Mahishadhvaja, Mahiṣadhvaja, Mahisha-dhvaja: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Mahiṣadhvaja can be transliterated into English as Mahisadhvaja or Mahishadhvaja, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMahiṣadhvaja (महिषध्वज).—an epithet of Yama; Name of a Jain monk.
Derivable forms: mahiṣadhvajaḥ (महिषध्वजः).
Mahiṣadhvaja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahiṣa and dhvaja (ध्वज).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahiṣadhvaja (महिषध्वज).—m.
(-jaḥ) Yama, the sovereign of hell, and judge of the dead. E. mahiṣa a buffalo, and dhvaja emblem.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahiṣadhvaja (महिषध्वज).—m. Yama.
Mahiṣadhvaja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahiṣa and dhvaja (ध्वज).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahiṣadhvaja (महिषध्वज):—[=mahiṣa-dhvaja] [from mahiṣa > mah] m. ‘having a b° for an emblem’, Name of Yama, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahiṣadhvaja (महिषध्वज):—[mahiṣa-dhvaja] (jaḥ) 1. m. Yama, the sovereing of hell.
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