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महर्द्धिक (maharddhika)

 
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महर्द्धि°क
a.
 very rich or mighty.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
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maharddhika, f. °kā, Bhvr. adj. (= Pali mahiddhika, acc. to PTSD ‘always’ with mahānubhāva, but this is not true, see e.g. Pv 〔i.10.1〕
Mahāvaṃsa 〔1.39〕), of great supernatural power (ṛddhi), or more loosely, of great power, majesty, or perhaps (as in Skt.) of great wealth
with mahānubhāva, of ṛṣis, Mv 〔ii.49.1〕
〔96.1, 3〕
of a gṛhapati, Divy 〔277.28 ff.〕
said of Buddha(s), Mv 〔i.294.22〕
Av 〔ii.199.13〕
of deities, Mv 〔i.305.1〕
〔iii.302.4〕
Kv 〔10.15〕
Suv 〔101.9〕 (lokapālas)
of Māra, said by himself, Mv 〔ii.276.19〕
of miscellaneous persons, Mv 〔ii.92.17〕
〔iii.1.3〕
〔63.18〕
sometimes as final member of a cpd., the prior member denoting the class of being so designated (this usage not recorded in Pali): devamaharddhikā vā devā vā nāga-°kā vā nāgā vā etc. (long series of similar terms) Gv 〔75.3〕
[Page421-b] esp. preta-°ka, said of a class of pretas whose position as such has been mitigated, though not completely relieved, either by their own actions or by merit transferred to them by others (see dakṣiṇādeśanā), Divy 〔14.19〕
Av 〔i.264.16 ff.〕
〔273.1〕
even these pretas may still manifest evil propensities, Av 〔i.265.8 ff.〕
altho the cpd. *petamahiddhika seems not to occur in Pali, the adj. mahiddhikā is used of a petī who, like the pretas so described in BHS, was enjoying partial happiness because of some merit acquired, Pv. 〔i.10.1〕.
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महर्द्धिक *hehr, herrlich, Mahāvy. 15, 17 (एवं महर्द्धिका zu lesen).