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Mahant 150 Mahant
mahaggha; or is obscured in its derivation through
constant use with maha, like mahesi [mah+esi, or isi],
mahesakkha [raah+ esakkha] ; mahallaka [mah+*ariyaka]
; mahamatta. Cp. E. great-coat, Gr. dpx' in
apX-'uTpoc = GeT. arzt. Only a limited selection of
cpd. -words is given, consisting of more frequent or
idiomatic terms. Practically any word may be enlarged
& emphasized in meaning by prefixing maha. Sometimes
a maha" lends to special events a standard (historical)
significance, so changing the common word into
a noun proper,
pavarana. — B.
e. g. Mah-abhinikkhammana, Maha-
Maha occurs in cpds. in (a) an elided
form mah before a & i (b) shortened to maha° before ;
g, d,
p, b with doubling of these consonants (c) in the regular
;
form maha^: usually before consonants, sometimes before
vowels. This form is contracted with foil, i to e and
foil, u to o. In the foil, list of cpds. we have arranged
the material according to these bases.
inah° : -aggha very costly, precious Pug 34 ; Mhvs
27. 35; PvA 77, 87; Sdhp 18. -agghata costliness,
great value Pug 34, Sdhp 26. -annava the (great)
ocean Mhvs 19, 17. -atthiya (for °atthika) of great
importance
-andhakara
or use, very useful,
deep darkness Vism
profitable J 111.368.
417. -assasin fully
refreshed, very comfortable S 1.8 1.
maha' : -ggata " become great," enlarged, extensive,
11.63, 184;
fig. lofty, very great M 1.263: 11. 122 ; A
III. 1 8 ; VvA 155 ; J v.i 13 ; Dhs 1020 (trsl" " : having a
wider scope ") Vbh 16, 24, 62, 74. 126, 270, 326 ; Tikp.
45 ; Vism 410, 430 sq. ("arammana) VbhA ; 154 (id.).
159 (°citta) ; DhsA 44. See on term Cpd. 4, 12, 55,
10 1*
; [cp. BSk. mahadgata Divy 22 7J. -gghasa eating
much, greedy, gluttonous .\ iv.92 ; P iii.i" ( = bahubhojana
PvA 175) ; Miln 288 ; Dh
325 (cp. DhA iv.i6).
-ddhana having great riches (often comb"' with mahabhoga)
Dh 123 ; J iv.ij, 22. -pphala much fruit; adj.
bearing much fruit, rich in result A iv.5o, 237 sq. ;
Sn 191, 486 ; Dh 312. 356 sq. -bbala (a) a strong force,
a great army JNIhvs 10, 68 (v. 1., T. has maha-bala)
(b) of great strength, mighty, powerful J 111.114 ;
Mhvs
23, 92 ; 25, 9. -bbhaya great fear, terror S 1.37 ; Sn 753,
1032, 1092, cp. Nd^ 501.
mahl": -anas kitchen Mhvs 5, 27 (spurious stanza).
-anasa kitchen
III. 309 ; ThA
J 11. 361 ; 111.314 ;
; vi.349; DhA
v.368
5. -anila a gale Mhvs 3, 42. -anisagsa
deserving great praise (see s. v.), [cp. BSk. mahanu^agsa
MVastu 111.22 1]. -anubhava majesty, adj. wonderful,
splendid J 1.194; J vi.331 ; Pv 111.3'; PvA 117, 136,
145. 272. -aparadhika very guilty J 1.114. -abhinikkhamana
the great renunciation DhA 1.85. -abhisakka
[abhi+sak] very powerful Th i, mi. -amacca
chief minister Mhvs 19, 12. -araha costly Mhvs 3, 21 ;
39; PvA 77, 141, 160.
5. : 75 27,
maha^ : -alasa great sloth DhA in. 410. -avici the
great Purgatory Avici, freq. -isi in poetry for mahesi
at J V.321. -upatthana great state room (of a king)
SnA 84. -upasika a great female follower (of the
Buddha) VvA 5. -karuna great compassion DhA 1.106,
367. -kaya a great body Miln 16. -gana a great
crowd or community DhA 1.154. -ganda a large
tumour VbhA 104. -gedha great greed Sn 819; Nd'
Mhvs
151.
47.
-caga great liberality, adj. munificent Mhvs 27,
As "paricaga at SnA 295 ( = mahadana). -jana a
great crowd, collectively for " the people," a multitude
PvA 6, 19, 78 ;
3, 13. -tanha (adj.) very thirsty
J II. 441. -tala " great surface," the large flat roof on
the cop of a palace (= upari-pasada-tala) J vi.40. -dana
(see under dana) the great gift (to the bhikkhus) a
special great offering of food & presents given by laymen
to the Buddha & his followers as a meritorious deed,
usually lasting for a week or more Mhvs 27. 46 ;
PvA
III, 112. -dhana (having) great wealth PvA 3, 78.
