maheśvara महेश्वर – great lord; supreme lord
substantive masculine
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AYI dictionary substantive masculine
great lord; supreme lord
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine
Original text · English · substantive masculine
maheśvara ·m. = prec., also E. of sev. other gods, esp. of the 4 world-protectors; f. ī E. of Durgā.
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine
Original text · English · substantive masculine
—Maheśvara (˚hā-īś˚), as, m. a great lord, sovereign, chief, (tridaśānām-m˚, chief of the gods, i. e. Indra; loka-m˚, lord of the world, i. e. Kṛṣṇa; devāsura-m˚, lord of gods and Asuras, i. e. Śiva); a N. of Śiva; God (as opposed to pra-kṛti); epithet of Viṣṇu; N. of a Deva- putra; of a Yakṣa; of various men; of the son of Brāhma (the author of the Viśva-prakāśa and Sāha- sāṅka-caritra); of the father of Bhāskara; of the author of the Vāmana-vṛtti-ṭīkā; (ās), m. pl. the Loka-pālas or guardians of the world (Indra, Yama, Agni, and Varuṇa); (ī), f. ‘great lady or mistress,’ an epithet of Durgā; of Dākṣāyaṇī in Mahā-kāla; a kind of brass or bell-metal (= brahma-rīti, rāja- rīti); Clitoria Ternatea.
Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine
Original text · German · substantive masculine
maheśvara 1〉 m. (mahā + ī˚) a〉 der grosse Herr, Oberherr, Haupt MED. r. 292. tamīśvarāṇāṃ paramaṃ maheśvaram ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 6,7. tridaśānām (Indra) MBH. 1,8261. loka˚ Bein. Kṛṣṇaʼs BHAG. 10,3. sarvaloka˚ desgl. BHAG. 5,29. Śivaʼs R. 1,37,13. devāsura˚ (Śiva) MBH. 13,1260. Ohne Ergänzung pl. Bez. der Welthüter Indra, Yama, Agni und Varuṇa N. 3,8. N. 4,23. N. 5,21. sg. Gott (im Gegens. zu prakṛti) ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 4,10. Ind. St. 2,92. MUIR, ST. 3,5. MUIR, ST. 3,71. MUIR, ST. 3,222. Insbes. Bein. Śivaʼs AK. 1,1,1,25. AK. 3,4,9,37. H. 198. MED. AV. PARIŚ. 42,3. Ind. St. 4,359. MBH. 1,1154. MBH. 1,7701. MBH. 12,12957. MBH. 14,141. HARIV. 7586. R. 1,37,27. R. 1,44,5. R. 1,76,17. R. 5,5,7. RAGH. 3,49. Spr. 9. Spr. 2159. KATHĀS. 69,37. VP. 65. VP. 66. MĀRK. P. 51,56. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 45,a,6. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 76,a,6. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 103,a,31. LALIT. ed. Calc. 340,1 v. u. WASSILJEW 198. WASSILJEW 214. HIOUEN-THSANG 1,124. HIOUEN-THSANG 1,237. HIOUEN-THSANG 1,264. HIOUEN-THSANG 1,354. HIOUEN-THSANG 2,157. HIOUEN-THSANG 2,178. ˚liṅga KṢITĪŚ. 26,4. Bez. Viṣṇuʼs WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 352. Spr. 4512 (?). — b〉 N. pr. eines Devaputra LALIT. ed. Calc. 3,16. LALIT. ed. Calc. 4,15. LALIT. ed. Calc. 6,19. LALIT. ed. Calc. 7,12. Lot. de la b. l. 3. eines Yakṣa BURN. Intr. 256. — c〉 N. pr. verschiedener Männer SIDDHĀNTAŚIR. 13,61. Verz. d. B. H. No. 687. Verz. d. B. H. No. 843. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 327,a, No. 774. Verz. d. B. H. No. 802. Verz. d. B. H. No. 820. Verz. d. B. H. No. 967. H. 528, Randgl. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 113,b,2. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 150,b,33. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 185,b,40. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 187,b,15. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 187,b,37. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 207,b, No. 488. HALL in der Einl. zu VĀSAVAD. 18. VĀSAVAD. 46. VĀSAVAD. 54. Inschr. in Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 6,508, Śl. 32. ˚tīrtha Ind. St. 1,468. ˚nyāyālaṃkāra GILD. Bibl. 339. ˚vaidya COLEBR. Misc. Ess. II, 58. — 2〉 f. ī (mahā + ī˚) a〉 die grosse Frau, Bein. der Durgā TANTRASĀRA_im_ŚKDR. Bez. der Dākṣāyaṇī in Mahākāla Verz. d. Oxf. H. 39,b,18. — b〉 eine Art Messing, = brahmarīti H. 1048. = rājarīti RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — — c〉 Clitoria Ternatea Lin. ŚABDAC._im_ŚKDR. — Vgl. bhūtamaheśvara, māheśvara.
Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine
Original text · German · substantive masculine
maheśvara — 1〉 m. — a〉 ein grosser Herr, Oberherr, Haupt. — b〉 Gott. — c〉 Bez. — α〉 Śivaʼs. — β〉 Viṣṇuʼs. — γ〉 Pl. der Welthüter Indra, Yama, Agni und Varuṇa. — d〉 N. pr. — α〉 eines Devaputra. — β〉 verschiedener Männer. — 2〉 f. ī — a〉 Bein. der Durgā. — b〉 Name der Dākṣāyaṇī in Mahākāla. — c〉 *eine Art Messing RĀJAN. 13,29. — d〉 *Clitoria ternatea.
Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine
Original text · German · substantive masculine
maheśvara m. dass.; auch Bein. der 4 Welthüter u. Mannsn. überh. ī f. Bein. der Durgā.
Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine
Original text · French · substantive masculine
maheśvara maheśvara m. (īśvara) Śiva. — F. [ī] Durgā. métal de cloches. Clitoria ternatea, bot. maheśvarakaracyutā f. (kara; cyu) la Karatoyā, tombée de la main de Śiva.
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Occurrences in source texts (6)
PJH 1 occurrence
PJH 21: Epilogue and Closing Blessing 1 occurrence
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PJH 21.1 Segment 15
SiSa 1 occurrence
SS 1 occurrence
SS 3.16–3.19: Depth and the Powers of Sound 1 occurrence
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SS 3.19 Segment 4
SVU 2 occurrences
VBT 1 occurrence
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