mahī मही – earth

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mahī́ ·-> máh2.

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Mahī, f. (fr. maha, q. v.), ‘the great world;’ the earth, world [cf. urvī, pṛthvī]; soil, ground, land, landed property; a country, kingdom; earth (as a material, see Manu VII. 70); any space, sphere, (according to Sāy. on Ṛg-veda III. 56, 2, mahī = loka, the world); the ground or base of a triangle or other plane figure; a large army (Ved.); a cow, (according to Sāy. on Ṛg-veda IV. 41, 5, mahī gaus = mahatī gaus, a large cow); the plant Hingtsha Repens; a kind of metre, four times ˘ ¯; N. of a divine being associated with Iḍā and Saras- vatī; N. of a river (rising in the province of Malwa and falling into the gulf of Cambay after a westerly course of 280 miles); a stream, water, (according to Sāy. on Ṛg-veda II. 11, 2, mahīḥ = mahatīr apaḥ, the great waters); (ī), du., Ved. heaven and earth, (according to Sāy. on Ṛg-veda 1. 80, 11, mahī = mahatyau dyāvā-pṛthivyau.)

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mahī mahī, mahī-kampa, &c. See p. 763, col. 1.

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mahī s. u. 3. mah.

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2. mahī Adv. mit kara gross machen, erhöhen.

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1. mahī́ f. s. u. 2. máha.

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mahī 1 Earth; as in mahīpāla, mahībhṛt &c.; mahī ramyā śayyā Bh. 3. 79. 2 Ground, soil. 3 Landed property or estate, land. 4 A country, kingdom. 5 N. of a river falling into the gulf of Cambay. 6 (In geom.) The base of any plane figure. 7 A large army (Ved.). Comp. — inaḥ, -īśvaraḥ a king; na na mahīnanahīnaparākramaṃ R. 9. 5. — kaṃpaḥ an earthquake. — kṣit m. a king, sovereign; R. 1. 11, R. 1. 85; R. 19. 20. — jaḥ ([Page 0855-c]) 1 the planet Mars. 2 N. of Nara kāsura. 3 a tree. — (jā) N. of Sītā. — (jaṃ) wet ginger. — talaṃ surface of the earth. — durgaṃ an earth fort. — dharaḥ 1 a mountain; R. 6. 52; Ku. 6. 89. 2 an epithet of Viṣṇu. — bhraḥ 1 a mountain; Bh. 2. 10; Śi. 15. 54; R. 3. 60, R. 13. 7. 2 a symbolical expression for the number, ‘seven’. 3 an epithet of Viṣṇu. — nāthaḥ, -paḥ, -patiḥ, -pālaḥ, -bhuj m. — maghavan m. — maheṃdraḥ a king; Bg. 1. 2; R. 2. 34, R. 6. 12. — patanaṃ humble obeisance (as by falling on the ground.) — putraḥ, -sutaḥ, -sūnuḥ 1 the planet Mars. 2 epithets of the demon Naraka. — putrī, -sutā an epithet of Sītā. — prakaṃpaḥ an earthquake. — prarohaḥ, -ruh m., ruhaḥ a tree; Ki. 5. 10; Śi. 20. 49. — prācīraṃ, -prāvaraḥ the sea. — bhartṛ m. a king. — bhṛt m. 1 a mountain; Ki. 1. 27; Ki. 5. 1. 2 a king, sovereign. — latā an earthworm. — suraḥ a Brāhmaṇa.

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mahī́ s. 2. mah.

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mahī mahī f. (f. de maha) vache; la terre; cf. go. Hingtsha repens, bot. Np. d'une rivière de la province de Malwa. Irl. meag. mahīkṛta n. (kṛ) l'empire de la terre. mahīkṣit m. prince, seigneur, roi. mahītala n. le sol. mahīdhara et mahīdhra m. (dhṛ) montagne. mahīpa m. (pā) roi; prince. mahīpati m. mms. mahīpāla m. mms. mahīprācīra n. la mer [qui borne la terre ou qui a pour bornes la terre]. mahībhṛt m. (bhṛ) montagne. mahīmaya a. (sfx. maya) fait de terre. mahīruha m. (ruh) arbre. mahīlatā f. ver de terre. mahīsuta m. le régent de la planète de Mars, né de la terre, à Ujjayanī.