Mahanamni, Mahānāmnī, Maha-namni: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMahānāmnī (महानाम्नी).—
1) Name of a परिशिष्ट (pariśiṣṭa) of Sāmaveda.
2) (pl.) Name of 9 verses of Sāmaveda beginning with विदा मघवन् विदा (vidā maghavan vidā).
Mahānāmnī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and nāmnī (नाम्नी).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahānāmnī (महानाम्नी).—[feminine] [plural] [Epithet] of cert. Vedic verses.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Mahānāmnī (महानाम्नी) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—See Sāmaveda.
2) Mahānāmnī (महानाम्नी):—Sv. Ulwar 277.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mahānāmnī (महानाम्नी):—[=mahā-nāmnī] [from mahā-nāman > mahā > mah] f. Name of a Pariśiṣṭa of the Sāma-veda, [Catalogue(s)]
2) [v.s. ...] [plural] ([scilicet] ṛcas), Name of 9 verses of the S°-v° beginning with the words vidā maghavan, [Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa] etc.
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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Starts with: Mahanamnika, Mahanamnivrata.
Full-text: Mahanamana, Mahnya, Mahanamnivrata, Udhan, Mahanamnika, Mahanaman, Adhvaramaya, Purishapada, Mahanamrika, Purisha, Sima, Purusha, Udhas, Shakvari, Samaveda.
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