Pāli Dictionary

mahī1

mahrootasuffixīsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

mah1wachsen

cosmology

  • die (mächtige) Erde; die weite Welt

  • the (mighty) earth; the vast world

mahī2

mahrootasuffixīsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

mah1wachsen

general

  • der Fluss Mahī; einer der fünf großen Flüsse des alten Indien

  • the river Mahī, one of the five great rivers of ancient India

  • Ud 5.5

    puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, yā kāci mahānadiyo, seyyath'idaṃ gaṅgā yamunā aciravatī sarabhū mahī, tā mahāsamuddaṃ patvā jahanti purimāni nāmagottāni, mahāsamuddo'tv'eva saṅkhaṃ gacchanti

  • Snp 1.2

    pakk'odano duddhakhīro'ham'asmi, anutīre mahiyā samānavāso, channā kuṭi āhito gini, atha ce patthayasī pavassa deva.

mahī3

mahrootasuffixīsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Synonyms

mahantatā

general

  • Größe; Gewaltigkeit, Vortrefflichkeit

  • greatness; immensity, excellence

  • MN 35

    ekam'antaṃ nisinno kho saccako nigaṇṭhaputto bhagavantaṃ etadavoca, yam'idaṃ, bho gotama, dāne puññañ'ca puññamahī ca taṃ dāyakānaṃ sukhāya hotū'ti.

mā

approximate

via inflected form māhi · instrumental plural / ablative plural

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Synonyms

canda, candima

cosmology

  • der Mond

  • the moon (especially in compounds like puṇṇamā)

  • SN 22.82

    tena kho pana samayena bhagavā tadah'uposathe pannarase puṇṇāya puṇṇamāya rattiyā bhikkhusaṅghaparivuto ajjhokāse nisinno hoti.

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Mahī
Other

  • Einer der fünf großen Flüsse Indiens, die alle aus einer gemeinsamen Quelle entspringen, auch Mahāmahī genannt.

  • One of the five great rivers of India, all sharing a common source, also called the Mahāmahī.

AN 10.15Ud 5.5
Mahī2
Person

  • Ein General (Laṅkāgiri) unter Parakkamabāhu I., stationiert an der Furt von Assamaṇḍala.

  • A general (Laṅkāgiri) of Parakkamabāhu I, stationed at the Assamaṇḍala ford.

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