Mahadaitya, Mahādaitya, Maha-daitya: 4 definitions
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Mahadaitya 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Mahādaitya (महादैत्य) (Cf. Mahāsura) refers to the “great demon” and is used to describe Tāraka, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.15 (“The penance and reign of Tārakāsura”).—Accordingly, after Tāraka requested boons from Brahmā: “[...] That great demon [i.e., Tāraka] was crowned the king of the three worlds with the permission of Śukra, the preceptor of the demons. Then the great demon [i.e., mahādaitya] became the leader of the three worlds. He inaugurated his commanding position by harassing the mobile and immobile beings. He duly established his suzerainty over the three worlds. He protected his subjects but inflicted pain on the gods and others. [...]”.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
1) Mahādaitya (महादैत्य):—[=mahā-daitya] [from mahā > mah] m. ‘the gr° Daitya’, Name of a D°, [Gāruḍa-purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] of the grandfather of the second Candra-gupta, [Inscriptions]
Mahādaitya (महादैत्य):—m. der grosse Daitya, Nomen proprium eines Daitya im Manvantara des Bhautya [GĀRUḌA-Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 78 im Śabdakalpadruma] Nomen proprium des Grossvaters des 2ten Candragupta [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde II, 961.]
Mahādaitya (महादैत्य):—m. Nomen proprium —
1) eines Daitya. —
2) des Grossvaters des 2ten Candragupta.
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)
Partial matches: Maha, Daitya.
Full-text: Mahashura.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 2.6.2 < [Chapter 6 - The Liberation of Aghāsura]
Verse 5.14.45 < [Chapter 14 - The Meeting of King Nanda and Uddhava]
Verse 2.11.23 < [Chapter 11 - The Liberation of Dhenukāsura]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 1.7.108 < [Chapter 7 - Pūrṇa (pinnacle of excellent devotees)]
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 49 - Śiprā: The Remover of Jvara < [Section 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya]
Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter LXXXVII - Enumeration of the names of fourteen Manus and of the Devas and Saptarsis < [Agastya Samhita]
The Legend of the Churning of the Ocean (in the Epics and the Puranas) < [Purana, Volume 9, Part 1 (1967)]