Mahas: 8 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMahas (महस्).—ind.
1) The fourth of the seven worlds which rise one above the other from the earth (being between svar and janas); (maharloka also in this sense).
2) A kind of व्याहृति (vyāhṛti) q. v.
See also (synonyms): mahar.
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Mahas (महस्).—n. [mah-asun]
1) A festival, a festive occasion.
2) An offering, oblation, a sacrifice.
3) Light, lustre; कल्याणानां त्वमसि महसां भाजनं विश्वमूर्ते (kalyāṇānāṃ tvamasi mahasāṃ bhājanaṃ viśvamūrte) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1.3; Uttararāmacarita 4.1; 5.27.
4) The fourth of the seven worlds; see महर् (mahar).
5) A hymn of praise (Ved.).
6) Pleasure, enjoyment; जातमहाः स्तवनानि वसन्तः (jātamahāḥ stavanāni vasantaḥ) Rām. Ch.4.95; महोमहत्त्वं महनीय- शीले विलासलोलेन विलोचनेन (mahomahattvaṃ mahanīya- śīle vilāsalolena vilocanena) 6.12.
7) Greatness, power.
8) Abundance, plenty.
9) Water.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahas (महस्).—n.
(-haḥ) 1. A festival, a sacred festival. 2. Light, lustre. 3. Greatness, vigour. 4. Sacrifice, oblation. E. maha to worship, aff. asun .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahas (महस्).—[mah + as], n. 1. Light, lustre, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 15, 5; [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 97, 6 = [Rigveda.] vi. 64, 2. 2. A festival. 3. A sacrifice.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahas (महस्).—1. [neuter] greatness, might, lustre, splendour, abundance, plenty, feast, festival, joy, pleasure; [instrumental] [plural] mahobhis with might, greatly.
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Mahas (महस्).—2. [adverb] joyfully, willingly, quickly.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mahas (महस्):—[from mah] a n. greatness, might, power, glory ([instrumental case] [plural] greatly, mightily etc.), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Brāhmaṇa; Upaniṣad]
2) [v.s. ...] joy, gladness, pleasure, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Atharva-veda; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa] (as ind. gladly, briskly, swiftly, [Ṛg-veda])
3) [v.s. ...] a festival or a festive hymn, [Pañcarātra]
4) [v.s. ...] a sacrifice, oblation, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] light, splendour, majesty, [Inscriptions; Kāvya literature; Kathāsaritsāgara; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
6) [v.s. ...] the fourth of the seven worlds (written mahar; See above and cf. vyāhṛti)
7) [v.s. ...] = udaka, water, [Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska i, 12]
8) [v.s. ...] Name of a Sāman, [Ārṣeya-brāhmaṇa]
9) [v.s. ...] ind., gladly, briskly, swiftly, [Ṛg-veda]
10) b mahasa etc. See p. 794, col. 3.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahas (महस्):—(haḥ) 1. n. A festival; light; greatness; sacrifice.
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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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Starts with (+415): Maha-civarattiri, Maha-sabha, Mahaasaagar, Mahacul, Mahasa-ni, Mahasabhe, Mahasaccaka Sutta, Mahasaciva, Mahasadhana, Mahasadhanabhaga, Mahasadhanika, Mahasadhu, Mahasadhvi, Mahasagara, Mahasagaraprabhagambhiradhara, Mahasagararasa, Mahasaha, Mahasahani, Mahasahasa, Mahasahasapramardani.
Ends with: Citramahas, Mahamahas, Mitramahas, Piyushamahas, Pramahas, Punyamahas, Samahas, Sammahas, Sumahas, Ushnamahas, Vajapramahas, Vidyunmahas, Vimahas, Vriddhamahas.
Full-text (+7): Piyushamahas, Mahastva, Mahar, Mahasvin, Vimahas, Mahamahas, Mitramahas, Vyahriti, Sammahas, Mahasvat, Maha, Samahas, Punyamahas, Vishvasahvan, Vishvasahva, Ushnamahas, Pramahas, Vriddhamahas, Sumahas, Vidyunmahas.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)
Text 28 < [Chapter 1 - Prathama-yāma-sādhana (Niśānta-bhajana–śraddhā)]
Hari-bhakti-kalpa-latikā (by Sarasvati Thkura)
Text 11 < [First Stabaka]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 1.16.28 < [Chapter 16 - Description of Śrī Rādhikā’s Wedding]
Verse 4.21.11 < [Chapter 21 - Lord Krsna Extinguishes the Forest Fire and Reveals Himself to the Brāhmana’s Wives]
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa XI, adhyāya 8, brāhmaṇa 1 < [Eleventh Kāṇḍa]
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 53 - Devaśayanī Ekādaśī < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
Chapter 97 - More Sinful and Meritorious Deeds < [Section 5 - Pātāla-Khaṇḍa (Section on the Nether World)]
Chapter 2 - Characteristic Marks of a Vaiṣṇava < [Section 7 - Kriyāyogasāra-Khaṇḍa (Section on Essence of Yoga by Works)]