Pāli Dictionary

maha

mahrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun

Root

mah1increase

general

  • a religious festival; ceremony; offering; act of worship

  • great; venerable; honourable; respected; (as noun) worthiness

  • SN 17.3

    taggha'si, tāta kumma, khato, taggha upahato. etena hi te, tāta kumma, suttakena pitaro ca pitāmahā ca anayaṃ āpannā byasanaṃ āpannā. gaccha dāni tvaṃ, tāta kumma, na dāni tvaṃ amhākan'ti.

mahā

approximate

mahantastemāsuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

mah1increase

Synonyms

ariya, mahanta, bahu, vipula, uḷāra, mahallaka, pavara, ugga,

general

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

  • SN 3.11

    laddhā hi so upādānaṃ, mahā hutvāna pāvako, so āsajja ḍahe bālaṃ, naraṃ nāriñ'ca ekadā.

  • DN 2

    ayaṃ kho me kāyo rūpī cātumahābhūtiko mātāpettika-sambhavo odana-kummāsa-upacayo anicc'ucchādana-parimaddana-bhedana-viddhaṃsana-dhammo, idañ'ca pana me viññāṇaṃ ettha sitaṃ ettha paṭibaddhan'ti

mahanta

mahastemntasuffix

via inflected form mahā · nominative singular / vocative singular

Part of speech

adjective

Root

mah1increase

Synonyms

ariya, bahu, vipula, uḷāra, mahā, mahallaka, pavara, ugga,

Antonyms

paritta

general

  • big; large; vast; extensive; abundant

  • Snp 5.7

    eko ahaṃ sakka mahantam'oghaṃ, anissito no visahāmi tārituṃ, ārammaṇaṃ brūhi samantacakkhu, yaṃ nissito ogham'imaṃ tareyyaṃ.

  • AN 5.159

    tena kho pana samayena āyasmā udāyī mahatiyā gihiparisāya parivuto dhammaṃ desento nisinno hoti.

  • great; noble; eminent; distinguished; mighty; worthy of reverence

  • AN 4.25

    saṃvar'atthaṃ pahān'atthaṃ, brahmacariyaṃ anītihaṃ, adesayi so bhagavā, nibbān'ogadhagāminaṃ, esa maggo mahantehi, anuyāto mah'esibhi.

mahati

mahrootasuffix

via inflected form maha · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

ethics

  • honors; reveres; venerates; worships

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