महालय

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

MAHĀLAYA   A holy place. [Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapter 84, Verse 54] mentions that one who observes a fast at this holy place for one month, will be absolved of all sins.

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

   See : पितृपक्ष, प्रलय, तीर्थ स्थान

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   A place of refuge, a sanctuary, an asylu 2 A temple. 3 The Supreme Being. 4 A term for the shráddh performed in the latter fortnight of भाद्रपद, to the manes of all one's male ancestors.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

  m  A palce of refuge, or asylum. Temple. See महाळ.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

महा°लय  m.  m. ( °हा-ल्°) a great dwelling, [MW.]
   a gr° temple, gr° monastery, ib.
   a temple, [W.]
   a monastery, [L.]
   a place of refuge, sanctuary, asylum, [W.]
   the लोक or world of ब्रह्मा, [W.]
   a tree &c. sacred to a deity, [W.]
   a place of pilgrimage, [L.]
   the gr° Universal Spirit, [L.]
   a partic. half month, [Tithyād.]
    N. of a place, [Cat.]
   of a man, [Cat.]
महा—°लय  n.  n. ( prob.) N. of a लिङ्ग, [Cat.]

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महा °लय

Shabda-Sagara

महालय  m.  ( -यः)
   1. GOD, the supreme being.
   2. A place of pilgrimage. 3. A tree, &c. sacred to a deity.
   4. The Loka or world of BRAHMĀ. 5. A place of refuge, a sanctuary, an asylum.
   6. A temple.
    E. महा great, आलय asylum.

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महा आलय