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महाराजा (mahArAjA)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
? mahārājā, adj. or subst. f., used (if text is right) with fem. entities: LV 〔391.4〕 (vs) upasthitā mahārājā (but v.l. mahāvālā) Āśā Śraddhā Hirī Śirī (four of eight devakumārikā, the other four named in line 3
cf. Mv 〔iii.309.9〕, which proves this interpretation)
these personages belong to the directions (in this case the north)
is mahārājā a fem. equivalent of mahārāja(n), q.v., = Skt. lokapāla?