महाभिषेक (mahAbhiSeka)

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Spoken Sanskrit

English

 
   महाभिषेक  mahAbhiSeka  m.
   solemn sprinkling or unction  
   महाभिषेक  mahAbhiSeka  m.
   great coronation     
            

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 महा°भिषेक (°हाभ्°) m.
  solemn sprinkling or unction,  AitBr.
  

 N.
  of Kathās.
  xv

Vedic Reference

English

 Mahābhiṣeka,  ‘great consecration, ’ is mentioned in the
Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, ^1 and described as a ceremony performed
for great kings,  a list of whom is given. It is equivalent to
the Rājasūya.
1) viii. 14,  4
 19,  2. Cf. Weber,  Episches
im vedischen Ritual,  8. The list is Janam-
ejaya Pārikṣita,  whose friend was
Tura Kāvaṣeya
 Śāryāta Mānava and
Cyavana Bhārgava
 Satānīka Sātrājita
and Somaśuṣma Bhārgava
 Ambarīṣa
and Parvata and Nārada
 Yudhāṃ-
śrauṣṭi Augrasainya and the same two
Ṛṣis
 Viśvakarman Bhauvana and Kaś-
yapa
 Sudās Paijavana and Vasiṣṭha
Marutta Āvikṣita and Saṃvarta
 Aṅga
Vairocana and Udamaya Ātreya
Bharata Dauḥṣanti and Dīrghatamas
Māmateya
 Durmukha Pāñcāla and
Bṛhaduktha
 Atyarāti Jānaṃtapi and
Vāsiṣṭha Sātyahavya.

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