The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

grandfather PvA 107. -- purisa a great man, a hero, a man born to greatness, a man destined by fate to be a
Ruler or a Saviour of the World. A being thus favoured by fate possesses (32) marks (lakkha*!ni) by which
people recognise his vocation or prophesy his greatness. A detailed list of these 32 marks (which probably
date back to mythological origin & were originally attributed to Devas) is found at D ii.17, 19, passim. -- D
iii.287; Sn 1040 sq.; Dh 352; Miln 10; SnA 184, 187 sq., 223, 258, 357, 384 sq.; ˚lakkha*!ni: D i.88, 105,
116; Sn 549, 1000 sq.; Vism 234; VvA 315; DhA ii.41. -- bh(ta usually in pl. ˚bh(ta(ni) (catt!ro & catt!)
the 4 great elements (see bh(ta), being pa&hav", !po, tejo, v!yo, D i.76; Nd1 266; Vbh 13, 70 sq.; Vism 366
sq.; Tikp 39, 56 sq., 74 sq., 248 sq.; VbhA 42, 169, 253. -- See Cpd. 154, 268 sq., & cp. dh!tu 1. -- bhoga
great wealth, adj. wealthy PvA 3, 78. -- maccha a great fish, seamonster J i.483. -- mati very wise, clever
Mhvs 14, 22; 19, 84 (f. ˚"); 33, 100 (pl. ˚"). -- matta [cp. Sk. mah!m!tra] a king's chief minister, alias Prime
Minister, "who was the highest Officer -- of -- State and real Head of the Executive" (Banerjea, Public
Administration in Ancient India, 1916). His position is of such importance, that he even ranges as a r!j! or
king: Vin iii.47 (r!j! . . . akkhadass! mah!matt! ye v! pana chejjabhejja' anus!santi ete r!j!no n!ma). --
Note. An acc. sg. mah! -- matt!na' we find at A i.154 (formed after the prec. r!j!na'). -- Vin i.74 (where
two ranks are given: sen! -- n!yak! m. -- matt! the m. of defence, and voh!rik! m. -- m. those of law); D
i.7; iii.88; iii.64 (here with Ep. khattiya); A i.154, 252, 279; iii.128; Vin iv.224; Vism 121; VbhA 312 (in
simile of two m.), 340; PvA 169. Cp. Fick. Sociale Gliederung 92, 99, 101. -- muni great seer Sn 31. --
megha a big cloud, thunder cloud M ii.117; Sn 30; Vism 417. -- yañña the great sacrifice D i.138 sq., 141
(cp. A ii.207#). -- yasa great fame Vv 216; Mhys 5, 22. -- ranga [cp. Sk. m. -- rajana], safflower, used for
dyeing Vin i.185 (sandals); ii 267 (cloaks). -- r!j! great king, king, very freq.: see r!j!. -- rukkha a great
tree Vism 413 (literally); Miln 254 (id.), otherwise the plant euphorbia tortilis (cp. Zimmer, Altind. Leben
129). -- l!t! ( -- pas!dhana) a lady's parure called "great creeper" DhA i.392; VvA 165 ( -- pilandhana);
same SnA 520. -- v!tap!na main window DhA iv.203. -- v"*! a great lute Vism 354; VbhA 58. -- v"ra
(great) hero Sn 543, 562. -- satta "the great being" or a Bodhisatta VvA 137 (v. l. SS. bodhisatta). [Cp. BSk.
mah!sattva, e. g. Jtm 32]. -- samudda the sea, the occean Mhvs 19, 18; Vism 403; SnA 30, 371; PvA 47. --
sara a great lake; usually as satta -- mah!sar! the 7 great lakes of the Himavant (see sara), enumd e. g. at
Vism 416. -- s!ra (of) great sap, i. e. great wealth, adj. very rich J i.463 (˚kula, perhaps to be read mah!s!la
-- kula). -- s!la (adj.) having great halls, Ep. of rich people (especially br!hma*as) D i.136, 235; iii.16, 20; J
ii.272 (˚kula); iv.237 (id.), 325 (id.); v.227 (id.); Pug 56; VbhA 519; DhA iii.193. -- s!vaka [cp. BSk.
mah!$r!vaka Divy 489] a great disciple Vism 98 (as"ti ˚!); DhA ii.93. -- senagutta title of a high official
(Chancellor of the Exchequer?) J v.115; vi.2. -- hatthi a large elephant M i.184 (˚pada elephant's foot, as the
largest of all animal feet), referred to as simile (˚opama) at Vism 243, 347, 348. mahi˚ [mah' i˚]: -- iccha
full of desire, lustful, greedy A iv.229; Th 1, 898; It 91; J i.8; ii.441. -- icchat! arrogance, ostentatiousness
A iv.280; VbhA 472. -- iddhika [mah!+iddhi+ka] of great power, always
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combd with mah -- ânubh!va to denote great influence, high position & majesty Vin i.31; ii.193; iii.101; D
i.78, 180 (devat!), 213; S i.145 sq.; ii.155, 274 sq., 284 sq.; iv.323; v.265, 271 sq., 288 sq.; A v.129; J
vi.483 (said of the Ocean); PvA 6, 136, 145. -- inda (ghosa) lit. the roar of the Great Indra, Indra here to be
taken in his function as sky (rain) god, thus: the thunder of the rain -- god Th 1, 1108. [Cp. BSk. m!hendra
in ˚bhavana "the abode of the Great Indra," and va%+a "the rain of the Gr. I." (here as rain -- god), both at
Av- i.210]. -- iss!sa [Sk. mahe+v!sa] great in the art of the bow, a great archer S i.185; DhA i.358. mahe˚
[mah!+i]: -- esakkha [mah!+"sa+khya'; fr. "$] possessing great power or authority A ii.204; iii.244; Nd2
5032; Vism 419; Sdhp 511. The BSk. form is mahe+!khya evidently differing in its etymology. The P.
etym. rests on the same grounds as esitatta in mahesi DhA iv.232. -- esi [mah!+isi; Sk. mahar+i] a great
Sage A ii.26; Sn 208, 481, 646, 915, 1057, 1061; Th 1, 1132; 2, 149; Dh 422 (expld at DhA iv.232 as
"mahanta' s"la -- kkhandh' !d"na' esitatt! m." cp. the similar expln at Nd2 503); Nd1 343; Vism 505;
VbhA 110; PvA 1. -- esiy!= mahes" J vi.483. -- es" [in P. to be taken as mah+i$, as f. to "sa, but in Sk.
(Vedic) as f. of mahi+a, buffalo] chief queen, king's first wife, king's consort; also the wife of a great
personage J ii.410; v.45; vi.425; Pug 56; Mhvs 2, 22 (pl. mahesiyo); VvA 184 (sixteen). Usually as agga --
mahes", e. g. J i.262; iii.187, 393; v.88. -- esitta state of chief consort, queenship J v.443; Pv ii.1310; ThA
37; VvA 102. -- eseyya=˚esitta J v.91. -- maho [mah!+u, or+o]: -- ogha the great flood (see ogha) Sn 4,
945; Dh 47, 287; DhA iii.433. -- odadhi the (great) ocean, the sea Sn 720, 1134; Miln 224; Mhvs 18, 8. --