माहात्म्य

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

    see : गौरव, महत्व

A dictionary, Marathi and English

    greatness, grandeur, glory, illustriousness, majesty. 2 A narration of heroic or marvelous deeds; a legend, a romance, an epic. 3 A sort of religious calendar or view of the months; an account of the acts of merit appropriate and of the degrees of meritoriousness arising. thus each of the twelve months has a माहात्म्य. 4 The name of a Purán̤.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

 n   greatness, glory. A legend.

मराठी (Marathi) WN

    see : गौरव, महत्ता

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

  न. 
    महिमा ; मोठेपणा ; थोरवी ; प्रभाव ; तेज . निज - पद - विभवाचें काय माहात्म्य आहे । - नरहरि गंगारत्नमाला ( नवनीत पृ . ४२६ ).
   शौर्याचें , अदभुत कृत्याचें वर्णन ; दंतकथा , वीरचरित्र .
   चैत्रादि महिन्यांत करावयाचीं पुण्यकर्मे व त्यापासून मिळणारें पुण्य यांचें वर्णन ज्यांत आहे असे बारा महिन्यांतील प्रत्येक महिन्यासंबंधीं वर्णनपर ग्रंथ . उदा० वैशाखमाहात्म्य , ज्येष्ठमाहात्म्य इ० .
    पुराण ; वर्णनपरग्रंथ . उदा० देवीमाहात्म्य ; तापीमाहात्म्य . [ सं . ]

नेपाली (Nepali) WN

    see : गौरव

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

माहा°त्म्य  n.  n. ( fr. महा- त्मन्) magnanimity, highmindedness, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
    exalted state or position, majesty, dignity, place or book or text' as the preceding">ib.
   the peculiar efficacy or virtue of any divinity or sacred shrine &c., [W.] ( cf. [RTL. 433])
देवी-म्°   a work giving an account of the merits of any holy place or object, [W.] ( cf. &c.)

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देवी म्°

Shabda-Sagara

माहात्म्य  n.  ( -त्म्यं)
   1. majesty, greatness, might.
   2. The peculiar efficacy or virtue of any divinity or sacred shrine, &c.
   3. A work, giving an account of the merits of any holy place or object.
    E. महात्मन् great, ष्यञ् aff.

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महात्मन् ष्यञ्