মহা২ : (p. 847)
mahā2 used as a pfx.
implying all the
meanings of
মহত্, মহান and
মহতী ।
̃কবি n. a great poet; an epic poet.
̃করণ n. the
secretariat (of the
government); the
secretariat building or
buildings. ̃কর্ষ n.
(phys.) gravitation. ̃কর্ষাঙ্ক n.
gravitation constant. ̃কর্ষীয় a.
gravitational. মহাকর্ষীয় একক a
gravitational unit.
̃কাব্য n.
(ori.) a
narrative poem
consisting of more than eight
cantos depicting the whole life of a hero born of a god or born with
divine grace in him;
(pop.) an epic;
(rare) great
poetry or a great poem.
̃কাব্যীয় a.
epical, epic.
̃কায় a.
having a huge body; huge,
monstrous, colossal. ̃কাল n.
(myth.) a
terribly destructive manifestation of Shiva
(শিব); eternity; time to come, the
future. fem.
̃কালী a
terribly destructive manifestation of
Goddess Durga
(দুর্গা). ̃কাশ n. (sc.) the
firmament beyond the solar
region, the
stellar sky, the outer
space; (pop.) the vast
endless sky.
̃কাশচারণা n.
space-travel. ̃কাশচারী n. a
spaceman, an
astronaut. fem.
̃কাশচারিণী a
spacewoman. ̃কাশযান n. a
spacecraft. ̃গুরু n. any one of the most
venerable persons, namely, father, mother, the
religious initiator and
husband. ̃জন n. a very
virtuous or great man; an
illustrious man; a great
merchant or
stockist or
wholesaler; a
creditor; a
usurer, a money
lender; any one of the
mediaeval poets who
composed kirtan (কীর্তন) songs about Radha
(রাধা) and
Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). ̃জনি n.
usury, money-lending. a.
relating to usury or
money-lending; usurious. মহাজনি করা v. to
practise usury, to act as a
money-lender. মহাজনি-কারবার n.
money-lending business; banking. ̃জাগতিক a.
cosmic. ̃জাগতিক রশ্মি cosmic ray.
̃জ্ঞান n.
knowledge about
reality, the final
knowledge; the
occult knowledge by dint of which a dead man can be
brought back to life.
̃জ্ঞানী n.
(ori.) possessing knowledge about
ultimate reality; profoundly wise.
̃ঢ্য a. very rich or
wealthy. ̃তপা a. & n. one who has
practised or is still
practising severest ascetical austerities. ˜তেজ n. great
spirit or
vigour; great heat.
̃তেজস্বী, ̃তেজা a.
highly spirited or
vigorous. fem.
̃তেজস্বিনী ।
̃ত্মা a.
highsouled; very
high-minded or
noble. n. an
appellation of
Gandhi, the great
leader of
India. ̃দেব n. a great god; Shiva
(শিব) fem.
̃দেবী a great
goddess; Goddess Durga
(দুর্গা); a title of a chief
queen. ̃দেশ n. a
continent; (rare) a great or noble
country. ̃দেশীয় a.
continental. ̃দ্যুতি a. of great
splendour, very
bright or
radiant or
effulgent. ̃দ্রাবক n.
sulphuric acid.
̃ধনবান, ̃ধনী a. very
wealthy or rich.
̃ধমনী n. the
aorta. ̃ধর্মাধিকরণ n. the High
Court. ̃নগর, ̃নগরী n. a great city; a
metropolis, a
capital. ̃নগরীয় a.
metropolitan. ̃নট n. a great
dancer or
actor. ̃নন্দ n. great or
exhilarating joy or
delight. ̃নবমী n. the ninth lunar day of the light
fortnight of the month of Aswin
(আশ্বিন) or
Kartik (কার্তিক) which is the
fourth day of the
autumnal worship of
Goddess Durga
(দুর্গা). ̃নাগরিক n. the
mayor; (rare) a great
citizen. ̃নাদ n. a
terrible or very loud sound or
report or roar.
̃নিদ্রা n. sleep that knows no
breaking; death. ̃নির্বাণ n.
(Buddhism) cessation of
individual existence, nirvana; the death of
Buddha. ̃নিশা n.
midnight, night far
advanced, the dead of
night, the dead hours of the
night. মহানুভব, মহানুভাব a.
highminded, magnanimous, large-hearted. মহানুভবতা n.
high-mindedness. ̃পদ্ম n. & a.
hundred billion. ˜পাতক n. a
deadly sin.
