Mahavira, Mahāvīra, Maha-vira, Mahabira: 42 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
1) Mahāvīra (महावीर).—A son of Priyavrata. Svāyambhuva Manu had two famous sons named Priyavrata and Uttānapāda. Of them, Priyavrata married Surūpā and Barhiṣmatī, the two beautiful and virtuous daughters of Viśvakarma Prajāpati. By his first wife Surūpā, Priyavrata had ten sons, namely, Agnīdhra, Idhmajihva, Yajñabāhu, Mahāvīra, Rukmaśukra, Ghṛtapṛṣṭha, Savana, Medhātithi, Vītihotra and Kavi. The youngest of his children was a daughter named Ūrjjasvatī. (Devī Bhāgavata, 8th Skandha).
2) Mahāvīra (महावीर).—Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 67, Verse 68, refers to a Mahāvīra, who was the re-birth of the Asura Krodhavaśa.
Mahāvīra (महावीर) refers to “one who is heroic” and is used to describe Tāraka-Asura, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.15 (“The penance and reign of Tārakāsura”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated: “That Varāṅgī, when the time was complete, delivered of a son of huge body and great strength dazzling the ten quarters. [...] Then Kaśyapa Prajāpati thought well and named the powerful demon Tāraka. That heroic [i.e., mahāvīra] demon, with his manliness and valour manifesting quickly grew and developed with his steely frame like the lord of mountains. Then the demon Tāraka, of great strength and exploit, endowed with a lofty mind, requested permission of his mother for performing penance. [...]”.
Mahāvīra (महावीर).—A son of Priyavrata, remained a bachelor all through life engaged in ātmavidyā.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa V. 1. 25-6.
Mahāvīra (महावीर) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. I.61.55) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Mahāvīra) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
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.
Kavya (poetry)
Mahāvīra (महावीर) or simply Vīra is mentioned in the Vividhatīrthakalpa by Jinaprabhasūri (13th century A.D.): an ancient text devoted to various Jaina holy places (tīrthas).—Accordingly, “Mahāvīra spends the third year in Campa; Mahāvīra spends the fourth year in Piṭṭhīcampā; Between the ninth and the tenth year, the Nāga Sudāḍha torments Mahāvīra; Mahāvīra passes the tenth loved one to Śrāvastī; Mahāvīra spends the eleventh year in Mithilā; Between the eleventh and the twelfth year, Candanā breaks the fast of Mahāvīra in Kauśāmbī; Mahāvīra spends the twelfth year in Campā; Mahāvīra holds a plenary assembly in Kauśāmbī: the Sun and the Moon descend to pay homage to him; [...]”.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
1) Mahāvīra (महावीर) (lit. “one who is a great hero”) is a synonym (another name) for the Lion (Siṃha), according to scientific texts such as the Mṛgapakṣiśāstra (Mriga-pakshi-shastra) or “the ancient Indian science of animals and birds” by Hamsadeva, containing the varieties and descriptions of the animals and birds seen in the Sanskrit Epics such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata.
2) Mahāvīra (महावीर) (lit. “one who is a great warrior”) is also another name for Garuḍa.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Mahāvīra (महावीर) refers to “great heroes” (devoted to worship and meditation), according to the Kulapañcāśikā, an unpublished text attributed to Matsyendranātha teaching secrecy.—Accordingly, “O Hara, why is it that those people who are great heroes [i.e., mahāvīra] devoted to worship and meditation, greedy to drink (the sacrificial) blood—who, well established, carry swords and are devoted, O god, to wandering at night in cremation ground(s)—do not always attain union with the Yoginīs?”.—Note: The Kulapañcāśikā is quoted by Kṣemarāja in his commentary on the Netratantra 8.28 (= Kulapañcāśikā 3.7-8) and on Śivasūtra 3.26 (= Kulapañcāśikā 3.19).
