Mahanti, Maha-a-anti, Mahantī: 5 definitions

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Mahanti means something in Buddhism, Pali, Marathi. 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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Pali-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Mahanti in Pali glossary

mahantī : (f.) great; big; extensive.

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

mahanti (မဟန္တိ) [(kri) (ကြိ)]—
[maha+a+anti]
[မဟ+အ+အန္တိ]

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

[Pali to Burmese]

mahanti—

(Burmese text): ကြီးပွါးကုန်၏။ မဟတိ-(၂)-ကြည့်။

(Auto-Translation): It's a great fortune. Look at the Mahati-(2).

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)
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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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

mahantī (महंती).—f (mahanta) The condition, quality, capacity &c. of mahanta Ex. tayāsiṃ lōṭāṅgaṇa ghālī vidēhī || ma0 nāhīṃ kiñcit ||. 2 Greatness figuratively.

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

mahantī (महंती).—f Condition or capacity of mahanta.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English
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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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