As a deity name
Name 362 of the Krishna Sahasranāma — Mahabharata / Padma Purana, as taught by Sages and Devotees
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
highly honoured, (= mahat, )
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mahyam" is the accusative of "mahya" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "mahyam" is the dative of "asmad" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "mahya" is derived from "mah" with the yat 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.]
mahya mfn. (prob.) highly honoured, MBh. (= mahat, Nīlak.)
mahya m. pl. N. of a people, VP.
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mahya mfn. (prob.) highly honoured, MBh. (= mahat, Nīlak.)
mahya m. pl. N. of a people, VP.
asmad base of the first person pl., as used in comp.
also by native grammarians considered to be the base of the cases asmān &c. (see above).
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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