Mahasara, Mahāsara, Mahāsarā, Mahāsāra, Maha-sara, Mahashara: 10 definitions

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Mahasara means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts: Volume 12 (1898) (shai)

Mahāsāra (महासार) or Mahāsāratantra refers to one of the Tantras mentioned in the Mahāmokṣa-Tantra, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 12 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (second series)” by Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri.—The Mahāmokṣatantra manuscript, consisting of 3,024 ślokas (metrical verses), is deposit: Dhaka, Vikramapura Majhapada, Babu Rasavihari Raya. It deals with the salvation, cosmogony (i.e., the order of cosmic regions) and contains a bibliography of Tantric literature.—The catalogue includes the term—Mahā-sāra in its ‘subject-matter list’ or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms).

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

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In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

Mahasara Mahasara

The books contain a list of seven great lakes, situated in the Himalaya. They form the sources of the five great rivers and dry up only when four suns appear in the world. These seven lakes are

Anotatta, Sihapapata, Rathakara, Kappamunda, Kunala, Chaddanta and Mandakini

(A.iv.101; also at J.v.415; SNA.407; DA.i.164; UdA.300; AA.ii.759).

Sometimes (E.g., Vsm.416) Hamsapatana is given in place of Mandakini.

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Mahasara in Pali glossary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

mahāsara : (nt.) a great lake. || mahāsāra (adj.), having immense wealth.

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

1) mahāsara (မဟာသရ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[mahanta+sara]
[မဟန္တ+သရ]

2) mahāsāra (မဟာသာရ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[mahanta+sāra]
[မဟန္တ+သာရ]

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mahāsāra (महासार).—a kind of Khadira tree.

Derivable forms: mahāsāraḥ (महासारः).

Mahāsāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and sāra (सार).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mahāsāra (महासार).—m.

(-raḥ) A kind of Khadira.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mahāśara (महाशर).—[masculine] great arrow.

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Mahāsāra (महासार).—[adjective] solid, pithy, strong, precious.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Mahāśara (महाशर):—[=mahā-śara] [from mahā > mah] m. a species of reed, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Mahāsāra (महासार):—[=mahā-sāra] [from mahā > mah] mfn. ‘having gr° sap or vigour’, firm, strong, [Rāmāyaṇa; Mālavikāgnimitra]

3) [v.s. ...] valuable, precious, [Rāmāyaṇa]

4) [v.s. ...] m. a tree akin to the Acacia Catechu, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] n. Name of a city, [Buddhist literature]

[Sanskrit to German]

Mahasara in German

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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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