As a deity name
Name 590 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
महाप्राण · noun · masculine
व्याकरण के अनुसार वह वर्ण जिसके उच्चारण में प्राणवायु का विशेष व्यवहार करना पड़ता है · वह तीव्र या महाप्राण श्वास जो महाप्राण वर्णों के उच्चारण में लेनी पड़ती है (को॰) · काला कौआ (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
महाप्राण · adj
अत्याधिक सत्वयुक्त — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
pronounced with the hard breathing or aspirate, Sch.
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Dictionary citations
mahā—prāṇa m. the hard breathing or aspirate (heard in the utterance of certain letters), Pāṇ. i, 1, 9, Sch.
the aspirated letters themselves, A.
gr˚ spirit or power (see su-mahā-p˚)
mahā—prāṇa mfn. pronounced with the hard breathing or aspirate, Pāṇ. viii, 4, 62, Sch.
of gr˚ bodily strength or endurance, Kād.
Alternative readings
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