The corpus record — Pali

mahā

Maha

masculine & neuter worthiness, venerableness Mil.357 . a (religious) festival (in honour of a Saint, as an act of worship) Mhvs.33 , Mhvs.26 (vihārassa mahamhi, loc.); Vv-a.170 (thūpe ca mahe kate), Vv-a.200 (id.). mahā˚ ; a great festival Mhvs.5 , Mhvs.94 . bodhi˚ ; festival of the Bo tree Ja.iv.22

Every figure on this page is a live query of the corpus record.

Where it lives

Itivuttaka 3 · 2.59/10k
Sutta Nipata 5 · 2.48/10k
Udana 3 · 1.5/10k
Digha Nikaya 18 · 1.25/10k

What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary

masculine & neuter

worthiness, venerableness Mil.357.
a (religious) festival (in honour of a Saint, as an act of worship) Mhvs.33, Mhvs.26 (vihārassa mahamhi, loc.); Vv-a.170 (thūpe ca mahe kate), Vv-a.200 (id.). mahā˚; a great festival Mhvs.5, Mhvs.94. bodhi˚; festival of the Bo tree Ja.iv.229. vihāra˚; festival held on the building of a monastery Ja.i.94; Vv-a.188. hatthi˚; a festival called the elephant f. Ja.iv.95.

fr.; mah, see mahati & cp. Vedic nt. mahas

In the wild

6 of 29 attestations shown.

Pali text and translations from SuttaCentral (Bilara), dedicated to the public domain (CC0). PTS Pali–English Dictionary entries, public domain.