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महिमन्

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Script: Devanagari

महिमन्

A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
महिमन्  n. am. greatness, might, power, majesty, glory, [RV.] &c. &c. (°हिम्ना॑ind. or °हिना॑ind. 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.स्तुतिf.स्तोत्रn.N. of hymns; cf.महिमस्तव)
   N. of a man, [Rājat.]
   a N. of मम्मटq.v., [Cat.]
   du.N. of two ग्रहs at the अश्व-मेध sacrifice, [ŚBr.] ; [ŚrS.]
महिमन्   b &c. See col.1.

महिमन्

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
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.

महिमन्

Shabda-Sagara | Sanskrit  English |   | 
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.
ROOTS:
महत् इमनिच्

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