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Mahant 150 Mahant<br />
mahaggha; or is obscured in its derivation through<br />
constant use with maha, like mahesi [mah+esi, or isi],<br />
mahesakkha [raah+ esakkha] ; mahallaka [mah+*ariyaka]<br />
; mahamatta. Cp. E. great-coat, Gr. dpx' in<br />
apX-'uTpoc = GeT. arzt. Only a limited selection of<br />
cpd. -words is given, consisting of more frequent or<br />
idiomatic terms. Practically any word may be enlarged<br />
& emphasized in meaning by prefixing maha. Sometimes<br />
a maha" lends to special events a standard (historical)<br />
significance, so changing the common word into<br />
a noun proper,<br />
pavarana. — B.<br />
e. g. Mah-abhinikkhammana, Maha-<br />
Maha occurs in cpds. in (a) an elided<br />
form mah before a & i (b) shortened to maha° before ;<br />
g, d,<br />
p, b with doubling of these consonants (c) in the regular<br />
;<br />
form maha^: usually before consonants, sometimes before<br />
vowels. This form is contracted with foil, i to e and<br />
foil, u to o. In the foil, list of cpds. we have arranged<br />
the material according to these bases.<br />
inah° : -aggha very costly, precious Pug 34 ; Mhvs<br />
27. 35; PvA 77, 87; Sdhp 18. -agghata costliness,<br />
great value Pug 34, Sdhp 26. -annava the (great)<br />
ocean Mhvs 19, 17. -atthiya (for °atthika) of great<br />
importance<br />
-andhakara<br />
or use, very useful,<br />
deep darkness Vism<br />
profitable J 111.368.<br />
417. -assasin fully<br />
refreshed, very comfortable S 1.8 1.<br />
maha' : -ggata " become great," enlarged, extensive,<br />
11.63, 184;<br />
fig. lofty, very great M 1.263: 11. 122 ; A<br />
III. 1 8 ; VvA 155 ; J v.i 13 ; Dhs 1020 (trsl" " : having a<br />
wider scope ") Vbh 16, 24, 62, 74. 126, 270, 326 ; Tikp.<br />
45 ; Vism 410, 430 sq. ("arammana) VbhA ; 154 (id.).<br />
159 (°citta) ; DhsA 44. See on term Cpd. 4, 12, 55,<br />
10 1*<br />
; [cp. BSk. mahadgata Divy 22 7J. -gghasa eating<br />
much, greedy, gluttonous .\ iv.92 ; P iii.i" ( = bahubhojana<br />
PvA 175) ; Miln 288 ; Dh<br />
325 (cp. DhA iv.i6).<br />
-ddhana having great riches (often comb"' with mahabhoga)<br />
Dh 123 ; J iv.ij, 22. -pphala much fruit; adj.<br />
bearing much fruit, rich in result A iv.5o, 237 sq. ;<br />
Sn 191, 486 ; Dh 312. 356 sq. -bbala (a) a strong force,<br />
a great army JNIhvs 10, 68 (v. 1., T. has maha-bala)<br />
(b) of great strength, mighty, powerful J 111.114 ;<br />
Mhvs<br />
23, 92 ; 25, 9. -bbhaya great fear, terror S 1.37 ; Sn 753,<br />
1032, 1092, cp. Nd^ 501.<br />
mahl": -anas kitchen Mhvs 5, 27 (spurious stanza).<br />
-anasa kitchen<br />
III. 309 ; ThA<br />
J 11. 361 ; 111.314 ;<br />
; vi.349; DhA<br />
v.368<br />
5. -anila a gale Mhvs 3, 42. -anisagsa<br />
deserving great praise (see s. v.), [cp. BSk. mahanu^agsa<br />
MVastu 111.22 1]. -anubhava majesty, adj. wonderful,<br />
splendid J 1.194; J vi.331 ; Pv 111.3'; PvA 117, 136,<br />
145. 272. -aparadhika very guilty J 1.114. -abhinikkhamana<br />
