Mahashala, Mahasala, Mahāsāla, Mahāśāla, Mahāsālā, Maha-shala: 13 definitions
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Mahashala 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.
The Sanskrit term Mahāśāla can be transliterated into English as Mahasala or Mahashala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Mahāsāla (महासाल).—A King of the Aṅga dynasty. He was the son of Janamejaya and father of Mahāmanas. (Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 277).
1a) Mahāśāla (महाशाल).—A son of Janamejaya; a king equal to Indra in fame; father of Mahāmanas.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 48. 13; Vāyu-purāṇa 99. 15-6; Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 18. 6-7.
1b) Sacred to the Piṭrs.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 22. 34.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
A village to the east of Kajangala; the eastern boundary of Majjhimadesa passed through it. Vin.i.197; J.i.49, where it is called Mahasala.
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).
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
mahāsāla : (adj.) having immense wealth.
1) mahāsāla (မဟာသာလ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[mahanta+sāla]
[မဟန္တ+သာလ]
2) mahāsālā (မဟာသာလာ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[mahantī+sālā]
[မဟန္တီ+သာလာ]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) mahāsāla—
(Burmese text): (၁) သစ်ပင်ကြီး။ (၂) အင်ကြင်းပင်ကြီး။(တိ) (၃) များသော-အနှစ်-ဥစ္စာနှစ်-ရှိသော၊ သူ။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Big tree. (2) Big bamboo. (3) Many - essence - having two - things, them.
2) mahāsālā—
(Burmese text): (၁)အဆောက်အအုံကြီး။(ဇရပ်၊မင်းကွန်း၊လွှတ်တော်ရုံး၊ အပန်းဖြေစခန်း စသည်ကိုယူရမည်)။ (တိ) (၂) ကြီးသော-အဆောက်အအုံ-အိမ်-စည်းစိမ်-ရှိသော၊ သူ။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Large buildings. (Including the city hall, parliament office, rest areas, etc.). (2) A large building with a lot of decorations.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Mahāśāla (महाशाल).—a great householder.
Derivable forms: mahāśālaḥ (महाशालः).
Mahāśāla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and śāla (शाल).
Mahāśāla (महाशाल).—m.
(-laḥ) A great house-holder.
Mahāśāla (महाशाल).—1. [masculine] the owner of a great house.
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Mahāśāla (महाशाल).—2. [masculine] a great Śāla-tree.
1) Mahāśāla (महाशाल):—[=mahā-śāla] [from mahā > mah] m. a gr° Vatica Robusta, [Rāmāyaṇa] (su-m)
2) [v.s. ...] (mahā-), the possessor of a large house, a gr° householder, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Upaniṣad] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] Name of a son of Janam-ejaya, [Harivaṃśa] (cf. -śīla).
Mahāśāla (महाशाल):—[(ma + śālā)] m.
1) ein grosses Haus habend, ein grosser Hausherr (mahāgṛhastha []): prācīnaśāla aupamanyavaḥ satyayajñaḥ pauluṣirindradyumno bhāllaveyo janaḥ śārkarākṣyo buḍila āśvatarāśviste haite mahāśālā mahāśrotriyāḥ u.s.w. [Chāndogyopaniṣad 5, 11, 1.] Jābāla [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 10, 3, 3, 1. 6, 1, 1.] Śaunaka [Muṇḍakopaniṣad 1, 1, 3.] Statt mahāśākya in der Stelle naigamakṣatriyabrāhmaṇagṛhapatimahāśākyakuleṣu [Rgva tch’er rol pa ed. Calc. 134, 12. fg.] hat [FOUCAUX (S. 113)] mahāsāla vor sich gehabt. mahāsālakula bedeutet nach der tibetischen Uebersetzung ein einem grossen Sāla-Baum gleichendes Geschlecht: kṣatriya, brāhmaṇa, gṛhapati [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 98.] —
2) Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Janamejaya [Harivaṃśa 1671. fg.] ; vgl. mahāśīla .
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Mahāsāla (महासाल):—s. u. mahāśāla .
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Mahāśāla (महाशाल):—
1) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 12, 3, 23.]
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Mahāśāla (महाशाल):—m. ein grosser Śala-Baum: su [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 5, 12.]
Mahāśāla (महाशाल):—1. m. eine grosse Vatica robusta.
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Mahāśāla (महाशाल):—2. m. —
1) Besitzer eines grossen Hauses , ein grosser Hausherr. —
2) Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Janamajaya.
Mahāsāla (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 豪族 [háo zú]: “powerful family”.
Note: mahāsāla can be alternatively written as: mahā-sāla.
2) Mahāśāla (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 豪族 [háo zú]: “powerful family”.
Note: mahāśāla can be alternatively written as: mahā-śāla.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Mahanti, Sa la, Maha, Shala, Mahanta, Hala.
Starts with: Mahashalanadi.
Full-text (+26): Khattiyamahasala, Gahapatimahasala, Mahasalavana, Dvijamahasala, Brahmanamahasala, Hao zu, Mahasalakula, Mahamanas, Mahasala Sutta, Gahapatinecayika, Jabala, Sucindhara, Mahashakya, Mahamani, Mahashila, Tarukkha, Aupamanyava, Pancasilasamadaniya, Turvasuvamsha, Accuta.
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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 5: Sāla and Mahāsāla < [Chapter IX - Stories of the ploughman]
Harivamsha Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter 31 - An Account of Puru’s Family < [Book 1 - Harivamsa Parva]
Mundaka Upanishad with Shankara’s Commentary (by S. Sitarama Sastri)
Verse 1.1.3 < [Mundaka I, Khanda I]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 2.1l - The Anva Dynasty < [Chapter 3 - Historical aspects in the Matsyapurāṇa]
Part 3b - Tīrthas recommended for Śrāddhas < [Chapter 8 - Geographical data in the Matsyapurāṇa]
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kanda X, adhyaya 6, brahmana 1 < [Tenth Kanda]
Kanda X, adhyaya 3, brahmana 3 < [Tenth Kanda]