-naraka (a) great Hell, see naraka. -naga a great
1V.4. -nama N. of a plant
elephant Dh 312 ; DhA
Vin 1. 185 ; 11. 267. -nidda deep sleep PvA 47.
-nibbana the great X. DhA iv.iio. -niraya (a) great
hell SnA 309, 480 ; PvA 52. See Niraya & cp. Kirfel.
Kosmographie 199. 2co. -nila sapphire VvA in.
-paiifia very wise D in. 158 ; A
111.244 ; Dh
352 ; DhA
IV. 71. -patha high road D 1.102; Sn 139; Dh 58;
Vism 235 ; Dh.\ 1.443. -paduma a great lotus J v. 39
also a vast number & hence a name of a purgatory, cp.
Divy 67 ; Kirfel, Kosmographie 205. -pita grandfather
PvA 107. -purisa a great man, a hero, a man born to
greatness, a man destined b^" fate to be a Ruler or a
Saviour of the World. A being thus favoured by fate
possesses (32) marks (lakkhanani) 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 11. 17, 19, passim. — D 111.287;
Sn 1040 sq. ; Dh 184, 187 sq., 223,
352 ; Miln 10 ; SnA
258, 357, 384 sq. ; "lakkhaiidni : D 1.8 lib; Sn
549, 1000 sq. ; Vism 234 ; VvA 315 DhA ; 11. 41. -bhiita
usually in pi. "bhiita(ni) (cattaro & catta) the 4 great
elements (see bhuta), being pathavi, apo, tejo, vayo,
D 1.76 ; Nd' 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. dhatu i. -bhoga great wealth,
adj. wealthy PvA 3. 78. -maccha a great fish, seamonster
J 1.483. -mati very wise, clever Mhvs 14, 22 ;
ig, 84 (f. °i) ; 33. ICO (pi. °i). -matta [cp. Sk. mahamatra]
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 raja or king : Vin in. 47 (raja . . .
akkhadassa mahamatta ye va pana chejjabhejjar)
anusasanti ete rajano nama). Note. An ace. sg.
maha-mattanar) we find at A 1.154 (formed after the
prec. rajanar)). — Vin 1.74 (where two ranks are given :
sena-nayaka m. -matta the m. of defence, and voharika
(here with
m.-m. those of law); D 1.7; 111.88 ; in. 64
Ep. khattiya) ; A 1. 154, 252, 279; in. 128; Vin iv.224;
Vism 121 ; VbhA 312 (in simile of two m.), 340 ; PvA
169. Cp. pick. Sociale Gliederung 92, 99, loi. -muni
great seer Sn 31. -megha a big cloud, thunder cloud
417. -yaiiiia the great sacrifice
M II. 117; Sn 30 ; Vism
D 1. 138 sq., 141 (cp. A 11.207SK). -yasa great fame
Vv 21*; Mhvs 5, 22. -ranga [cp. Sk. m.-rajana],
safflower, used for dyeing Vin 1.185 (sandals); 11267
(cloaks), -raja great king, king, very freq. : see raja,
-rukkha a great tree Vism 413 (literally) ; Miln 254 (id.),
otherivise the plant euphorbia tortilis (cp. Ziramer,
Allind. Leben 129). -lata (-pasadhana) a lady's parure
called " great creeper " DhA 1.392; VvA 165 (-pilandhana)
; same SnA 520. -vatapana main window DhA
IV. 203. -Vina a great lute Vism 354 ; VbhA 58. -vira
(great) hero Sn 543, 562. -satta "the great being"
or a Bodhisatta VvA 137 (v. 1. SS. bodhisatta). [Cp.
BSk. mahasattva, e. g. Jtm 32]. -samudda the sea,
the ocean Mhvs 19, 18 ; Vism 403 ; SnA 30, 371 PvA
;
47. -sara a great lake; usually as satta-mahasara the
7 great lakes of the Himavant (see sara). enum"* e. g.
at Vism 416. -sara (of) great sap. i. e. great wealth,
adj. very rich J 1.463 (°kula, perhaps to be read mahasala-kula).
-sala (adj.) having great halls, Ep. of rich
people (especially brahmanas) D 1.136, 235 ; in. 16, 20 ;
J 11.272 (°kula): iv.237 (id.), Pug 56;
325
VbhA 519; DhA in. 193.
(id.); v.227
-savaka [cp.
(id.);
BSk.
mahasravaka Divy 489] a great disciple Vism 98 (asiti
°a) ; DhA n.93. -senagutta title of a high official
(Chancellor of the Exchequer ?) J v.115 ; vi.2. -hatthi
a large elephant M 1.184 (°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 I, 898; It 91 ; J 1.8; II. 441. -icchata
arrogance, ostentatiousness A iv.280 ; VbhA 472.
-iddhika Fmaha -|- iddhi 4- ka] of great power, always