Mahashaya, Mahāśaya, Maha-ashaya, Mahāsaya: 14 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Mahāśaya can be transliterated into English as Mahasaya or Mahashaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Mahashay.
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In Hinduism
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Source: Wikisource: Ashtavakra GitaMahāśaya (महाशय) refers to “great-souled persons” (not concerned with praise or blame), according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “Knowing yourself as truly one and indestructible, how could a wise man possessing self-knowledge like you feel any pleasure in acquiring wealth? [...] Whether feted or tormented, the wise man is always aware of his supreme self-nature and is neither pleased nor disappointed. The great souled person (mahāśaya) sees even his own body in action as if it were some-one else's, so how should he be disturbed by praise or blame? [saṃstave cāpi nindāyāṃ kathaṃ kṣubhyenmahāśayaḥ]”.
Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMahāśaya (महाशय).—a. highsouled, nobleminded, magnanimous, noble; दैवात् प्रबुद्धः शुश्राव वराहो हि महाशयः (daivāt prabuddhaḥ śuśrāva varāho hi mahāśayaḥ) Ks; राजा हिरण्यगर्भो महाशयः (rājā hiraṇyagarbho mahāśayaḥ) H.4; see महात्मन् (mahātman). (-yaḥ) 1 a noble-minded or magnanimous person; महाशयचक्रवर्ती (mahāśayacakravartī) Bv.1.7.
2) the ocean.
Mahāśaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and āśaya (आशय).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahāśaya (महाशय).—mfn.
(-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) Magnanimous, liberal, munificent. m.
(-yaḥ) 1. The ocean. 2. A gentleman, sir. E. mahā great, āśaya purpose or an abode.
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Mahāśayā (महाशया) or Mahāśayyā.—f.
(-yā) A throne, a regal seat. E. mahā great, and śayā bed or couch.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahāśaya (महाशय).—I. adj. 1. magnanimous; 2. liberal. Ii. m. a gentleman.
Mahāśaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and āśaya (आशय).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahāśaya (महाशय).—1. [masculine] the sea (lit. great receptacle).
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Mahāśaya (महाशय).—2. [adjective] high-minded, magnahimous.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mahāśaya (महाशय):—[from mahā > mah] m. (hāś) ‘great receptacle’, the ocean, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [=mahā-śaya] [from mahāśaya > mahā > mah] mfn. having a noble disposition, high-minded, magnanimous, noble, liberal, open, unsuspicious, [Aṣṭāvakra-saṃhitā; Hitopadeśa; Kathāsaritsāgara] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] m. a respectable person, gentleman (sometimes a term of respectful address = Sir, Master), [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mahāśaya (महाशय):—[mahā+śaya] (yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) a. Magnanimous, liberal. m. The ocean; Sir.
2) Mahāśayā (महाशया):—[mahā-śayā] (yyā) 1. f. A throne.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryMahāśaya (महाशय) [Also spelled mahashay]:—(a and nm) noble, liberal (person); a form of address meaning- Mr.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusMahāśaya (ಮಹಾಶಯ):—
1) [noun] a large-hearted, generous, kindly man.
2) [noun] a respectful term of addressubg a man.
3) [noun] a sea.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryMahāśaya (महाशय):—adj. magnanimous; munificent; benevolent; noble-minded; high-souled; n. a gentleman; sir;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
Pali-English dictionary
Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionarymahāsaya (မဟာသယ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[mahanta+āsaya]
[မဟန္တ+အာသယ]
[Pali to Burmese]
Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)mahāsaya—
(Burmese text): များစွာအလိုရှိသော၊ အလိုကြီးသော၊ သူ။
(Auto-Translation): Many desires, great desire, him.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Saya, Ashaya, Maha, Mahanta, Caya.
Starts with: Mahashayana.
Full-text: Mahashay, Makacayam, Makacayan, Mahashayya, Katumahasaya, Navagunamahasaya, Nateviyamahasaya, Mahanubhava, Yukteswar Giri, Bhajana Rahasya, Demalamahasaya, Ashaya.
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