the great renunciation DhA 1.85. -abhisakka<br />
[abhi+sak] very powerful Th i, mi. -amacca<br />
chief minister Mhvs 19, 12. -araha costly Mhvs 3, 21 ;<br />
39; PvA 77, 141, 160.<br />
5. : 75 27,<br />
maha^ : -alasa great sloth DhA in. 410. -avici the<br />
great Purgatory Avici, freq. -isi in poetry for mahesi<br />
at J V.321. -upatthana great state room (of a king)<br />
SnA 84. -upasika a great female follower (of the<br />
Buddha) VvA 5. -karuna great compassion DhA 1.106,<br />
367. -kaya a great body Miln 16. -gana a great<br />
crowd or community DhA 1.154. -ganda a large<br />
tumour VbhA 104. -gedha great greed Sn 819; Nd'<br />
Mhvs<br />
151.<br />
47.<br />
-caga great liberality, adj. munificent Mhvs 27,<br />
As "paricaga at SnA 295 ( = mahadana). -jana a<br />
great crowd, collectively for " the people," a multitude<br />
PvA 6, 19, 78 ;<br />
3, 13. -tanha (adj.) very thirsty<br />
J II. 441. -tala " great surface," the large flat roof on<br />
the cop of a palace (= upari-pasada-tala) J vi.40. -dana<br />
(see under dana) the great gift (to the bhikkhus) a<br />
special great offering of food & presents given by laymen<br />
to the Buddha & his followers as a meritorious deed,<br />
usually lasting for a week or more Mhvs 27. 46 ;<br />
PvA<br />
III, 112. -dhana (having) great wealth PvA 3, 78.<br />
-naraka (a) great Hell, see naraka. -naga a great<br />
1V.4. -nama N. of a plant<br />
elephant Dh 312 ; DhA<br />
Vin 1. 185 ; 11. 267. -nidda deep sleep PvA 47.<br />
-nibbana the great X. DhA iv.iio. -niraya (a) great<br />
hell SnA 309, 480 ; PvA 52. See Niraya & cp. Kirfel.<br />
Kosmographie 199. 2co. -nila sapphire VvA in.<br />
-paiifia very wise D in. 158 ; A<br />
111.244 ; Dh<br />
352 ; DhA<br />
IV. 71. -patha high road D 1.102; Sn 139; Dh 58;<br />
Vism 235 ; Dh.\ 1.443. -paduma a great lotus J v. 39<br />
also a vast number & hence a name of a purgatory, cp.<br />
Divy 67 ; Kirfel, Kosmographie 205. -pita grandfather<br />
PvA 107. -purisa a great man, a hero, a man born to<br />
greatness, a man destined b^" fate to be a Ruler or a<br />
Saviour of the World. A being thus favoured by fate<br />
possesses (32) marks (lakkhanani) by which people<br />
recognise his vocation or prophesy his greatness. A<br />
detailed list of these 32 marks (which probably date<br />
back to mythological origin & were originally attributed<br />
to Devas) is found at D 11. 17, 19, passim. — D 111.287;<br />
Sn 1040 sq. ; Dh 184, 187 sq., 223,<br />
352 ; Miln 10 ; SnA<br />
258, 357, 384 sq. ; "lakkhaiidni : D 1.8 lib; Sn<br />
549, 1000 sq. ; Vism 234 ; VvA 315 DhA ; 11. 41. -bhiita<br />
usually in pi. "bhiita(ni) (cattaro & catta) the 4 great<br />
elements (see bhuta), being pathavi, apo, tejo, vayo,<br />
D 1.76 ; Nd' 266 ; Vbh 13, 70 sq. ; Vism 366 sq. ; Tikp<br />
39, 56 sq., 74 sq., 248 sq. ; VbhA 42, 169, 253. — See<br />
Cpd. 154, 268 sq., & cp. dhatu i. -bhoga great wealth,<br />
adj. wealthy PvA 3. 78. -maccha a great fish, seamonster<br />
