Mahavishuva, Mahāviṣuva, Maha-vishuva: 8 definitions
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Mahavishuva means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 Mahāviṣuva can be transliterated into English as Mahavisuva or Mahavishuva, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarymahāviṣuva (महाविषुव).—n S The vernal equinox.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishmahāviṣuva (महाविषुव).—n The vernal equinox.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMahāviṣuva (महाविषुव).—the vernal equinox. °संक्रान्तिः (saṃkrāntiḥ) f. the vernal equinox (the sun's entering the sign Aries).
Derivable forms: mahāviṣuvam (महाविषुवम्).
Mahāviṣuva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and viṣuva (विषुव).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahāviṣuva (महाविषुव).—n.
(-vaṃ) The Sankranti or moment of the sun’s entering Aries; the vernal equinox, but varying several days from the European computation. E. mahā great, and viṣuva equinox.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahāviṣuva (महाविषुव):—[=mahā-viṣuva] [from mahā > mah] n. ([Viṣṇu-purāṇa], or va-saṃkrānti f., [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]) the vernal equinox, the moment of the sun’s passing into Aries (differing by sub voce days from European computation).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahāviṣuva (महाविषुव):—[mahā+viṣuva] (vaṃ) 1. n. The vernal equinox.
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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: Vishuva, Maha.
Starts with: Mahavishuvasamkranti.
Full-text: Mahavishuvasamkranti, Makavicuvam.
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