As a deity name
Name 820 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 288 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 805 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
महाभूत · noun · masculine
पृथ्वी, जल, अग्नि, वायु और आकाश ये पंचतत्व — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a great element, gross el˚ (of which 5 are reckoned, viz. ether, air, fire, water, earth, &c. [cf. ], as distinguished from the subtle el˚ or Tanmātra, q.v.)
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
mahā—bhūta mfn. being great, gr˚, MBh.
mahā—bhūta m. a gr˚ creature or being, ib.
mahā—bhūta n. a great element, gross el˚ (of which 5 are reckoned, viz. ether, air, fire, water, earth, Up.; Nir.; Mn. &c. [cf. IW. 83, 221], as distinguished from the subtle el˚ or Tanmātra, q.v.), IW. 221
mahābhūta n. (-taṃ) A primary element: as air, fire, water, earth, and Ākāśa or ether. E. mahā principal, and bhūta element.
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