महेन्द्र (mahendra)

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शब्दसागरः

English

 महेन्द्र m.
  (-न्द्रः) INDRA,  the ruler of Swarga.
	 2. A range of mountains, 
one of the seven principal chains in Bhārata-Barsha or India,  and
apparently the northern part of the Ghāts of the peninsula. E.
 
महा chief,  great,  इन्द्र the deity.

Capeller Eng

English

 महेन्द्र॑ m.
  the great Indra (abstr.   °त्व† n.
 ) or a
great king,  N.
  of sev.
  kings. 

Yates

English

 महे_न्द्र (न्द्रः) 1.
m.
  Indra the ruler of
heaven
 a range of mountains.

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Wilson

English

 महेन्द्र
m.
  (-न्द्रः)
1 INDRA,  the ruler of Svarga.
2 A range of mountains,  one of the seven principal chains in Bhārata Varṣa
or India,  and apparently the northern part of the Ghāts of the peninsula.
E.
  महा chief,  great,  इन्द्र the deity.

Apte 1890

English

 महेंद्र One of the seven principal chains of mountains in India identified with Mahendra Māle which divides Gañjam from the valley of the Mahānadī and probably included the whole of the eastern Ghats between the Mahānadī and Godāvarī. 

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 महेन्द्र॑ a m.
  the great Indra,  AV.
   &c.
   &c.
   (also applied to Viṣṇu [R. ] and Śiva [Śivag. ])

 a partic.  star,  VP.
  

 a great chief or leader (सर्व-देवानाम्),  Nal.
 

 a partic.  high number,  Buddh.
 

 N.
  of a younger brother (or son) of Aśoka (who carried the Buddhist doctrine into Ceylon),  MWB.
  59

 of another prince (=  Kumāra-gupta),  Inscr.
 

 of a poet,  Cat.
 

 of various other writers and teachers (also with आचार्य and सूरि),  ib.

 of a mountain or range of m° (said to be one of the 7 principal chains in India,  and sometimes identified with the northern parts of the Ghats),  MBh.
  
 Kāv.
  &c.
  

 of a place,  MW.
  

 महेन्द्र b &c.
   See p.
  802,  col. 1.

Monier Williams 1872

English

 महेन्द्र महेन्द्र,  &c. See p. 761,  col. 3.

Macdonell

English

 महेन्द्र mahā‿indra,  m.
  great Indra
 chief
 🞄N. of a mountain range: -ketu,  m.
  Indraʼs 🞄banner
 -cāpa,  m.
  Indraʼs bow,  rainbow
 🞄-tva,  n.
  name or dignity of great Indra
 🞄-dhvaja,  m.
  Indraʼs banner
 -mantrin,  m.
  🞄great Indraʼs counsellor,  planet Jupiter 🞄(Bṛhaspati)
 -mandira,  n.
  Indraʼs palace
 🞄-varman,  m.
  N. of a prince
 -śakti,  m.
  N.
 🞄-āditya,  m.
  N. of a prince.

Hindi

इंद्र,  देवताओं के देवता

Apte Hindi

Hindi

महेन्द्रः
पुं*
  महा-इन्द्रः -
महेन्द्र अर्थात् महान् इन्द्र

महेन्द्रः
पुं*
  महा-इन्द्रः -
मुखिया या नेता

महेन्द्रः
पुं*
  महा-इन्द्रः -
एक पर्वत शृंखला

महेन्द्रः
पुं*
  - -
भारत की सात मुख्य पर्वतशृंखलाओं में से एक। वर्तमान महेन्द्रमाले से इसकी एकरुपता स्थापित की जाती है जो कि महानदी की घाटी से गंजम को विभक्त करता है। संभवतः इसमें महानदी  और गोदावरी का मध्ववर्ती समस्त पुर्वी घाट सम्मिलित था।

