# महाभाष्य (mahābhāṣya)

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महाभाष्य (mahābhāṣya) is a Sanskrit word meaning Patanjali's commentary on the Sutras of Panini, any major commentary, a great commentary. Its 4 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Any 'great commentary' (general sense), Patañjali's specific 'Great Commentary'.

- **SLP1:** `mahABAzya`  **IAST:** mahābhāṣya  **Devanagari:** महाभाष्य
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahabhashya
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/mahabhashya/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Any 'great commentary' (general sense) (2 definitions)
- 1. A great commentary. 2. Specifically, Patanjali's great commentary on Panini's sutras.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > महाभाष्य (mahābhāṣya) [Printed book page 560-08 ] महा - भाष्य (mahā-bhāṣya) n. a great commentary; (the word is especially applied to the great commentary of Patanjali on the sūtras of Pāṇini). [ ID=29594 ]
- 1. Patanjali's commentary on the Sutras of Panini. 2. Any major commentary.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > महाभाष्य (mahābhāṣya) [Printed book page 558-a ] महाभाष्य (mahābhāṣya) n. ( - ष्यं (-ṣyaṃ) ) 1. The commentary of Patanjalī on the Sutras of PĀNINĪ. 2. Any great commentary. [ ID=30955 ]

### Patañjali's specific 'Great Commentary' (2 definitions)
- The Great Commentary, the commentary of Patanjali on the Sutras of Panini  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 798,2] महा (mahā) — भाष्य (—bhāṣya) n. ‘Great Commentary’, N. of Patañjali's com° on the Sūtras of Pāṇini and the Vārttikas of Kātyāyana, Prab.; Rājat. &c. ( Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams (Title) 167 ) [ ID=160247 ]
- the great commentary of Patanjali on the grammatical sutras of Panini  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > महाभाष्य (mahābhāṣya) [Printed book page 402 ] महाभाष्य (mahābhāṣya) n. the great comment (of PataJjali on the grammatical Sūtras of Pāṇini). [ ID=24276 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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