The corpus record — Sanskrit

mahimānau

groß

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Where it lives

Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 4 · 0.53/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. mahimän-

mahimän- m. Größe, Ausdehnung, Umfang, Macht (RV +), dazu (s.u.) InstrSg mahna, mahinä (RV), mahimnä (RV, AV), -man-Ableitung von mahi-< idg. *megh,- 'groß’,s.u. mahänr-. ldg *megh,-mön- (> mahimän-), Instr$g "megh,-mn-eh,, woraus wohl mit Laryngalschwund in "CHCC- = "CCC- idg. *megmneh, (> *majnd;, mit analogisch wiedereingeführtern -A- mahnä). Analogische Einführung von °hi” aus mahimän- zeigt der InstrSg mahind; … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. mahimän-, p. 367]

2. مَهِمَن

mahiman m. greatness, might, power, majesty, glory, RV. &c. &c. (himnā ind. or hinā ind. mightily, forcibly, RV. )

3. مَهِمَن

magnitude (as one of Śiva 's attributes; mnaḥstava m. stuti f. stotra n. N. of hymns; cf. mahimastava)

4. مَهِمَن

du. N. of two Graha s at the Aśva-medha sacrifice, ŚBr. ; ŚrS.

In the wild

mahimānau Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,2.1
mahimāna Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_3,9.2
mahimāno Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_3,9.3
mahimānaḥ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_4,4.24

Where it came from

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. mahimän (vol. 2, scan p. 367; entry #2973).

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