As a deity name
Name 919 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
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
greater, mightier, stronger (or, ‘very great, v˚ mighty &c.’), &c. (with hāsa very loud laughter; with kula a very noble family).
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M1 · same meaning "mahīyase" is the dative of "mahīyas" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "mahīyas" is derived from "mahī" with the īyasun suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
mahī (ī), f. See mahī, p. 803, col. 2.
1. mahī f. (cf. 2. mah), ‘the great world’, the earth (cf. urvī, pṛthivī), RV. &c. &c. (in later language also = ground, soil, land, country)
mahīyas mfn. greater, mightier, stronger (or, ‘very great, v˚ mighty &c.’), Up.; MBh.; Kāv. &c. (with hāsa m. very loud laughter; with kula n. a very noble family).
mahīyas a. Greater, larger, more powerful or weighty or important, mightier, stronger (compar. of mahat q. v.). — m. A great or nobleminded man; prakṛtiḥ khalu sā mahīyasaḥ sahane nānyasamunnatiṃ yayā Ki. 2. 21; Śi. 2. 13.
M3 · meaning shifts "mahīyas" is derived from "mah" with the īyasun suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. mah (orig. magh; cf. also √ maṃh) cl. 1. 10. P. (Dhātup. xvii, 81; xxxv, 15) mahati, mahayati (Ved. and ep. also Ā. mahate, ˚hayate; p. mahat, q.v.; pf. mamāha Gr.; māmahe; Subj. māmahanta, māmahas, RV.; aor. amahīt Gr.; fut. mahitā, mahiṣyati, ib.; ind.p. mahitvā, MBh.; inf. mahe, and mahaye, q.v.) to elate, gladden, exalt, arouse, excite, RV.; Br.; Kauś.; ChUp.; MBh.; to magnify, esteem highly, honour, revere, MBh.; Kāv. &c.; (Ā.) to rejoice, delight in (instr. or acc.), RV. iii, 52, 6; vi, 15, 2; to give, bestow, ib. i, 94, 6; 117, 17; v, 27, 1 &c.
mah [cf. Gk. μέγ-ας; Lat. magnus, mactus; Old Germ. michel; Eng. mickle, much.]
mahīyas mfn. greater, mightier, stronger (or, ‘very great, v˚ mighty &c.’), Up.; MBh.; Kāv. &c. (with hāsa m. very loud laughter; with kula n. a very noble family).
mahīyas a. Greater, larger, more powerful or weighty or important, mightier, stronger (compar. of mahat q. v.). — m. A great or nobleminded man; prakṛtiḥ khalu sā mahīyasaḥ sahane nānyasamunnatiṃ yayā Ki. 2. 21; Śi. 2. 13.
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Dictionary citations
mahīyas mfn. greater, mightier, stronger (or, ‘very great, v˚ mighty &c.’), Up.; MBh.; Kāv. &c. (with hāsa m. very loud laughter; with kula n. a very noble family).
mahīyas a. Greater, larger, more powerful or weighty or important, mightier, stronger (compar. of mahat q. v.). — m. A great or nobleminded man; prakṛtiḥ khalu sā mahīyasaḥ sahane nānyasamunnatiṃ yayā Ki. 2. 21; Śi. 2. 13.
mahī (ī), f. See mahī, p. 803, col. 2.
1. mahī f. (cf. 2. mah), ‘the great world’, the earth (cf. urvī, pṛthivī), RV. &c. &c. (in later language also = ground, soil, land, country)
1. mah (orig. magh; cf. also √ maṃh) cl. 1. 10. P. (Dhātup. xvii, 81; xxxv, 15) mahati, mahayati (Ved. and ep. also Ā. mahate, ˚hayate; p. mahat, q.v.; pf. mamāha Gr.; māmahe; Subj. māmahanta, māmahas, RV.; aor. amahīt Gr.; fut. mahitā, mahiṣyati, ib.; ind.p. mahitvā, MBh.; inf. mahe, and mahaye, q.v.) to elate, gladden, exalt, arouse, excite, RV.; Br.; Kauś.; ChUp.; MBh.; to magnify, esteem highly, honour, revere, MBh.; Kāv. &c.; (Ā.) to rejoice, delight in (instr. or acc.), RV. iii, 52, 6; vi, 15, 2; to give, bestow, ib. i, 94, 6; 117, 17; v, 27, 1 &c.
mah [cf. Gk. μέγ-ας; Lat. magnus, mactus; Old Germ. michel; Eng. mickle, much.]
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