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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

mahīpati : (m.) a king.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Mahīpati refers to: king Mhvs 5, 48; 33, 32.

Note: mahīpati is a Pali compound consisting of the words mahī and pati.

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mahīpati (महीपति).—m.,

Derivable forms: mahīpatiḥ (महीपतिः).

Mahīpati is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahī and pati (पति). See also (synonyms): mahīnātha, mahīpa, mahīpāla, mahīpurandara, mahībhuj.

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

Mahīpati (महीपति).—m.

(-tiḥ) A sovereign, a king. E. mahī and pati master.

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

Mahīpati (महीपति).—m. a king, Chr. 47, 32.

Mahīpati is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahī and pati (पति).

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

Mahīpati (महीपति).—[masculine] earth-protector or ruler, king.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Mahipati (महिपति) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—(?): Pañcasāyaka. P. 10.

2) Mahīpati (महीपति):—father of Ananta Paṇḍita, father of Kṛṣṇa Paṇḍita, father of Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍita, father of Khaṇḍerāya (Paraśurāmaprakāśa), and Nīlakaṇṭha. Io. 2316.

3) Mahīpati (महीपति):—father of Ananta etc. delete this.

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

1) Mahipati (महिपति):—[=mahi-pati] [from mahi > mah] m. Name of an author, [Catalogue(s)]

2) Mahīpati (महीपति):—[=mahī-pati] [from mahī > mah] m. ‘e°-lord’, a king, sovereign (-tva n.), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.

3) [v.s. ...] a kind of big lime, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Mahi, Pati.

Starts with: Mahipati pandita, Mahipati upadhyaya, Mahipatimandalika, Mahipatitva.

Ends with: Simha mahipati, Simhamahipati.

Full-text: Mahipatitva, Simha mahipati, Simhamahipati, Mahipati upadhyaya, Mahipati pandita, Mahibhuj, Mahipa, Mahipurandara, Mahipala, Mahinatha, Khanderaya, Rasarnava, Pancasayaka, Bukka.

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