As a deity name
Name 81 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 342 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a great Ṛṣi, any great sage or saint (accord. to ten Maharṣis were created by Manu Svāyambhuva, viz. Marīci, Atri, Aṅgiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Pracetas, Vasiṣṭha, Bhṛgu, Nāra…
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "maharṣaye" is the dative of "maharṣi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "maharṣaye" is the dative of "mahaṛṣi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
maha—rṣi m. a great Ṛṣi, any great sage or saint (accord. to Mn. i, 34 ten Maharṣis were created by Manu Svāyambhuva, viz. Marīci, Atri, Aṅgiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Pracetas, Vasiṣṭha, Bhṛgu, Nārada, also called the 10 Prajāpatis, q.v.; some restrict the number to 7, and some add Dakṣa, Dharma, Gautama, Kaṇva, Vālmīki, Vyāsa, Manu, Vibhāṇḍaka &c.), Mn.; MBh. &c. (IW. 206 n. 1)
N. of Śiva, Śivag.
maha—ṛṣi m. = -rṣi, AV.
Caveats
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