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Mahāvīra (महावीर) refers to a “great hero”, according to the Netratantra of Kṣemarāja: a Śaiva text from the 9th century in which Śiva (Bhairava) teaches Pārvatī topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.—Accordingly, [verse 10.1-7ab, while describing the appearance and worship of Bhairava]—“[...] He] bears a sword and shield, holds a hook and noose. [His] hand[s and posed] in the wish fulfilling and protection [mudrās. He] holds the thunderbolt of a great hero (mahāvīra—vajrahastaṃ mahāvīraṃ). [He also] holds an axe and a hatchet. Having worshipped Bhairava, [the Mantrin] remembers being joined in union [with] him, [in the same way as] dissolution in fire”.
Mahāvīra (महावीर) or Mahāvīratantra refers to one of the Tantras mentioned in the Mahāmokṣa-Tantra, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 12 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (second series)” by Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri.—The Mahāmokṣatantra manuscript, consisting of 3,024 ślokas (metrical verses), is deposit: Dhaka, Vikramapura Majhapada, Babu Rasavihari Raya. It deals with the salvation, cosmogony (i.e., the order of cosmic regions) and contains a bibliography of Tantric literature.—The catalogue includes the term—Mahāvīra in its ‘subject-matter list’ or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms).
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)
Mahāvīra (महावीर) is another name for Vardhamāna (“the chief of the Jinas”) (Cf. Jinapati), as occurring in the Gaṇitasāra-saṅgraha—an ancient Sanskrit text dealing with ancient Indian algebra and mathematical problems written by Mahāvīra (Mahāvīrācārya) in the 9th century.
Ganita (गणित) or Ganitashastra refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Mahāvīra (महावीर) is the husband of Vāyuvegā: the name of a Ḍākinī (‘sacred girl’) presiding over Triśakuni: one of the four Upakṣetra (‘sacred spot’) present within the Vākcakra (‘circle of word’), according to the 9th-centruy Vajraḍākatantra. The Vākcakra is one of three Cakras within the Tricakra system which embodies twenty-four sacred spots or districts resided over by twenty-four Ḍākinīs whose husbands (viz., Mahāvīra) abide in one’s body in the form of twenty-four ingredients (dhātu) of one’s body.
Vāyuvegā has for her husband the hero (vīra) named Mahāvīra. She is the presiding deity of Triśakuni and the associated internal location are the ‘navel’ and the bodily ingredients (dhātu) are the ‘lungs’.
Mahāvīra (महावीर) is the name of a Vīra (hero) who, together with the Ḍākinī named Vāyuvegā forms one of the 36 pairs situated in the Vajracakra, according to the 10th century Ḍākārṇava chapter 15. Accordingly, the vajracakra refers to one of the four divisions of the sahaja-puṭa (‘innate layer’), situated within the padma (lotus) in the middle of the Herukamaṇḍala. The 36 pairs of Ḍākinīs and Vīras [viz., Mahāvīra] each have one face and four arms; they hold a skull bowl, a skull staff, a small drum and a knife; they are dark-bluish-black in color.
1) Mahāvīra (महावीर) is the name of a Ḍāka (male consort) and one of the deities of the Cakrasaṃvara-maṇḍala or Saṃvaramaṇḍala of Abhayākaragupta’s Niṣpannayogāvalī, p. 45 and n. 145; (Cf. Cakrasaṃvaratantra, Gray, David B., 2007).—The Cakrasaṃvara mandala has a total of sixty-two deities. [...] Three concentric circles going outward, the body, speech and mind wheels (kāya-vāka-citta), in the order: mind (blue), speech (red), and body (white), with eight Ḍākinīs each in non-dual union with their Ḍākas, "male consorts".
Associated elements of Vāyuvegā and Mahāvīra:
Circle: vākacakra [=vākcakra?] (speech-wheel) (red);
Ḍākinī (female consort): Vāyuvegā;
Ḍāka (male consort): Mahāvīra;
Bīja: triṃ;
Body-part: navel;
Pīṭha: Triśakuni;
Bodily constituent: phupphusa (lungs);
Bodhipakṣa (wings of enlightenment): vīryabala (power of effort).
