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महाभूतmahābhūta

महाभूत (mahābhūta) is a Sanskrit word meaning being great, a great creature or being, a primary element, a gross element, the elements, five elemental substances. Its 13 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them The Great/Gross/Primary Elements, A Great Creature/Being, Comprehensive Entries Listing Multiple Meanings.

Etymology
E. महा principal, and भूत element
Definitions
13
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Meanings by context

The Great/Gross/Primary Elements

8 definitions
a great gross element, of which five are ether, air, fire, water, and earth

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A primary element, such as air, fire, water, earth, or ether.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A primary element

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a primary element

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A gross element such as earth, air, fire, or water.

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

the elements

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

five elemental substances

— The Purana Index

gross elements, including earth, water, fire, air, and ether

— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

A Great Creature/Being

2 definitions
a great creature or being

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a great creature

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Comprehensive Entries Listing Multiple Meanings

2 definitions
1. A primary element such as air, fire, water, earth, or ether. 2. A great creature.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Being great. 2. A great creature or being. 3. A gross element.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adjective: Being Great / Mighty

1 definition
being great

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 10 works: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.