Pāli Dictionary

mahānāga

mahāprefixnāgastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

nāga

doctrine

  • a great man; an epithet of an arahant

  • MN 24

    itiha te ubho'pi mahānāgā aññam'aññassa subhāsitaṃ samanumodiṃsū'ti.

general

  • a great elephant; a mighty bull elephant; an enormous giant

  • Dhp 322

    varam'assatarā dantā, ājānīyā ca sindhavā, kuñjarā ca mahānāgā, attadanto tato varaṃ.

  • SN 20.9

    tesaṃ'y'eva kho pana, bhikkhave, mahānāgānaṃ anusikkhamānā taruṇā bhiṅkacchāpā taṃ sarasiṃ ogāhetvā soṇḍāya bhisamuḷālaṃ abbuhetvā na suvikkhālitaṃ vikkhāletvā sakaddamaṃ asaṅkhāditvā ajjhoharanti.

  • a brave soldier; a fearless warrior

  • AN 7.67

    puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, rañño paccantime nagare bahubalakāyo paṭivasati, seyyath'idaṃ, hatth'ārohā ass'ārohā rathikā dhanuggahā celakā calakā piṇḍadāyakā uggā rājaputtā pakkhandino mahānāgā sūrā cammayodhino dāsakaputtā.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

mahānagā
  1. mahā

    great; large; vast; powerful; eminent; noble (used chiefly as the masculine nominative singular of mahanta and as the first member of compounds)

  2. nagānaga

    mountain

Encyclopedia

17 entries

Mahānāga
Person

  • A monk of Sāketa who was inspired to ordain by witnessing a miracle performed by the elder Gavampati and subsequently attained Arahantship.

Thag 6.3
Mahānāga2
Person

  • A son of King Muṭasīva and viceroy under King Devānampiyatissa, husband of Queen Anulā, who founded the royal dynasty of Rohaṇa at Mahāgāma after fleeing a poisoning plot.

Mahānāga3
Person

  • A resident of Nitthulavitthika in Girijanapada and father of Goṭṭhayimbara.

Mahānāga4
Person

  • A son of King Vaṭṭagāmaṇī of Sri Lanka, later known as Coranāga.

Mahānāga5
Other

  • A cross-reference to Mahādāṭhika Mahānāga.

Mahānāga6
Person

  • The incumbent of Bhūtārāma monastery, honored by King Kaniṭṭha-Tissa with the construction of the Ratanapāsāda at Abhayagiri.

Mahānāga7
Person

  • The incumbent of Samudda-vihāra who accepted an alms meal from Prince Sāliya during the prince’s rebirth as a blacksmith.

Mahānāga8
Person

  • The incumbent of Kāḷavallimaṇḍapa in Rohaṇa, renowned for years of continual meditation without sleep, whose generosity to a nun ensured he was never again given meager alms.

Mahānāga9
Person

  • The incumbent of Bhātiyavaṅka-vihāra who received alms from Prince Sāliya during the prince’s past rebirth.

Mahānāga10
Person

  • The incumbent of a monastery who was among the last of the Bodhisatta’s companions across many lives to attain Arahantship.

Mahānāga11
Person

  • A monk of Vasālanagara who, with his brother Cūḷanāga, renounced the world, and who gave an evasive answer to avoid worldly attachment when their mother asked if they were her sons.

Mahānāga12
Person

  • A monk of Uccatalanka whose teaching helped his pupil Talaṅkavāsi Dhammadinna attain Arahantship.

Mahānāga13
Person

  • A monk who remained unharmed in deep meditative absorption when his mother’s house caught fire around him, and who then flew off to Piyaṅgudīpa to avoid the resulting fame.

Mahānāga14
Person

  • A king of Sri Lanka who, after winning an elder’s favor while traveling in India, established a lifelong gift of medicine at Setambangana out of gratitude.

Mahānāga15
Person

  • A teacher of the novice Saṅgharakkhita, known as Sāmuddika Mahānāga.

Mahānāga16
Person

  • A general who seized the throne of Sri Lanka by killing King Kittisirimegha, ruled for three years, and was remembered for grants of land and revenue to several monasteries.

Mahānāga17
Person

  • A monk of Kontaratthakapabbata-vihāra who died seated in mid-air, an event that prompted King Kākavaṇṇatissa to pay him great honor.

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