As a deity name
Name 27 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 588 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 693 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 492 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
महाबल · adj
अत्यंत बलवान् । बहुत बड़ा ताकतवर — Śabdasāgara
महाबल · noun · masculine
पितरों के एक गण का नाम · बुद्ध · तामस और रौच्य मन्वंतर के इंद्र का नाम — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
exceedingly strong, very powerful or mighty, very efficacious, &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mahābala" is the vocative of "mahābalā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
mahā—bala mf(ā)n. exceedingly strong, very powerful or mighty, very efficacious, MBh.; R.; Hariv. &c.
mahā—bala m. wind, L.
borax, L.
a Buddha, L.
(scil. gaṇa), a partic. class of deceased ancestors, MārkP.
mahā—balā f. Sida Cordifolia and Rhombifolia, L.
N. of one of the Mātṛs attending on Skanda, MBh.
Alternative readings
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