The Sanskrit term Maheśākhya can be transliterated into English as Mahesakhya or Maheshakhya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Maheśākhya (महेशाख्य).—adj. (compare alpeśākhya; = Pali mahe-sakkha; by error mahīś° Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya i.95.12; see also mahā- śakya; once mahāyaśākhya, q.v.; hyper-Sanskritism?), distinguished, exalted, great; usually of persons, such as kings, Bodhisattvas (Bodhisattvabhūmi 31.18), or other high personages: Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 180.12; Lalitavistara 23.16; 24.15; Mahāvastu i.36.3; 189.1; 193.14; 197.17; 198.4, 17; ii.64.15; 420.7; 485.3; iii.125.11; Divyāvadāna 434.1; Avadāna-śataka i.354.10; 363.9; (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 100.25 (text °kṣā, read °khyā); 215.4; contrasted with its opposite alpeśākhya, q.v., Mahāvyutpatti 6411; Karmavibhaṅga (and Karmavibhaṅgopadeśa) 29.26; puṇya-ma° one who is a great personage by reason of merit (acquired by past deeds) Divyāvadāna 8.5; 42.1; 98.20 (udāra-puṇya-ma°); 219.11; 579.17; vipāka-ma°, same (distinguished thru the maturing of his karma) Avadāna-śataka ii.67.10; mah° said of gods Lalitavistara 413.12; Mahāvastu i.30.9, 17; iii.318.16; of Māra, by himself Mahāvastu ii.277.4; of the sun and moon Lalitavistara 51.12; 410.15; of a nāga king Mahāvastu i.249.18; of noble animals Mahāvastu i.287.7; 288.19; mahe- śākhyataram, compv., of a caitya, Divyāvadāna 243.8. In some of the above (Mahāvyutpatti 6411; Lalitavistara 413.12) intensive āmreḍita, maheśākhya-mah°.

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

Maheśākhya (महेशाख्य):—[from maheśa > mahā > mah] mfn. having the name of ‘great lord’, highly distinguished or eminent, [Buddhist literature]

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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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Starts with: Maheshakhyata.

Ends with: Punyamaheshakhya.

Full-text: Alpeshakhya, Mahashakya, Punyamaheshakhya, Maheshakhyata, Mahayashakhya, Vipaka, Appesakkha, Nivata.

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