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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. महीmahī1 Earth; as in महीपाल, महीमृत् &c.; मही रम्या शय्या Bh.3.79.
    1. 1 Earth; as in महीपाल, महीमृत् etc.; मही रम्या शय्या Bh.3.79.
    2. Ground, soil; चेरतुः संयुगमहीं सासारौ जलदाविव Rām.6.17.34.
    3. Landed property or estate, land.
    4. A country, kingdom.
    5. Name of a river falling into the gulf of Cambay.
    6. (In geom.) The base of any plane figure.
    7. A large army (Ved).
    8. A cow; ŚB. on MS.1.3.49.
    9. Earth (as a substance, stones, bricks etc.); Ms.7.7.
    10. Space.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -इनः, -ईश्वरः a king; न न महीनमहीनपराक्रमम् R.9. 5.

    • -कम्पः an earthquake.

    • -क्षित् Masculine a king, sovereign; भीष्मद्रोणप्रमुखतः सर्वेषां च महीक्षिताम् Bg.1.25; R.1.11,85; 19.2.

    • -जः

      1. the planet Mars; इयं महीजे विधुजे शराष्टौ Samayapradīpa.
      2. Name of Narakāsura.
      3. a tree. (-जा) Name of Sītā. (-जम्) wet ginger.

    • -जीवा the horizon.

    • -तलम् surface of the earth.

    • -दुर्गम् an earth fort; Ms. 7.7.

    • -धरः

      1. a mountain; महीधरं मार्गवशादुपेतम् R.6.52; Ku.6.89.
      2. an epithet of Viṣṇu.

    • -ध्रः

      1. a mountain; महीध्रादुत्तुङ्गादवनिमवनेश्चापि जलधिम् Bh.2.1; Śi.15.54; R.3.6;13.7.
      2. a symbolical expression for the number, 'seven'.
      3. an epithet of Viṣṇu -नाथः, -पः, -पतिः, -पालः, -पुरन्दरः, -भुज् Masculine, -मघवन् Masculine, -महेन्द्रः a king; अलं महीपाल तव श्रमेण R.2.34; तां प्रत्यभिव्यक्तमनो- रथानां महीपतीनां प्रणयाग्रदूत्यः 6.12; प्रविश्य कृष्णासदनं महीभुजा Ki.1.26; also Śāhendra.2.82.

    • -पतनम् humble obeisance (as by falling on the ground.) -पुत्रः, -सुतः,

    • -सूनुः

      1. the planet Mars; तनयकृताश्च शुचो महीसुते Bṛi. S.
      2. epithets of the demon Naraka.

    • -पुत्री, -सुता an epithet of Sītā.

    • -पृष्ठम् the surface of the earth.

    • -प्रकम्पः an earthquake.

    • -प्ररोहः, -रुह् Masculine, -रुहः a tree; अकुसुमान् दधतं न महीरुहः Ki.5.1; Śi.2.49.

    • -प्राचीरम्, -प्रावरः the sea.

    • -भर्तृ Masculine a king.

    • -भृत्

      1. Masculine
      2. a mountain; अथ जयाय नु मेरुमहीभृतः Ki.5.1.
      3. a king, sovereign.

    • -मण्डलम्

      1. the circumference of the earth.
      2. the whole earth.

    • -लता an earthworm.

    • -सुरः a Brāhmaṇa.

    In the Gita1·352·37

    अपि त्रैलोक्यराज्यस्य हेतोः किं नु महीकृते ।

    api trailokyarājyasya hetoḥ kiṁ nu mahīkṛte, — O Janardana, I would not consent to slay even for the kingdom of the three worlds; how then for earth? What pleasures can be ours after killing the… 1·35
    • महीकृतेmahīkṛtethe feminine noun mahī (the earth) with the suffix kṛte having the sense of the Dative case-termination (for the earth).
    • महीम्mahīmaccusative singular of the feminine noun mahī (the earth).
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  2. आमहीयाāmahīyāf.N. of a particular Rik or verse of the Ṛigveda; (Rv.8.48.3.).

    Name of a particular Rik or verse of the Ṛigveda; (Rv.8.48.3.).

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. महीmahī[mah-î́] f. (of máh) earth; ground, soil (also pl.); land; country, kingdom; earth (substance); base (of a…

    [mah-î́] feminine; also equal for (of máh) earth; ground, soil (also plural); land; country, kingdom; earth (substance); base (of a geometrical figure); space (Rig-veda); host (Rig-veda); cow (Veda, Vedic): dual heaven and earth (Veda, Vedic); plural waters, streams (Rig-veda).

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  2. अमहीयमानamahīyamāna[a-mahîya-mâna] pr. pt. down cast, distressed.

    [a-mahîya-mâna] present participle down cast, distressed.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. महीmahīमही-कम्प &c. see p. 803, col. 2 .
    1. मही-कम्प etc. see page and participle 803, column 2 .
    2. feminine (confer, compare 2. म्/अह्), "the great world", the earth (confer, compare उर्वी, पृथिवी) fg-veda etc. etc. (in later language also Equivalent to ground, soil, land, country)
    3. feminine earth (as a substance) Mn. vii, 70
    4. feminine the base of a triangle or other plane figure Col.
    5. feminine space fg-veda iii, 56, 2; v, 44, 6 etc.
    6. feminine a host, army ibidem iii, 1, 12; vii, 93, 5 etc.
    7. feminine a cow fg-veda VS. (Naigh. ii, 11)
    8. feminine dual number heaven and earth fg-veda i, 80, 11; 159, 1 etc. (Naigh. iii, 30)
    9. feminine plural waters, streams fg-veda ii.11, 2;v, 45, 3&case
    10. feminine Hingtsha Repens Lexicographers
    11. feminine a kind of metre Col.
    12. feminine Name of a divine being (associated with Id2a1 इडा and Sarasvati1 सरस्वती fg-veda i, 13, 9 Sa1y.; confer, compare Naigh. i, 11)
    13. feminine of a river MBh. Hariv.
    14. feminine of the number "one" Gan2it.
    15. feminine see मह्/ई, page and participle 803, column 2 .
    16. in compound for मह .
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  2. अमहीयमानamahīyamānamf(आ)n. "not high-spirited", down-cast, sad RV. iv, 18, 13 PBr.

    mf(आ)neuter gender "not high-spirited", down-cast, sad fg-veda iv, 18, 13 PBr.

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  3. अमहीयुamahīyum. N. of a R2ishi ऋषि (composer of the hymn RV. ix, 61) (cf. आमहीयव .)

    masculine gender Name of a R2ishi ऋषि (composer of the hymn fg-veda ix, 61) (confer, compare आमहीयव .)

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  4. आमहीयवāmahīyavam. (fr. अमहीयु ?), N. of a R2ishi ऋषि
    1. masculine gender (from अमहीयु ?), Name of a R2ishi ऋषि
    2. neuter gender Name of several Sa1mans सामन् s .
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  5. आमहीयाāmahīyāf. (scil. ऋच्), N. of the verse /अपाम स्/ओमम् (RV. viii, 48, 3) Ka1tyS3r. x, 9, 7.

    feminine (scilicet ऋच्), Name of the verse /अपाम स्/ओमम् (fg-veda viii, 48, 3) Ka1tyS3r. x, 9, 7.

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  6. कर्महीनkarmahīnam. pl. N. of a Vaishn2ava वैष्णव sect.

    masculine gender plural Name of a Vaishn2ava वैष्णव sect.

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