Mahajyaishthi, Mahājyaiṣṭhī, Maha-jyaishthi: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Mahājyaiṣṭhī can be transliterated into English as Mahajyaisthi or Mahajyaishthi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of SriharsaMahājyaiṣṭhī (महाज्यैष्ठी) is the name of a festival, and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 15.89.—Śrīharṣa refers to the idol of Puruṣottama, “going in the streets, occupying a platform, during the Mahājyaiṣṭhī festival”. The festival in question is described in Brahmapurāṇa (chapter 65) and Skandapurāṇa (Utkalakhaṇḍa chapter 29, 31, 32), and mentioned in Padmapurāṇa (Kriyāyogasāra 18.35). [...] Jinarāja reads mahājyeṣṭhī for mahājyaiṣṭhī and remarks that the former is the usual form of the word. Nārāyaṇa quotes the definition of the Mahājyaiṣṭhī day from Agnipurāṇa 121.63. There is a reference to the Mahājyaiṣṭhī day in Vidagdhamādhava 2.28 (cf. commentary).
It is stated that on Mahājyaiṣṭhī or the Full Moon day of the month Jyeṣṭha, the idols of Kṛṣṇa, Subhadrā and Balarāma are placed on a gaily decorated platform (mañca), overhung with a canopy; and bathed with perfumed water drawn form a sacred well. The idols are carried overnight to the well “with royal pomp” (“rājavat paricarya”); and the ceremony of bath takes place in the morning to the accompaniment of music and hymns, after which the holy images are led out in procession towards the south. According to Skandapurāṇa, a mantra called samudrajyeṣṭhā is used in connection with the bathing ceremony, while Brahmapurāṇa gives the text of a long hymn in prose beginning with “jaya jaya lokapāla bhaktarakṣaka”.
The whole ceremony is commonly known as jyeṣṭhasnāna, and takes place in Puruṣottamakṣetra (Puri).—Great religious merit is said to accrue to those who witness the ceremony of bath or the southward procession, and it is the latter event which the poet has in his mind.
Note: the festival is nowadays called Snānayātrā, the idols of Jagannātha, Balarāma and Subhadrā being placed on a platform in an open space within the precinct of the famous temple, for the ceremonial bath in the presence of thousands of pilgrims.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMahājyaiṣṭhī (महाज्यैष्ठी).—the day of fullmoon in the month of Jyeṣṭha; ताभिर्दृश्यत एष यान् पथि महाज्यैष्ठीमहे मन्महे (tābhirdṛśyata eṣa yān pathi mahājyaiṣṭhīmahe manmahe) N.15.89; पूर्णिमा रविवारेण महाज्यैष्ठी प्रकीर्तिता (pūrṇimā ravivāreṇa mahājyaiṣṭhī prakīrtitā) Agni P.121.63.
Mahājyaiṣṭhī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and jyaiṣṭhī (ज्यैष्ठी).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahājyaiṣṭhī (महाज्यैष्ठी):—[=mahā-jyaiṣṭhī] [from mahā > mah] f. Name of a night of full moon coinciding with certain phenomena in the heavens in the month Jyaiṣṭha, [Tithyāditya]
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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.
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Partial matches: Jyaishthi, Maha.
Full-text: Jyaishthi, Mahajyeshthi, Jyeshthasnana.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 32 - The Rite of Jyeṣṭha Pañcaka < [Section 2 - Puruṣottama-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Naishadha-charita of Shriharsha (by Krishna Kanta Handiqui)
Introduction to Nārāyaṇa’s commentary < [Introduction]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)