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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

महिषmahiṣaA buffalo (considered as the vehicle of Yama); गाहन्तां महिषा निपानसलिलं शृङ्गैर्मुहुस्ताडितम् Ś.2.6.
[मह्-टिषच् Uṇ.1 45]
1. A buffalo (considered as the vehicle of Yama); गाहन्तां महिषा निपानसलिलं शृङ्गैर्मुहुस्ताडितम् Ś.2.6.
2. Name of a demon killed by Durgā.
Derived forms and compounds
- -अक्षः, -अक्षकः a kind of bdellium.
- -अर्दनः an epithet of Kārtikeya.
- -असुरः the demon Mahiṣa. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedघातिनी, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedमथनी, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedमर्दनी, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedसूदनी epithets of Durgā.
- -घ्नी an epithet of Durgā.
- -ध्वजः an epithet of Yama; Name of a Jain monk.
- -पालः, -पालकः a buffalo-keeper.
- -मर्दिनी Name of Durgā -वहनः, -वाहनः epithets of Yama; कृतान्तः किं साक्षान्महिषवहनोऽसाविति पुनः K. Parasmaipada1.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

महिषmahiṣa[máh-isha] a. (î) mighty, powerful (V.); m. buffalo (V. C.); N. of an Asura slain by Durgâ or Skanda.

[máh-isha] adjective (î) mighty, powerful (Veda, Vedic); masculine buffalo (Veda, Vedic Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit); noun of an Asura slain by Durgâ or Skanda.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

महिषmahiṣamf(म्/अहिषी)n. great, powerful Naigh. iii, 3
1. mf(म्/अहिषी)neuter gender great, powerful Naigh. iii, 3
2. masculine gender (with सुपर्/अ) the sun AV.
3. masculine gender (with or scilicet मृग्/अ, once with मृग्/आणाम्) a buffalo fg-veda etc. etc. (considered as the emblem of Yama यम and of a Jaina जैन saint)
4. masculine gender a great priest Mahi1dh.
5. masculine gender the son of a Kshatriya क्षत्रिय and a Ti1vari1 तीवरी Lexicographers
6. masculine gender Name of an Asura असुर (slain by Durga1 दुर्गा or Skanda स्कन्द) MBh. Pur.
7. masculine gender of a Sa1dhya साध्य Hariv.
8. masculine gender of a sage (author of a commentator or commentary on the Pra1t. of the Yajur-veda यजुर्-वेद) catalogue or catalogues
9. masculine gender of a mountain in S3a1lmaladvi1pa शाल्मलद्वीप VP.
10. masculine gender plural Name of a people Hariv.
11. etc. see page and participle 803, column 1 .
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अग्रमहिषीagramahiṣīf. the principal queen R. Jain.

feminine the principal queen R. Jain.

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अश्वमहिषaśvamahiṣan. sg. a h˚orse and a buffalo, ib. ii, 4, 9, Ka1s3.

neuter gender sg. a h˚orse and a buffalo, ibidem ii, 4, 9, Ka1s3.

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अश्वमहिषिकाaśvamahiṣikāf. the natural enmity of a horse and a buffalo L.

feminine the natural enmity of a horse and a buffalo Lexicographers

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गोमहिषदाgomahiṣadāf. "granting cattle and buffaloes", N. of one of the mothers attending on Skanda स्कन्द MBh. ix, 2646.

feminine "granting cattle and buffaloes", Name of one of the mothers attending on Skanda स्कन्द MBh. ix, 2646.

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ग्राममहिषीgrāmamahiṣīf. a tame buffalo-cow Shad2vBr.

feminine a tame buffalo-cow Shad2vBr.

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देवराजमहिषीस्तोत्रdevarājamahiṣīstotran. N. of wk.

neuter gender Name of work

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धूममहिषीdhūmamahiṣīf. "smoke's wife", fog, mist L.

feminine "smoke's wife", fog, mist Lexicographers

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