2) Mahāvīrā (महावीरा) is the name of a Ḍākinī (female consort) coupled with Vajrasattva:
Circle: kāyacakra (body-wheel) (white);
Ḍākinī (female consort): Mahāvīrā;
Ḍāka (male consort): Vajrasattva;
Bīja: kuṃ;
Body-part: knees;
Pīṭha: Kulutā;
Bodily constituent: siṅghāṇaka (snot);
Bodhipakṣa (wings of enlightenment): samyagvāc (right speech).
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Mahāvīra (महावीर):—The twenty-fourth Tīrthaṅkara (Janism recognizes 24 such teachers or Siddhas). His colour is gold (kāñcana), according to Aparājitapṛcchā (221.5-7). His height is 7 hatha (4 hatha equals 1 dhanuṣa, which equals 6 feet), thus, roughly corresponding to 3.2 meters. His emblem, or symbol, is a Lion.
Mahāvīra’s father is Siddhārtha and his mother is Triśalā according to Śvetāmbara or Priyakāriṇī according to Digambara. It is an ancient Jain practice to worship the Tīrthaṅkara’s parents in various rites, such as the pratiṣṭhāvidhi, according to the Ācāradinakara (14th work on Jain conduct written by Vardhamāna Sūri).
Mahāvīra (महावीर) refers to the last of twenty-four Tīrthaṃkaras or Jinas, commonly depicted in Jaina iconography.—Mahāvīra, the twenty-fourth or the last Jina is the greatest of all the Tīrthaṃkaras. His position is of unchallenged eminence in the Jaina religion, history and iconography. Being the Lion among the Jaina prophets, rightly given was his emblem of a lion. His Yakṣa spirits are respectively known as Mātaṅga and Siddhāyikā. The Magadhan King Śreṇika or better known as Bimbisāra acts as his Chowri-bearer. His Kevala tree is called Sāla (L. Shorca robusta).
Vardhamāna was born of a royal family of Videha or North Bihār, his father Siddhārtha, being the ruling prince of Kuṇḍapura, the abode of the Nāta or Nāya clan, his mother is known by the name of Triśalā. Connected with his birth is the auspicious legend that the Tīrthaṃkara was actually born of Devanandā of the family of Jālandhara, wife of Ṛṣabha Datta, a Brāhmaṇa, but Indra finding that a Jina ought not to according to tradition, take his birth in a Brahmin family, transferred the foetus through his general Hariṇegameṣa to the womb of Triśala, a Kṣatriya lady of royal family. The child Vardhamāna had shewn early being destined to be a Prophet. Thirty years he lived as a house-holder, but after his parent’s death, he determined to take the ascetic life and obtained the permissionof his brother, who had, then, become king. He renounced everything, all his gold and jewels, distributing them in charity and dividing them among his relatives. He then proceeded in his palanquin to the Park called Sundavana (Śveta) or Sārathi-Khaṇḍa (Digambara in Kuṇḍanagara of Vaiśāli) and there under the Aśoka tree, he stripped himsell of all his raiments and jewels and entered upon an ascetic life of severest penances and austerities.
Mahāvīra (महावीर) or Vīra refers to the last of the twenty-four Tīrthaṅkaras praised in the first book (ādīśvara-caritra) [chapter 1] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.
Mahāvīra is the son of Siddhārtha and Triśalā, according to chapter 1.6, “[...] In Bharata there will be twenty-three other Arhats and eleven other Cakrins. [...] In Kuṇḍagrāma, Mahāvīra, son of Siddhārtha and Triśalā, gold-color, seven cubits tall, with a life of seventy-two years, will be initiated for forty-two years, and the interval between Pārśva and Vīra will be two hundred and fifty years”.
Mahāvīra (महावीर).—An illustrated kalpasūtra will open with the image of Mahāvīra recognizable by his symbol of lion below his throne. Mahāvīra sits in padmāsana on a throne supported by lions and elephants facing each other. It is a majestic meditating image resembling sculptural icons.
