Pāli Dictionary
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Compound structure

analyses: 2

mahāraṭṭhā
  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. raṭṭhāraṭṭha

    country; land; kingdom; realm

mahāaṭṭhā
  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. aṭṭhāaṭṭha

    eight; the number eight

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Mahāraṭṭha
Place

  • A country to which the elder Mahādhammarakkhita went after the Third Buddhist Council, generally identified with the region of the Marāthī people near the source of the Godāvarī river.

Mahāraṭṭha2
Place

  • A district in Sri Lanka east of Kālavāpi that included the village of Pillavaṭṭhi.

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