As a deity name
Name 589 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 335 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 819 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 174 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
महावीर्य · noun · masculine
ब्रह्मा · एक बुद्ध का नाम · जैनों के एक अर्हत् का नाम — Śabdasāgara
महावीर्य · adj
अत्यंत वीर्यवान् — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
yam
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mahāvīrya" is the vocative of "mahāvīryā" — 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—vīrya (mahā-), mfn. of gr˚ strength or energy, very powerful, v˚ potent, v˚ efficacious, ŚBr.; MBh.; R. &c.
mahā—vīrya m. yam, L.
N. of Brahmā, W.
of Indra in the 4th Manv-antara, MārkP.
of a Buddha, L.
mahā—vīryā (ā), f. (only L.) the wild cotton-shrub
= mahā-śatāvarī, L.
Alternative readings
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