mahattva महत्त्व – magnitude

substantive neuter

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AYI dictionary substantive neuter

magnitude

Derived from

mahant महन्त् adjective — great; mighty
tva त्व suffix — suffix -tva forming abstract neuter nouns: -ness; -ity; being

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Petersburger 1855 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

mahattva (wie eben) n. Grösse, = mahan NIR. 11,37. BHĀṢĀP. 57. taraṃgasya HALĀY. 3,31. randhrasya KĀM. NĪTIS. 15,15. mahābhāratasya grosser Umfang MBH. 1,266. balasya Grösse, Stärke NIR. 10,10. snehasya MĀLAV. 32,10. rogasya Heftigkeit SUŚR. 1,268,8. SUŚR. 1,291,20. Grösse so v. a. hohe Stellung, hohes Ansehen: śūdro 'pi mahattvamīyāt R. 1,1,96. R. 1,63,19. ṣaḍvyāghātā mahattvasya Spr. 388. Spr. 862. Spr. 1030. Spr. 2141. Spr. 4870. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 5,36. RĀJA-TAR. 2,46. BHĀG. P. 1,16,30. BHĀG. P. 9,5,14.

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Böhtlingk 1879 substantive neuter

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mahattva n. — 1〉 Grösse, grosser Umfang. — 2〉 Grösse, Stärke, Heftigkeit. — 3〉 hohe Stellung, hohes Ansehen. — 4〉 sittliche Grösse Chr. 137,14. Spr. 7718.

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Apte 1890 substantive neuter

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mahattvaṃ 1 Greatness, largeness, magnitude, great extent. 2 Mightiness, majesty. 3 Importance. 4 Exalted position, height, elevation. 5 Intensity, violence, high degree.