Bahumaya, Bahumāya, Bahu-maya: 8 definitions
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Bahumaya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBahumāya (बहुमाय).—a. artful, deceitful. treacherous; परदेशभयाद्भीता बहुमाया नपुंसकाः । स्वदेशे निधनं यान्ति (paradeśabhayādbhītā bahumāyā napuṃsakāḥ | svadeśe nidhanaṃ yānti) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.321.
Bahumāya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bahu and māya (माय). See also (synonyms): bahīmāya.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryBāhumaya (बाहुमय).—mfn.
(-yaḥ-yī-yaṃ) Made or done with the arms. E. bāhu, and mayaṭ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryBāhumaya (बाहुमय).—[bāhu + maya], adj., f. yī, Made with the arms.
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Bahumāya (बहुमाय).—adj. Very wicked, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 364.
Bahumāya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bahu and māya (माय).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Bahumāya (बहुमाय):—[=bahu-māya] [from bahu > bah] mfn. artful, deceitful, treacherous, [Mahābhārata; Pañcatantra]
2) Bāhumaya (बाहुमय):—[=bāhu-maya] [from bāhu] mf(ī)n. made or done with the a°, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryBāhumaya (बाहुमय):—[bāhu-maya] (yaḥ-yī-yaṃ) a. Done by arms.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryBahumaya (बहुमय):—adj. to have been many; having many people gathered; having many subjects or areas combines;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
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