Mahashanidhvaja, Mahāśanidhvaja, Maha-ashanidhvaja: 4 definitions

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Mahashanidhvaja means something in 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 Mahāśanidhvaja can be transliterated into English as Mahasanidhvaja or Mahashanidhvaja, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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[«previous next»] — Mahashanidhvaja in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mahāśanidhvaja (महाशनिध्वज).—a great banner in the form of the thunderbolt; जहार चान्येन मयूरपत्रिणा शरेण शक्रस्य महाशनि- ध्वजम् (jahāra cānyena mayūrapatriṇā śareṇa śakrasya mahāśani- dhvajam) R.3.56.

Derivable forms: mahāśanidhvajaḥ (महाशनिध्वजः).

Mahāśanidhvaja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and aśanidhvaja (अशनिध्वज).

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

Mahāśanidhvaja (महाशनिध्वज).—[masculine] flag with a great thunderbolt.

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

Mahāśanidhvaja (महाशनिध्वज):—[=mahāśani-dhvaja] [from mahā > mah] (hāś) m. a banner with a gr° thunderbolt delineated on it, [Raghuvaṃśa]

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Mahashanidhvaja 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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