Maghavat: 4 definitions
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Maghavat 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 dictionaryMaghavat (मघवत्).—m. Name of Indra.
See also (synonyms): maghava.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaghavat (मघवत्).—m. (-vān) A name of Indra. E. magha happiness, (of paradise or Swarga,) matup aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaghavat (मघवत्):—[=magha-vat] [from magha] mfn. See next.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaghavat (मघवत्):—(vān) 5. m. A name of Indra.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Maghavata, Maghavatacapa, Maghavatachapa, Maghavataraja, Maghavati, Maghavattva.
Full-text: Maghavattva, Maghavata, Maghava, Makhavat, Maghavan, Makavan, Indra.
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Search found 10 books and stories containing Maghavat, Magha-vat; (plurals include: Maghavats, vats). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Ramayana of Valmiki (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
Chapter 4 - Origin of the Rakshasas and of the Boons they received < [Book 7 - Uttara-kanda]
Chapter 66 - Angada reproaches the Monkeys for flying from Kumbhakarna < [Book 6 - Yuddha-kanda]
Chapter 69 - Narantaka is slain by Angada < [Book 6 - Yuddha-kanda]
Chandogya Upanishad (Madhva commentary) (by Srisa Chandra Vasu)
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa XIV, adhyāya 1, brāhmaṇa 1 < [Fourteenth Kāṇḍa]