महिमन्

{ mahiman }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

महिमन्  n.  a m. greatness, might, power, majesty, glory, [RV.] &c. &c. ( °हिम्ना॑ ind. or °हिना॑ ind. mightily, forcibly, [RV.])
the magical power of increasing size at will, [Vet.]; [Pañcar.] ( cf. [MWB. 245])
°म्नः स्तव  n. magnitude (as one of शिव's attributes; m. स्तुति f. स्तोत्र n. N. of hymns; cf. महिमस्तव)
N. of a man, [Rājat.]
a N. of मम्मट q.v., [Cat.]
du. N. of two ग्रहs at the अश्व-मेध sacrifice, [ŚBr.]; [ŚrS.]
महिमन्    b &c. See col.1.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

महिमन् [mahiman]  m. m. [महत् इमनिच् टिलोपः]
Greatness (fig. also); अयि मलयज महिमायं कस्य गिरामस्तु विषयस्ते [Bv.1.11;] अधोऽधः पश्यतः कस्य महिमा नोपचीयते [H.2.2.]
Glory, majesty, might, power; तिसृभिस्त्वमवस्थाभिर्महिमानमुदीरयन् [Ku.2.6;] [U.4.21.]
High rank, exalted rank or position, dignity.
Personage (विभूति); महिमान एवैषाम् [Bṛi. Up.3.9.2.]
One of the 8 Siddhis, the power of increasing size at will; see सिद्धि.

Shabda-Sagara

महिमन्  m.  ( -मा)
1. Greatness in general, literally, or figuratively.
2. Magnitude as one of ŚIVA'S attributes, illimitability.
3. Might, power, glory.
4. High rank.
5. The superhumen power of in- creasing in bulk at will, considered as one of the eight Siddhis.
E. महत् great, इमनिच् aff. of the abstract property.

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महत् इमनिच्