Mahasvana, Mahāsvana, Maha-svana: 8 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMahāsvana (महास्वन).—a kind of drum.
Derivable forms: mahāsvanaḥ (महास्वनः).
Mahāsvana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and svana (स्वन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahāsvana (महास्वन).—mfn.
(-naḥ-nā-naṃ) Loud-sounding. m.
(-naḥ) 1. An instrument of martial music, a kind of drum or trumpet. 2. A loud sound. E. mahā great, and svana sound or noise.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahāsvana (महास्वन).—I. adj. loud-sounding, [Nala] 21, 5. Ii. m. 1. a loud sound. 2. a kind of drum.
Mahāsvana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and svana (स्वन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahāsvana (महास्वन).—[masculine] loud sound or cry; adj. lound-sounding.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mahāsvana (महास्वन):—[=mahā-svana] [from mahā > mah] m. a loud sound, [Rāmāyaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] mf(ā)n. making a loud noise, loud-sounding, crying aloud, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] m. a kind of drum (= malla-tūrya), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] Name of an Asura, [Harivaṃśa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahāsvana (महास्वन):—[mahā-svana] (naḥ) 1. m. An instrument of martial music, as a drum. &c.; loud sound. a. Loud sounding.
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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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Partial matches: Maha, Shvana.
Starts with: Mahasvanakasa, Mahasvanam.
Ends with: Bherisvanamahasvana, Savanamahasvana, Sumahasvana.
Full-text: Mahasvanam, Sumahasvana, Bherisvanamahasvana, Nishpesha, Nad, Shvana, Garj.
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