Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
noun · feminine
Root
mah1croître
cosmology
la (puissante) terre; le vaste monde
the (mighty) earth; the vast world
Part of speech
noun · feminine
Root
mah1croître
general
le fleuve Mahī; l’un des cinq grands fleuves de l’Inde ancienne
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.
general
grandeur; immensité, excellence
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
approximatevia inflected form māhi · instrumental plural / ablative plural
cosmology
la lune
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
OtherL’un des cinq grands fleuves de l’Inde, tous issus d’une source commune, également appelé Mahāmahī.
One of the five great rivers of India, all sharing a common source, also called the Mahāmahī.
Mahī2
PersonUn général (Laṅkāgiri) de Parakkamabāhu Ier, posté au gué d’Assamaṇḍala.
A general (Laṅkāgiri) of Parakkamabāhu I, stationed at the Assamaṇḍala ford.
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