Mahavyahriti, Mahāvyāhṛti, Maha-vyahriti: 11 definitions

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In Hinduism
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Introduction:

Mahavyahriti means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Mahāvyāhṛti can be transliterated into English as Mahavyahrti or Mahavyahriti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Mahāvyāhṛti (महाव्याहृति).—Mohini got the name from Brahmā; also Sāvitrī.^*

* Vāyu-purāṇa 25. 50.

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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.

Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Oxford Academic: Homo Ritualis: Hindu Ritual and Its Significance to Ritual Theory

Mahāvyāhṛti (महाव्याहृति) or Mahāvyāhṛtihoma refers to one of the traditional marriage rituals, according to Dadhirāma Marāsini’s 19th century Vivāhapaddhati (part of his Karmakāṇḍabhāskara) which is based on the Pāraskara-Gṛhyasūtra, a domestic manual in the Mādhyandina school of the Vājasaneyisaṃhitā.—If performed traditionally, high caste marriages among the Parbatiyas (Parbates/Paharis/Pahadis) or Indo-Nepalese people in Nepal are normally executed by following the course of events as presented in marriage manuals. The Mahāvyāhṛti-homa rite is mentioned under the header called Marriage homa (vivāhahoma).

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Hinduism

Mahāvyāhṛti ("महाव्याहृति"); Sanskrit, lit: "great utterance"; used as prefix in Mantras. See mahā, ("great") and vyāhṛti ("utterance", "speech" or "statement"). The recitation of the Gāyatrī-mantra is traditionally preceded by oṃ and the mahāvyāhṛti.

Source: WikiPedia: Hinduism

Mahāvyāhṛti (महाव्याहृति, “great (mystical) utterance”).—It is made up of three (mystical) utterances: Bhūḥ, Bhuvaḥ and Svaḥ. The three utterances are taken as the names of three worlds:—

Bhūḥ: the terrestrial,
Bhuvaḥ: the world connecting terrestrial to celestial,
Svaḥ: celestial.

These are the names of the first three of the seven vyāhṛti or higher worlds of Hindu cosmology. From a meditational point of view, Bhūḥ, Bhuvaḥ, Svaḥ are mystically interpreted as the three degrees/levels of depths of meditation: Conscious, Semi-conscious and the Unconscious.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mahāvyāhṛti (महाव्याहृति).—f. a great mystical word, i. e. भूर्, भुवस् (bhūr, bhuvas) and स्वर् (svar).

Derivable forms: mahāvyāhṛtiḥ (महाव्याहृतिः).

Mahāvyāhṛti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and vyāhṛti (व्याहृति).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mahāvyāhṛti (महाव्याहृति).—f.

(-tiḥ) The three mystical words, Bhur, Bhuvah, and Swer, the essential part, with O4m and Gayatri of the daily Brahminical prayer. E. mahā great, and vyāhṛti a word.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mahāvyāhṛti (महाव्याहृति).—[feminine] great word ([ritual or religion]).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mahāvyāhṛti (महाव्याहृति):—[=mahā-vyāhṛti] [from mahā > mah] f. the gr° Vyāhṛti (q.v.), Name of the mystical formula bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ, [ṢaḍvBr.; Gṛhya-sūtra and śrauta-sūtra; Nirukta, by Yāska etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mahāvyāhṛti (महाव्याहृति):—[mahā-vyāhṛti] (tiḥ) 2. f. Three mystical words, Bhūr, Bhuva and Swar.

[Sanskrit to German]

Mahavyahriti in German

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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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