Mahashastra, 惭补丑腻艣补蝉迟谤补, Mah膩艣膩stra, Maha-shastra: 6 definitions
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Mahashastra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit terms 惭补丑腻艣补蝉迟谤补 and Mah膩艣膩stra can be transliterated into English as Mahasastra or Mahashastra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation惭补丑腻艣补蝉迟谤补 (啶す啶距ざ啶膏啶む啶�) refers to 鈥済reat weapons鈥�, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.4.7 (鈥淐ommencement of the War鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, as Brahm膩 narrated to N膩rada: 鈥淸...] Wounded and killed by great weapons (尘补丑腻艣补蝉迟谤补), hundreds and thousands of heroic soldiers fell on the ground. The arms of some were cut off (苍颈办峁泃迟腻峁単腻) by terrible blows from swords. Others lost their thighs in the battle of those honourable, heroic people. The entire body of some was smashed by the maces; the chests and hearts of some were pounded by iron clubs; some were felled to the ground by spears and dragged with nooses. [...]鈥�.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve ReflectionsMah膩艣膩stra (啶す啶距ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ) refers to the 鈥済reat religious treatise鈥� (i.e., the Jain canon), according to the 11th century J帽膩n膩r峁嘺va, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by 艢ubhacandra.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淐apable soul, for purification of the mind, you must hold strongly in the mind the reflections which are established by the gods of gods (i.e. the T墨rtha峁卥aras) in the great scripture of the [Jain] canon [com.鈥�in the great religious treatise (尘补丑腻艣腻蝉迟谤补)闭鈥�.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, 鈥榮elf-reliance鈥�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭补丑腻艣补蝉迟谤补 (啶す啶距ざ啶膏啶む啶�).鈥攏. an excellent weapon,
惭补丑腻艣补蝉迟谤补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 尘补丑腻 and 艣补蝉迟谤补 (啶多じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary惭补丑腻艣补蝉迟谤补 (啶す啶距ざ啶膏啶む啶�):鈥擺=尘补丑腻-艣补蝉迟谤补] [from 尘补丑腻 > mah] n. a powerful weapon, [Mah膩bh膩rata]
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Maha, Shastra.
Full-text: Matamahashastra, Makacattiran.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
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