J 1.483. -mati very wise, clever Mhvs 14, 22 ;<br />
ig, 84 (f. °i) ; 33. ICO (pi. °i). -matta [cp. Sk. mahamatra]<br />
a king's chief minister, alias Prime Minister, "who<br />
was the highest Officer-of -State and real Head of the<br />
Executive" (Banerjea, Public Administration in Ancient<br />
India, 1916). His position is of such importance, that<br />
he even ranges as a raja or king : Vin in. 47 (raja . . .<br />
akkhadassa mahamatta ye va pana chejjabhejjar)<br />
anusasanti ete rajano nama). Note. An ace. sg.<br />
maha-mattanar) we find at A 1.154 (formed after the<br />
prec. rajanar)). — Vin 1.74 (where two ranks are given :<br />
sena-nayaka m. -matta the m. of defence, and voharika<br />
(here with<br />
m.-m. those of law); D 1.7; 111.88 ; in. 64<br />
Ep. khattiya) ; A 1. 154, 252, 279; in. 128; Vin iv.224;<br />
Vism 121 ; VbhA 312 (in simile of two m.), 340 ; PvA<br />
169. Cp. pick. Sociale Gliederung 92, 99, loi. -muni<br />
great seer Sn 31. -megha a big cloud, thunder cloud<br />
417. -yaiiiia the great sacrifice<br />
M II. 117; Sn 30 ; Vism<br />
D 1. 138 sq., 141 (cp. A 11.207SK). -yasa great fame<br />
Vv 21*; Mhvs 5, 22. -ranga [cp. Sk. m.-rajana],<br />
safflower, used for dyeing Vin 1.185 (sandals); 11267<br />
(cloaks), -raja great king, king, very freq. : see raja,<br />
-rukkha a great tree Vism 413 (literally) ; Miln 254 (id.),<br />
otherivise the plant euphorbia tortilis (cp. Ziramer,<br />
Allind. Leben 129). -lata (-pasadhana) a lady's parure<br />
called " great creeper " DhA 1.392; VvA 165 (-pilandhana)<br />
; same SnA 520. -vatapana main window DhA<br />
IV. 203. -Vina a great lute Vism 354 ; VbhA 58. -vira<br />
(great) hero Sn 543, 562. -satta "the great being"<br />
or a Bodhisatta VvA 137 (v. 1. SS. bodhisatta). [Cp.<br />
BSk. mahasattva, e. g. Jtm 32]. -samudda the sea,<br />
the ocean Mhvs 19, 18 ; Vism 403 ; SnA 30, 371 PvA<br />
;<br />
47. -sara a great lake; usually as satta-mahasara the<br />
7 great lakes of the Himavant (see sara). enum"* e. g.<br />
at Vism 416. -sara (of) great sap. i. e. great wealth,<br />
adj. very rich J 1.463 (°kula, perhaps to be read mahasala-kula).<br />
-sala (adj.) having great halls, Ep. of rich<br />
people (especially brahmanas) D 1.136, 235 ; in. 16, 20 ;<br />
J 11.272 (°kula): iv.237 (id.), Pug 56;<br />
325<br />
VbhA 519; DhA in. 193.<br />
(id.); v.227<br />
-savaka [cp.<br />
(id.);<br />
BSk.<br />
mahasravaka Divy 489] a great disciple Vism 98 (asiti<br />
°a) ; DhA n.93. -senagutta title of a high official<br />
(Chancellor of the Exchequer ?) J v.115 ; vi.2. -hatthi<br />
a large elephant M 1.184 (°pada elephant's foot, as the<br />
largest of all animal feet), referred to as simile (°opama)<br />
at Vism 243, 347, 348.<br />
mahi° [mah' i°] : -iccha full of desire, lustful, greedy<br />
A iv.229; Th I, 898; It 91 ; J 1.8; II. 441. -icchata<br />
arrogance, ostentatiousness A iv.280 ; VbhA 472.<br />
-iddhika Fmaha -|- iddhi 4- ka] of great power, always