Shabdartha Kaustubha

Kannada

महेन्द्र
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ವಿಷ್ಣು /ನಾರಾಯಣ
व्युत्पत्तिः - > पूर्णपरमैश्वर्यतया महांश्चासाविन्द्रश्च
प्रयोगाः - > "सुभुजो दुर्धरो वाग्मी महेन्द्रो वसुदो वसुः"
उल्लेखाः - > वि० स०
विस्तारः - > "परमैश्वर्यवत्त्वेन महेन्द्र इति शब्द्यते" - निरुक्तिः
महेन्द्र
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ದೇವೇಂದ್ರ /ದೇವತೆಗಳ ಒಡೆಯ
प्रयोगाः - > "इमं महेन्द्रप्रभृतीनधिश्रियः चतुर्दिगीशानवमत्य मानिनी"
उल्लेखाः - > कुमा० ५-५३
महेन्द्र
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಮಹೇಂದ್ರಪರ್ವತ
प्रयोगाः - > "स प्रतापं महेन्द्रस्य मूर्ध्नि तीक्ष्णं न्यवेशयत्"
उल्लेखाः - > रघु० ४-३९

L R Vaidya

English

 mahA-iMdra {% m. %} 1. an epithet of Indra,  K.S.v.53,  R.xiii.20
 2. a chief or leader in general.

Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

English

 महेन्द्र guru of Jayasiṃha (Nyāyasāradīpikā). IO. 213.

 महेन्द्र poet. Sbhv.

 महेन्द्र
		Dravyāvalī.

 महेन्द्र
		Vaidyakasaṃgraha.

Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid

English

 mahendra, 
(1) m.,  a high number: Mvy 〔8023〕 (cf. indra 2)
(2) n. of a king of Kanyakubja and of the Madras,  father of Sudarśanā who married Kuśa
 also Mahendraka 1,  q.v.
 in the Pali Kusa Jāt. he is called Madda (= Madra),  king of Sāgala: Mv 〔ii.460.8〕
 〔iii.27.19〕 (here °dra-nātha-
 both prose)
(3) n. of a king of Hastināpura (also Mahendraka 2,  q.v.): Mv 〔iii.432.11〕
 〔433.4〕
 the story told here is basically (tho with some confusion) the same that is told of Uruvela-Kassapa and his brothers in Pali (see DPPN 〔1.433 f.〕),  in which Mahinda (3 in DPPN) is the father of the Buddha Phussa (BHS Puṣya)
(4) [Page427-b] n. of the well-known apostle to Ceylon (= Pali Mahinda 1 in DPPN): Karmav 〔63.1〕
(5) n. of a nāga king: Māy 〔246.15〕.

Lanman

English

 mahendrá,  m.
	—1. Great-Indra
	—2.
great chief,  10^15 (w. mg 1 also). [mahā́
+ índra.]

Mahabharata

English

Mahendra^1 = Indra,  q.v.

Mahendra^2,  a mountain,  the abode of Rāma Jāmadagnya. § 84 (Ādivaṃśāvatāraṇap.): I,  64,  2459 (parvatottame).-§ 201 (Droṇa): I,  130,  5120,  5121.--§ 249 (Arjunavanavāsap.): I,  215,  7824 (ºparvataṃ,  visited by Arjuna Pāṇḍava).--§ 252 (Subhadrāharaṇap.): I,  219,  7907 (only C.,  but read with B. mahe tasya instead of Mahendrasya).--§ 269 (Vaiśravaṇasabhāv.): II,  10,  412 (present in the palace of Kubera).--§ 370 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III,  85,  8158 (Jāmadagnyanishevitaṃ).-§ 377 (Dhaumyatīrthak.): III,  87,  8318 (ºo nāma Bhārgavasya,  in the east).--§ 378 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III,  93,  8467 (ºādīṃś ca parvatān).--§ 383 (Paraśurāma): III,  99,  8681.--§ 392 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III,  114,  †10124 (visited by Yudhishṭhira,  etc.,  on their tīrthayātrā).--§ 398 (Paraśurāma): III,  117,  10209 (śailendre).--§ 399 (Mahendrācalagamana): III,  117,  10213.--§ 459 (Mārkaṇḍeyas.): III,  188,  12919 (seen by Mārkaṇḍeya in the stomach of Nārāyaṇa).--§ 573 (Ambopākhyānap.): V,  176,  6054
 186,  7338.--§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI,  9,  318 (among the kulaparvatāḥ of Bhāratavarsha).-§ 595 (Shoḍaśarāj.,  v. Rāma Jāmadagnya): VII,  70,  2447 (parvatottamaṃ,  having given the earth to Kaśyapa,  Rāma took his abode on M.).--§ 621 (Rājadh.): XII,  2,  59 (parvataṃ),  62 (svargasammite).--§ 775 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII,  166,  7657 (enumeration).--§ 782g (Guruśishyasaṃv.): XIV,  43,  1174 (do.).

