71,b,12. ˚tantra Verz. d. Oxf. H. 108,b,36. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 109,a,25. — b〉 N. pr. eines Flusses ŚATR. 1,54. — c〉 eine best. Schlingpflanze, = yavatiktā RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

māheśvara 2〉 SARVADARŚANAS. 74,6. SARVADARŚANAS. 80,14. SARVADARŚANAS. 90,17. SARVADARŚANAS. 97,11.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

māheśvara — 1〉 Adj. (f. ī) — a〉 auf den grossen Herrn (Śiva) bezüglich, ihm gehörig u. s. w. dhārā N. pr. eines heiligen Badeplatzes. — b〉 Śiva verehrend. — 2〉 m. ein Verehrer des Śiva, ein Śivait. Vier Secten derselben GOVINDĀN. S. 592. parama˚ KĀD. 249,11. HARṢAC. 71,10. Nom. abstr. ˚tā f. — 3〉 f. ī — a〉 Śivaʼs Energie, eine der sieben göttlichen Mütter, = ddhargā. — b〉 *eine best. Pflanze RĀJAN. 3,65. — c〉 N. pr. eines Flusses.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine

māheśvara a. (rī f.) 1 Belonging to a great lord or to Śiva. 2 Worshipping Śiva. — raḥ A worshipper of Śiva. — rī N. of Pārvatī or Durgā.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

māheśvara auf den großen Śiva bezüglich, śiva's; m. ein Śivait.

Derived words

  • māheśvarī माहेश्वरी substantive feminine Māheśvarī

Occurrences in source texts (2)

PJH 1 occurrence
PJH 21: Epilogue and Closing Blessing 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

  • PJH 21.1 Segment 15

    Attested form: māheśvarīm Grammar of the segment: accusative singular feminine

SS 1 occurrence
SS 3.16–3.19: Depth and the Powers of Sound 1 occurrence

Occurrences through derived words

  • SS 3.19 Segment 4

    Through: māheśvarī Attested form: māheśvarī Grammar of the segment: tatpuruṣa-compound genitive

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