Mahāvīra (महावीर), the 24th Tirthankara.—Mahavira was the son of Kundagrama King Siddhartha of Ikshvaku dynasty and Trishala, the sister of King Chetaka of Vajji Ganarajya. According to Guṇabhadra’s Uttarapurāṇa, Mahāvīra became a Siddha in the month of Kārttika, kṛṣṇapakśa-chaturdaśi and Svātinakśatra. Thus, Mahāvīra attained nirvāṇa on 22 nd October 1189-88 BCE, 605 years and 5 months before the commencement of the Śaka era (583 BCE) and 470 years before the commencement of the Kārttikādi Vikrama era (719-718 BCE).
Mahāvīra (महावीर) refers to one of the 70 teachers mentioned in the Kharataragacchapaṭṭāvalī: a Sanskrit text listing the heads or pontiffs (sūri) of the Kharataragaccha, one of the most important Śvetāmbara monastic orders. The Kharatara-gaccha is especially rooted in Rajasthan. The text includes a narration of events in their lives (i.e., of Mahāvīra), and can thus be called a Kharataragacchapaṭṭāvalī
Mahāvīra (महावीर) refers to “great heroes”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “[com.—Next he speaks about the destruction done by Yama (kālakṛtāpāyam) even of great heroes (mahāvīrāṇām)]—This world totters to the limit of the world of Brahmā with the fear of the beginning of a frown, and mountains immediately fall asunder by force of [the fact that] the earth is overcome by the weight of the heavy feet, of those heroes who are all led to death by the king of time in [the space of] some days. Nevertheless, desire is intense only in a living being who is bereft of sense”.
Mahābīra (महाबीर) or Mahābīragīta refers to one of the twenty-four songs (gīta) embedded in the Caturviṃśatijinagīta by Jinarāja (dealing with classical hymns and stotras from Jain literature), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.
Mahāvīra (महावीर) or Mahābīra-gīta refers to one of the twenty-four songs (gīta) embedded in the Caturviṃśatijinagīta by Jinarāja (dealing with classical hymns and stotras from Jain literature), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
India history and geography
Mahāvīrā (महावीरा) was included in the Rājasabhā, as mentioned by Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayamālā (a Prakrit Campū, similar to Kāvya poetry).—The Kuvalayamala (779 A.D.) is full of cultural material which gains in value because of the firm date of its composition. [...] On page 14. § 34, a graphic account is given of Rājasabhā which included Maṃtiṇo, Mahāṇariṃdā, Mahāvīrā, Mahāvejjā, Mahābaṃbhaṇā, Mahākaiṇo, Mahāṣeṇāvaiṇo, Mahāpurohiyā, Vāravilāsiṇīo and authorities on different subjects of learning of which the list is given.
Mahāvīra (महावीर) or Mahāvīratantra is the name of a Tantra categorized as “Aśvakrānta”, and is mentioned in a (further unknown) book in the possession of Kamlesh Punyark [=Śrī Kamaleśa Puṇyārka or श्री कमलेश पुण्यार्क].—This book contains a detailed discussion of the basics of Tantra and opens with a list of three times sixty-four Tantras. One such text is the महावीर-तन्त्रम् [mahāvīra-tantram] or महा-वीर [mahā-vīra].
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Biology (plants and animals)
Mahavir in India is the name of a plant defined with Euphorbia pilosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Tithymalus lutescens (C.A. Mey.) Klotzsch & Garcke (among others).
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Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
mahāvīra : (m.) great hero.
mahāvīra (မဟာဝီရ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[mahanta+vīra]
[မဟန္တ+ဝီရ]
[Pali to Burmese]
mahāvīra—
(Burmese text): ကြီးသော လုံ့လရှိသော၊ သူ။
(Auto-Translation): Great and powerful, he.
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
Mahāvīra (महावीर).—
1) a great hero or warrior.
2) a lion.
3) the thunderbolt of Indra.
4) an epithet of Viṣṇu.
5) of Garuḍa.
6) of Hanumat.
7) a cuckoo.
8) a white horse.
9) a sacrificial fire.
1) a sacrificial vessel.