Mahendra^3 = Rāvaṇa(?): II,  410 (Rākshasādhipatiḥ,  but the text seems to be in disorder,  cf. v. 412).

Mahendra^4 = Vishṇu (1000 names).

पुराणम्

English

महेन्द्र १ / MAHENDRA I. Father of the princess Pāṭalī. (See under pāṭalīputra).

महेन्द्र २ / MAHENDRA II. One of the holy mountains. This mountain has great Purāṇic importance.(1)  After slaughtering the Kṣatriyas to extinction sage paraśurāma made mahendra his place of abode. (Śloka 53,  Chapter 129,  Ādi Parva).(2)  Once arjuna visited the mountain mahendra. (Śloka 13,  Chapter 214,  Ādi Parva).(3)  The presiding deity of this mountain sits in the court of kubera worshipping him. (Śloka 30,  Chapter 10,  Sabhā Parva). (4)  If one bathes in the pond of rāmatīrtha on the top of this mountain one would get the benefit of performing an Aśvamedhayāga. (Śloka 16,  Chapter 85,  Vana Parva).(5)  brahmā once went to this mountain and conducted a yāga there. (Śloka 22,  Chapter 87,  Vana Parva).(6)  yudhiṣṭhira during his pilgrimage visited this mountain. (Śloka 30,  Chapter 114,  Vana Parva).(7)  paraśurāma gave a darśana (Interview) to yudhiṣṭhira on a Caturdaśī day on this mountain. (Śloka 16,  Chapter 117,  Vana Parva).(8)  hanūmān when he was going in search of sītā visited this mountain also along with the other monkeys. (sundara Kāṇḍa,  vālmīki rāmāyaṇa).

शब्दकल्पद्रुमः

Sanskrit

 महेन्द्रः,  पुं,
   (महांश्चासाविन्द्रश्च ऐश्वर्य्यवानि-त्यर्थः ।) विष्णुः । इति महाभारते तस्य सहस्र-नामस्तोत्रम् ॥
 शक्रः । (यथा,  भागवते । ६ । १३ । ६ ।“ऋषयस्तदुपाकर्ण्य महेन्द्रमिदमब्रवीत् ॥
”)जम्बुद्वीपस्य पर्व्वतविशेषः । इति मेदिनी । रे, २०० ॥
 (स च सप्तकुलाचलानामन्यतमः ।यथा,  मार्कण्डेये । ५७ । १० ।“महेन्द्रो मलयः सह्यः सुक्तिमानृक्षपर्व्वतः ।बिन्ध्यश्च पारिपात्रश्च सप्तैवात्र कुलाचलाः ॥
”)

वाचस्पत्यम्

Sanskrit

 महेन्द्र पु०
  महान् इन्द्रः इन्द्रस्यापि नियन्तृत्वात् । १ परमे-श्वरे २ महैश्चर्य्यवति इन्द्रे ३ जम्बुद्वीपस्थपर्वतभेदे च मेदि०

Capeller

German

 महेन्द्र॑ m.
  der große Indra,  Oberherr überh.
Fürstenn. 

Burnouf

French

 महेन्द्र महेन्द्र m.
  le grand-Indra.
		 Np. d'une des
montagnes du Bhāratavarṣa.
महेन्द्रनगरी f.
  la cité d'Indra,  Amarâvatî.
महेन्द्राणी f.
  l'épouse d'Indra.

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