Maghava, Maghavā, Māghava: 12 definitions
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Maghava means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi. 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.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesSee Magha.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMaghava (मघव).—m. Name of Indra.
Derivable forms: maghavaḥ (मघवः).
See also (synonyms): maghavat.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaghava (मघव).—[masculine] [Epithet] of Indra.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaghava (मघव):—[from magha] m. = magha-van, [Bhaviṣya-purāṇa, khaṇḍa 1 & 2: bhaviṣya-purāṇa & bhaviṣyottara-purāṇa]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Maghavā (मघवा) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Maghavā, Māghavā, Māghavī.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryMaghavā (मघवा):—(nm) [indra] —the chief of gods; —[bhāṣā biḍaujā ṭīkā] the commentary to be more abstruse than the text.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) Maghava (मघव) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Maghavan.
2) Maghavā (मघवा) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Maghavā.
3) Māghavā (माघवा) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Māghavā.
Māghavā has the following synonyms: Māghavī.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusMaghava (ಮಘವ):—[noun] Indra, the lord of gods.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Pali-English dictionary
[Pali to Burmese]
Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)1) maghava—
(Burmese text): (၁) သိကြား။ (၂) မဃဝပန်း။ (မြန်မာပြည်၌ ဖက်ထုပ်ပန်းဟူ၏။ ပီအက်စအီးဒီ-၌ မဃသဒ္ဒါ ပန်းတစ်မျိုးဟော တွေ့ရ၏)။ မဃဝပုပ္ဖ-ကြည့်။ မဃဝန္တု-လည်းကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Understand. (2) Maghawapan. (In Myanmar, it is referred to as "phahetup pan." In PASCED, a type of flower called Maghadatta is mentioned.) Look at Maghawpuff. Also look at Maghawnt.
2) māghava—
(Burmese text): (သိ၊ဋီ၊သစ်၊၂။၂၅၁)သည် မဃမှ ပျက်ယွင်းလာသောပုဒ် ဖြစ်ဖွယ်ရှိသည်။
တိပိ၊၁၆၊၅၃၇
(Auto-Translation): (Thi, Ti, Thit, 2.251) is a verse that seems to have been lost from the text. Tipi, 16, 537
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Maghavai, Maghavallabha, Maghavamuktakulisha, Maghavan, Maghavana, Maghavanagara, Maghavani, Maghavanmuktakulisha, Maghavant, Maghavantu, Maghavapupphiya, Maghavat, Maghavata, Maghavatacapa, Maghavataraja, Maghavati, Maghavattva.
Full-text (+16): Maghavan, Maghavi, Maghavat, Maghavant, Magha, Arcatrya, Akhara, Apramisatya, Maghavapupphiya, Atatha, Ashvamishti, Thupamaha, Mahanti, Samanika, Mahamase, Indratvota, Vighata, Mahati, Anutta, Indramahakamuka.
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