11) a kind of hawk. °चरितम् (caritam) Name of a celebrated drama by Bhavabhūti.
Derivable forms: mahāvīraḥ (महावीरः).
Mahāvīra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and vīra (वीर).
Mahāvīra (महावीर).—m.
(-raḥ) 1. Garuda the bird, and vehicle of Vishnu. 2. A hero. 3. A lion. 4. A white horse. 5. Sacrificial fire. 6. Indra'S thunderbolt. 7. A bird, a sort of hawk. 8. The Kokila or Indian cuckoo. 9. The last and most celebrated Jina or Jaina teacher of the present who age, is supposed to have flourished in the province of Behar, in the sixth century before the Christian era. 10. Sacrificial vessel. 11. Vishnu. 12. Agni or fire. f.
(-rā) A sort of drug, commonly Kshirakakoli, and conceived to be the dried root of a species of lily. E. mahā great, and bīra hero.
Mahāvīra (महावीर).—m. 1. a hero. 2. a lion. 3. a white horse. 4. a sort of hawk. 5. Garuḍa. 6. Indra's thunderbolt. 7. Viṣṇu. 8. Agni. 9. sacrificial fire.
Mahāvīra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and vīra (वीर).
Mahāvīra (महावीर).—[masculine] great hero, [Epithet] of Viṣṇu.
1) Mahāvīra (महावीर):—[=mahā-vīra] [from mahā > mah] m. a gr° hero, [Ṛg-veda; Kathāsaritsāgara; Tantrasāra]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of Viṣṇu, [Dhyānabindu-upaniṣad]
3) [v.s. ...] an archer, bowman, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] a lion, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] Name of Garuḍa (the bird and vehicle of Viṣṇu), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] of Hanumat, [Apte’s The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
7) [v.s. ...] of Gautama Buddha, [Monier-Williams’ Buddhism 23]
8) [v.s. ...] sacrificial fire, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
9) [v.s. ...] a sacrif° vessel, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
10) [v.s. ...] thunderbolt, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
11) [v.s. ...] a white horse, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
12) [v.s. ...] the Indian cuckoo, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
13) [v.s. ...] a kind of hawk, [Horace H. Wilson]
14) [v.s. ...] Helminthostachys Laciniata, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
15) [v.s. ...] = jarāṭaka, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
16) [v.s. ...] Name of sub voce kings, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Purāṇa]
17) [v.s. ...] of the last Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī (the last and most celebrated Jaina teacher of the present age, supposed to have flourished in Behar in the 6th century B.C.), [Monier-Williams’ Buddhism 529]
18) Mahāvīrā (महावीरा):—[=mahā-vīrā] [from mahā-vīra > mahā > mah] f. a species of bulbous plant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Mahāvīra (महावीर):—[mahā-vīra] (raḥ) 1. m. Garuḍa the bird of Vishnu; a hero; a lion. f. Sort of drug made of the lily root.
