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माहात्म्य

   
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माहात्म्य

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माहात्म्य

A dictionary, Marathi and English | Marathi  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.

माहात्म्य

Aryabhushan School Dictionary | Marathi  English |   | 
   greatness, glory. A legend.

माहात्म्य

मराठी (Marathi) WN | Marathi  Marathi |   | 

माहात्म्य

  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 . ]

माहात्म्य

नेपाली (Nepali) WN | Nepali  Nepali |   | 
   see : गौरव

माहात्म्य

A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
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.)
ROOTS:
देवी म्°

माहात्म्य

Shabda-Sagara | Sanskrit  English |   | 
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.
ROOTS:
महात्मन् ष्यञ्

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