An epithet of Lakshmi
N. of Lakṣmī, Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) (= विश्व-रूपो (viśva-rūpo)पा (pā)सना (sanā) Comm.) [ID=160759]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
महाविद्याmahāvidyā
महाविद्या (mahāvidyā) is a Sanskrit word meaning an exalted science, an epithet of Lakshmi, of Durga, of a Mantra, kali, tara. Its 7 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Name/Epithet of a Specific Goddess, The Ten Mahavidyas (Group of Goddesses), A Mantra.
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Meanings by context
Name/Epithet of a Specific Goddess
3 definitions
of Durga
of Durgā, Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa (Title) [ID=160760]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
1. A name of Lalita. 2. Symbolic of Devi.
महाविद्या (mahāvidyā) [Printed book page 2-664]
Mahāvidyā — a name of Lalitā;1 symbolical of Devī.2
[Footnote: 1) Br. IV. 18. 16.]
[Footnote: 2) Vi. I. 9. 120.]
[ID=10451]
Mahāvidyā — a name of Lalitā;1 symbolical of Devī.2
[Footnote: 1) Br. IV. 18. 16.]
[Footnote: 2) Vi. I. 9. 120.]
[ID=10451]
— The Purana Index
The Ten Mahavidyas (Group of Goddesses)
2 definitions
A class of ten personifications of the female energy of Shiva
pl. of a class of personifications of the Śakti or female energy of Śiva (10 in number), Religious Thought and Life in India, also called ’Brāhmanism and Hindūism,’ by Sir M. Monier-Williams (Title) 187 [ID=160762]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
1. Kali
2. Tara
3. Shodashi
4. Bhuvaneshvari
5. Bhairavi
6. Chinnamasta
7. Dhumavati
8. Vagalamukhi
9. Matangi
10. Kamala
महाविद्या (mahāvidyā) [Printed book page 559-a]
महाविद्या (mahāvidyā)
महाविद्या (mahāvidyā)
f. (-द्या (-dyā)) The name of the following ten goddess:-“काली तारा महाविद्या (mahāvidyā) षोडशी भुवनेश्वरी । (“kālī tārā mahāvidyā ṣoḍaśī bhuvaneśvarī .) भैरवी छिन्नमस्ता च विद्या धूमावती तथा । (bhairavī chinnamastā ca vidyā dhūmāvatī tathā .) वगला सिद्धविद्या च मातङ्गी कमलात्मिका ॥ (vagalā siddhavidyā ca mātaṅgī kamalātmikā ..)” (”)
[ID=31021]— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
A Mantra
1 definition
of a Mantra
of a Mantra, Catalogue(s) [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ID=160761]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Great Knowledge/Science
1 definition
an exalted science
(H3) [Printed book page 800,2]
महा (mahā)—विद्या (—vidyā) f. a gr° or exalted science, Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 1st edition with marginal notes (Title) [ID=160758]
महा (mahā)—विद्या (—vidyā) f. a gr° or exalted science, Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 1st edition with marginal notes (Title) [ID=160758]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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Definitions on this page come from 3 works: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.