Mahāvīra (महावीर):—[(ma + vīra)]
1) m. a) ein grosser Held [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 274.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 290.] [Ṛgveda 1, 32, 6.] [Geschichte des Vidūṣaka 115.] [TANTRASĀRA im Śabdakalpadruma] Beiw. Viṣṇu’s [ŚABDĀRTHAK.] bei [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] [DHYĀNABINDŪP.] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 3.] Bogenschütze [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) ein grosser irdener Topf, der über Feuer gesetzt werden kann, namentlich beim Pravargya gebraucht, [ŚABDĀRTHAK.] bei [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] Eine Etymologie aus Bed. 1. wird versucht [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 1, 1, 11. -] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 19, 14.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 1, 2, 9. 17. 3, 1. 13. 4, 16. 2, 2, 13. 40.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Brāhmaṇa 8, 3. 7.] [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 9, 10, 1.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 26, 1, 16. 2, 10. 19.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 5, 9, 31. 12, 2.] [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 4, 7, 4.] — c) Opferfeuer [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 7, 6. 3, 3, 366.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 836.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] ein agnināman [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 1, 25.] [ŚABDĀRTHAK.] bei [WILSON.] — d) Donnerkeil. — e) Löwe. — f) ein weisses Pferd [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — g) der indische Kuckuck (kokila) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] = saṃcāna [Medinīkoṣa] — h) der Vogel Garuḍa [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — i) eine best. Pflanze, = ekavīra [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — k) = jarāṭaka (vgl. jarāṭa u. pārpara [4.]) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] — l) Nomen proprium eines Fürsten [Mahābhārata 1, 2696.] eines Sohnes des Bṛhadratha [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 71, 7] (mahāvīrya [Gorresio]). des Priyavrata [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 1, 25. 26.] des Savana [Viṣṇupurāṇa 200] (mahāvīta [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa]). Nomen proprium des letzten ( [24ten]) Arhant's der gegenwärtigen Avasarpiṇī [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 30.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Oxforder Handschriften 186,b,18.] [Colebrooke.2,315. fgg.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1356.] [WILSON, Sel. Works 1,225. 281. 285. fgg. 328. 330. 335. 337. fg. 341. 343.] [HALL 166.] —
2) f. ā eine best. Pflanze, = kṣīrakākolī [Ratnamālā im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Mahāvīra (महावीर):—
1) l) Nomen proprium des letzten Arhant's [Hemacandra] [Yogaśāstra 1, 1.]
Mahāvīra (महावीर):——
1) m. — a) ein grosser Held. Auch als Beiw. Viṣṇu's. — b) *Bogenschütze. — c) ein grosser irdener Topf , der über Feuer gesetzt werden kann (namentlich beim Pravargya gebraucht). — d) Opferfeuer. — e) *Donnerkeil. — f) *Löwe. — g) *ein weisses Pferd. — h) *der indische Kuckuck. — i) *der Vogel Garuḍa. — k) *Helminthostachys lawiniata [Rājan 8,17.] — l) * = jarāṭaka. — m) Nomen proprium — α) verschiedener Fürsten. — β) des letzten Arhant’s der gegenwärtigen Avasarpiṇt. —
2) *f. ā eine best. Knolle.
Mahāvīra (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 大雄 [dà xióng]: “Mahāvīra” [Sanskrit personal name]; Alternatively: “great hero”.
2) 尼犍子 [ní jiān zi]: “Mahāvīra” [Sanskrit personal name]; Alternatively: “naked mendicant”.
3) 摩訶毘羅 [mó hē pí luó]: “Mahāvīra”; “Mahāvīra” [Sanskrit personal name].
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
Mahāvīra (महावीर) [Also spelled mahavir]:—(a) having tremendous valour, extremely valorous/gallant; (nm) Lord Mahavir; Lord Hanuman.
Mahavir in Hindi refers in English to:—(a) having tremendous valour, extremely valorous/gallant; (nm) Lord Mahavir; Lord Hanuman..—mahavir (महावीर) is alternatively transliterated as Mahāvīra.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Mahāvīra (ಮಹಾವೀರ):—
1) [noun] a very valorous man; a hero.
2) [noun] (jain.) one of the twenty four spiritual teachers of Jainism, and the founder of Jainism.
3) [noun] the plant Bridelia montana of Euphorbiaceae family.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Mahāvīra (महावीर):—adj. brave; heroic; gallant; daring;
Mahavir is another spelling for महावीर [mahāvīra].—adj. brave; heroic; gallant; daring;
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.
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Partial matches (+0): Bira, Von, Il, The, The, Te, Maha, Vira, O, El, De, Mahanta, Ter, Le, E, Mahavira.
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The Agnistoma Somayaga in the Shukla Yajurveda (by Madan Haloi)
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Verse 5.8.40 < [Chapter 8 - The Killing of Kaṃsa]
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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
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Fasting unto death according to the Jaina tradition < [Volume 38 (1977)]
Johannes Bronkhorst: Greater Magadha. Handbook of Oriental Studies. < [Volume 69 (2008)]
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9. Rama-Candi Temple (in Puri) < [Chapter 6 - Shakta Temples of Purushottama Kshetra]
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)