Mahashasana, Mahāśāsana, Maha-shasana: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Mahāśāsana can be transliterated into English as Mahasasana or Mahashasana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMahāśāsana (महाशासन).—a.
1) exercising great power.
2) whose commands are great; त्रैलोक्यघिपतित्वमेव विरसं यस्मिन् महा- शासने (trailokyaghipatitvameva virasaṃ yasmin mahā- śāsane) Bhartṛhari 3.8. (-nam) 1 the knowledge of Brahma as expounded in the Upaniṣadas.
2) great order of government.
Mahāśāsana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and śāsana (शासन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahāśāsana (महाशासन).—a minister, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 67, 10 (? cf. n.).
Mahāśāsana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and śāsana (शासन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mahāśāsana (महाशासन):—[=mahā-śāsana] [from mahā > mah] n. gr° rule or dominion, [Bhartṛhari] ([varia lectio])
2) [v.s. ...] gr° edict or order of government, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
3) [v.s. ...] mfn. exercising gr° dom°, having gr° power, [Dhūrtasamāgama]
4) [v.s. ...] m. (perhaps) a minister who enforces the royal edicts, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
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