̃পাতকী a.
guilty of one or more
deadly sins.
̃পাত্র n. the chief
counsellor of a
state, the prime
minister; (loos.) a
court-counsellor or
courtier of the
highest rank.
̃পাপ same as
̃পাতক ।
̃পাপিষ্ঠ, ̃পাপী same as
̃পাতকী । fem.
̃পাপিষ্ঠা, ̃পাপিনী ।
̃পুরুষ n. a man with
supernatural powers; a saint who has
attained knowledge about God and
reality and power to look upon the world
dispassionately; a
high-souled man; a
superman. ̃পূজা n. a
solemn worship. ̃প্রভু n. a great
master or saint or
prophet; an
appellaton of
Chaitanya (চৈতন্য). ̃প্রয়াণ n.
voluntary journey to court one's
death; death. ̃প্রয়াণ করা v. to set out
voluntarily to court one's
death; to die.
̃প্রলয় n.
complete dissolution of the
universe; a
universal cataclysm. ̃প্রসাদ n. a part of the
food-offering to
Jagannath at Puri taken by
devotees as a mark of the
deity's grace; the
highest divine grace; offering or
altarage to
deities; meat-offering to a
deity. ̃প্রস্হান same as
মহাপ্রয়াণ ।
̃প্রাণ a.
large-hearted, magnanimous; (gr.)
aspirate. n. (gr.) an
aspirate. ̃প্রাণতা n.
large-heartedness, magnanimity; (gr.)
aspiration. ̃প্রাণী n. life
conceived as
having an
existence independent of the body, (cp.)
atman, the soul.
̃বল a. very
powerful; strong, mighty. ̃বাক্য n. a
saying of a great man, a great
saying or
maxim. ̃বাহু a.
having very long and
mighty arms; very
strong, mighty. ̃বিক্রম a.
possessing great
prowess or
valour. ̃বিদ্যা n. any one of the ten
manifestations of
Goddess Durga
(দুর্গা); (facet.) the art of
stealing. ̃বিদ্যালয় n. a
college. ̃বিষুব n. the
vernal equinox. ̃বিষুবরেখা n. the line of the
vernal equinox. ̃বিষুবসংক্রান্তি n. the
transition of the sun in the
Aries; the day of the
aforesaid transition. ̃বীর n. a great hero; the great Jaina
preacher. ̃বৈদ্য n. a great or chief
physician; (sarcas.) a
charlatan, a
quack. ̃বোধি n. an
embodiment of the
highest or final
knowledge; an
appellation of
Gautama Buddha; highest or final
knowledge. ̃ব্যবহারদেশক n.
attorney-general. ̃ব্যাধি same as
রোগ ।
̃ভাগ a. very lucky or
fortunate; high-minded, magnanimous, noble-minded; endowed with noble human
qualities. ̃ভাব n. the
ecstatic state
caused by
profundity of love,
devotion etc.
̃ভুজ same as
̃বাহু ।
̃মন্ডল n. a great guild or
association or
concourse. ̃মতি, ̃মনা a.
high-minded, magnanimous; high-souled. ̃মন্ত্র n. a great
mantra or
incantation; very
sacred words of
initiation (দেশসেবার মহামন্ত্র). ̃মন্ত্রী n. the prime
minister; (euph.) a great
minister. ̃মহিম, ̃মহিমান্বিত a.
highly glorious or
majestic, most
excellent. fem.
̃মহিমান্বিতা ।
̃মহোপাধ্যায় n. a
teacher of great
teachers or
scholars; an
official title given to
distinguished Sanskrit scholars. ̃মাংস n. human flesh taken as food, human meat.
̃মাত্য n. the prime
minister. ̃মাত্র n. the prime
minister; the chief
courtier; the chief
executive of the
government. ̃মান্য a.
highly venerable or
honourable. ̃মান্য পোপ His
Holiness the Pope
(whilst addressing the Pope: Your
Holiness). ̃মায়া n.
