महावाक्यmahāvākya

महावाक्य (mahāvākya) is a Sanskrit word meaning any long continuous literary work, a principal sentence or proposition, a sacred utterance of the Upanishads, an Upanishad, great speech, either a literary work or chief sentence, any continuous composition or literary work. Its 6 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Broad Enumerative Definitions, Literary Work / Continuous Composition, Principal/Sacred Vedantic Utterance.

Definitions: 6

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Meanings by context

Broad Enumerative Definitions

3 definitions

1. Any literary work. 2. A long sentence. 3. A principal sentence in Vedanta philosophy.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Any continuous composition or literary work. 2. A long sentence. 3. A principal sentence.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

great speech, either a literary work or chief sentence

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Literary Work / Continuous Composition

1 definition

any long continuous literary work

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Principal/Sacred Vedantic Utterance

1 definition

1. A principal sentence or proposition. 2. A sacred utterance of the Upanishads.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Proper Name of an Upanishad

1 definition

an Upanishad

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 4 works: 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.