Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

maheśvara महेश्वर – great lord; supreme lord

substantive masculine

Dictionary sources

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.

Derived words

  • māheśvara माहेश्वर adjective pertaining to Maheśvara or Śiva
Further derivatives (1)
  • māheśvarī माहेश्वरी substantive feminine Māheśvarī

Occurrences in source texts (6)

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

Occurrences through derived words

  • PJH 21.1 Segment 15

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

SiSa 1 occurrence
SiSa 5.144-5.155: Ājñā und Khecarī 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

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

SVU 2 occurrences
SVU 4.6-4.10: Two Birds and Māyā 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

SVU 6.7–6.13: Lord of All Lords 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

VBT 1 occurrence
VBT 139–145: Fruit of the Ways 1 occurrence

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