maharṣi महर्षि – great seer

substantive masculine

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AYI dictionary substantive masculine

great seer

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Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

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maharṣi ·m. great Rishi.

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Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

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—Maharṣi (˚hā-ṛṣi), is, m. a great Ṛṣi, any great sage or saint, (accord- ing to Manu I. 34. there were ten Maharṣis created by Manu Svāyambhuva, whose names were Marīci, Atṛ, Aṅgiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Pracetas, Vasiṣṭha, Bhṛgu, Nārada, who are also called the ten Prajā-patis; some restrict the number of Ma- harṣis to seven, and some add the names of Dakṣa, Dharma, Gautama, Kaṇva, Vālmīki, Vyāsa, Manu, Vibhāṇḍaka, &c.); an epithet of Śiva; of Buddha; a proper N.

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Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine

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maharṣi (mahā + ṛṣi) m. 1〉 ein grosser Ṛṣi (s. u. ṛṣi) TAITT. ĀR. 1,9,6. M. 1,1. M. 1,4. M. 1,36. M. 3,69. maharṣipitṛdevānām M. 4,257. M. 5,3. M. 6,32. M. 8,110. M. 11,29 (= MBH. 12,6054). BHAG. 10,2. BHAG. 11,21. INDR. 5,25. N. 5,28. N. 9,22. R. 1,4,17. R. 1,5,21. R. 1,59,3. R. 1,63,17. SUŚR. 2,377,11. ŚĀK. 101,7. LALIT. ed. Calc. 251,5. WEBER, JYOT. 60. patīnprajānāmasṛjaṃ maharṣīnādito daśa .. marīcimatryaṅgirasau pulastyaṃ pulahaṃ kratum . pracetasaṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ ca bhṛguṃ nāradameva ca .. M. 1,34. fg. bhṛgurmarīciratriśca aṅgirāḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ . manurdakṣo vasiṣṭhaśca pulastyaśceti te daśa .. brahmaṇo mānasā hyete utpannāḥ svayamīśvarāḥ . paratvenarṣayastasmādbhūtāstasmānmaharṣayaḥ .. MĀTSYA-P. 120_im_ŚKDR. brahmaṇo mānasāḥ putrā viditāḥ ṣaṇmaharṣayaḥ . marīciratryaṅgirasau pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ .. MBH. 1,2518. MBH. 1,2565. prajānāṃ patayaḥ sapta sapta caiva maharṣayaḥ HARIV. 14146. bhṛgu M. 3,69. maharṣīṇāṃ bhṛguraham (sagt Kṛṣṇa) BHAG. 2,25. Vasiṣṭha R. 1,54,4. RAGH. 1,48. RAGH. 2,45. Nārada N. 14,5. Kaṇva ŚĀK. 7,17. ŚĀK. 28,13. vyāsādayaḥ TRIK. 2,7,15. Vālmīki R. 1,2,43. Vibhāṇḍaka R. 1,9,28. unter den Beiww. Śivaʼs ŚIV. Buddhaʼs VYUTP. 1. — 2〉 N. pr. eines Mannes Verz. d. B. H. No. 246.