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महाशक्य (mahAzakya)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
महा—शक्य
m.
w.r. for -शाक्य (q.v.),
Rājat.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
? mahāśakya, adj., mighty: °kya-mahāśakyā devatā MPS 〔5.3, 11〕 (contrasted with madhya, nīca). But Pali DN 〔ii.87.2〕 mahesakkhā = maheśākhya, of which our word is prob. a folk-etym. alteration, tho well supported in the mss., and despite Pali mahābhisakka (Therag. 〔1111〕)
Tib. mthu che ba mthu che ba
cf. Mvy 〔6411〕 maheśākhyamaheśākhya (Tib. dbaṅ [= mthu] che ba).