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महत् n. amfn. (orig. pr. p. of √ 1.मह्; strong form, महान्त्f.महती॑; in ep. often महत् for महान्तम्; ibc. mostly महाq.v. ) great (in space, time, quantity or degree) i.e. large, big, huge, ample, extensive, long, abundant, numerous, considerable, important, high, eminent, [RV.] &c. &c. (also ind. in महद्-√ भू, to become great or full [said of the moon] [Śiś.] )
abounding on rich in (instr. ), [ChUp.]
(ifc. ) distinguished by, [Śak.]
early (morning), ib.
advanced (afternoon), [MBh.]
violent (pain or emotion), ib.
thick (as darkness), gross, ib.
loud (as noise), [Lāṭy.]
जन n. many (people, with sg.), [MBh.] (with उक्थn. a partic. उक्थ of 720 verses; with औक्थ्यn.N. of a सामन्, [MBh.] ; महान्ति भूतानि, the gross elements, [Mn.] ; [MBh.] ; cf. महाभूत)
महत् m. m. a great or noble man (opp. to नीच, अल्प or दीन), [Kāv.] ; [Kām.] ; [Pañcat.]
the leader of a sect or superior of a monastery, [RTL. 87 n. 1]
a camel, [L.]
N. of रुद्र or of a partic. R° , [BhP.]
of a दानव, [Hariv.]
गण (scil. ), a partic. class of deceased progenitors, [MārkP.]
of two princes, [VP.]
महत् n. m. (rarely n.scil. तत्त्व), ‘the great principle’, N. of बुद्धि, ‘Intellect’, or the intellectual principle (according to the सांख्य philosophy the second of the 23 principles produced from प्रकृति and so called as the great source of अहंकार, ‘self-consciousness’, and मनस्, ‘the mind’; cf. [IW. 83, 91 &c.] ), [MaitrUp.] ; [Mn.] ; [Sāṃkhyak.] ; [MBh.] &c.
महत् n. n. anything great or important, [ChUp.]
greatness, power, might, [ŚBr.] ; [ĀśvGṛ.]
dominion, [L.]
a great thing, important matter, the greater part, [ĀśvGṛ.]
महति रात्रियै advanced state or time ( or रात्र्यै, in the middle of the night, [TS.] ; [Br.] )
sacred knowledge, [MBh.]
महत् bमह॑न् &c. See p.794, cols. 2, 3.
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