(phil.) illusion, the
material world or
nature; Goddess Durga
(দুর্গা). ̃মায়াচ্ছন্ন a.
overwhelmed with or
enveloped in
(divine) illusion; selfobliviously enmeshed in
worldly affairs. ̃মারী n. a
devastating epidemic, a
pestilence, a
plague. ̃মারী কান্ড (usu.
facet.) a great
affair, a
tumultuous affair. ̃মারী-পীড়িত pestilence-stricken. ̃মুনি n. a great
ascetic or sage.
̃মূল্য a. of great
value; very
costly, dear.
̃যশা a. very
famous, highly and
widely celebrated or
renowned. যাত্রা same as
̃প্রয়াণ ।
̃যান n. one of the two
communities of the
Buddhists (cp.
হীনযান). ̃যুদ্ধ n. a great war;
(loos.) a world war.
̃যোদ্ধা n. a great
warrior, a great
soldier. ̃যোগী n. a great
ascetic. ̃রণ্য n. a large and dense
forest. ̃রথ (inc.) ̃রথী n.
(ori.) one who
commands a host of
charioted fighters; (loos.) a great
warrior fighting from on a
chariot. ̃রণ n. a great war or
battle. ̃রাজ n. a great king; an
emperor; a great
ascetic. ̃রাজা n. a
government title
awarded to the
feudal princes, zamindars, rich
citizens etc. of India
during the
British regime, a
maharaja. ̃রাজাধিরাজ n. a king of
kings, an
emperor; a title
conferred on a big
landowner during the
British regime. ̃রাজ্ঞী n. fem. the wife of a great king; a great
queen; an
empress. ̃রানা (rej.) ̃রাণা n. the title of the
rulers of
Udaipur (or
Chitore). ̃রানি n. the wife of a great king, a great
queen; an
empress; the wife of a
maharana (মহারানা); the wife of a
maharaja. ̃রাত্রি n.
midnight; a
solemn night
(কালীপূজার মহারাত্রি); a
terrible night
(মৃত্যুর মহারাত্রি). ̃রাষ্ট্রীয় a. of
Maharashtra, Maharashtrian. ̃রুদ্র n. an
awesome manifestation of Shiva
(শিব). ̃রোগ n. an
almost incurable and (usu.
obnoxious) disease; leprosy; an
inveterately bad habit or
mannerism. ̃র্ঘ, ̃র্ঘ্য a.
precious; costly; high-priced, dear.
মহার্ণব n. an
ocean; a great sea.
মহার্হ same as
̃র্ঘ ।
̃লয়া n. the
new-moon day
immediately preceding the
autumnal worship of
Goddess Durga
(দুর্গা). ̃শক্তি Goddess Durga
(দুর্গা); great
strength or power or
prowess. ̃শক্তিধর, ̃শক্তিশালী a.
having great
strength or power or
prowess. fem.
̃শক্তিশালিনী ।
̃শঙ্খ n. a dead man's
skull; an
enormous conch. n. & a.
thousand billions. ˜শয় a.
high-minded, magnanimous; high-souled. n. a term of
courtesy affixed to the name of a
gentleman, (cp.) Mr. (fem.
Mrs.), Sir (fem.
Madam). fem.
̃শয়া ।
̃শূন্য same as
̃কাশ ।
̃ষ্টমী n. the
eighth lunar day of the light
fortnight of the month of Aswin
(আশ্বিন) or
Kartik (কার্তিক) which is the third day of
autumnal worship of
Goddess Durga
(দুর্গা). ̃সংকট n. a great
crisis. ̃সত্ত্ব a.
having great
strength; very noble or
magnanimous; highsouled. ̃সভা n. great
meeting or
association; a
(representative) legislative assembly, a
parliament; a
congress. ̃সমারোহে adv. with much pomp and
grandeur. ̃সমুদ্র, ̃সাগর n. an
ocean. আটলানটিক বা অতলান্তিক মহাসাগর the
Atlantic (Ocean). উত্তর মহাসাগর the
Arctic Ocean. দক্ষিণ মহাসাগর the
Antarctic Ocean. প্রশান্ত মহাসাগর the
Pacific (Ocean). ভারত মহাসাগর the
Indian Ocean. ̃সাগরীয় a.
oceanic. ̃সামন্ত n. a
commander-in-chief; a great
general. ̃সিন্ধু same as
̃সমুদ্র ।
̃সুযোগ n. the best
chance, the
greatest chance. ̃সুখ n. a great
pleasure. ̃স্হবির n. one
belonging to the
highest order of
Buddhist monks. 24)