महानाग (mahAnAga)

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Capeller Eng

English

 महानाग॑ m.
  great serpent or elephant. 

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 महा—नाग॑ m.
  a great serpent,  ŚBr.
  
 Suparṇ.
 

 a gr° elephant,  Hariv.
 

 one of the elephants that support the earth,  R.
 

 N.
  of Vātsyāyana,  Gal.
 

Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid

English

 mahānāga,  ‘great elephant’,  ep. of śrāvakas: Mvy 〔1081〕
 in Pali a thera of this name is known,  and Senart assumes this name for Mahāga,  q.v.,  of mss.,  Mv 〔i.182.18〕.

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Sanskrit Tibetan

Tibetan

glang po chen po
महानाग

Vedic Reference

English

 Mahā-nāga,  a ‘great snake, ’ is mentioned in the Śatapatha
Brāhmaṇa (xi. 2,  7,  12),  where it is plainly mythical.

Capeller

German

 महानाग॑ m.
  große Schlange o. großer
Elefant.

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