महत्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬫᬳᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
- মহত্ (Assamese script)
- মহত্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰮𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀳𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌮𑌹𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
- મહત્ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਹਤੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦩꦲꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
- មហត៑ (Khmer script)
- ಮಹತ್ (Kannada script)
- ມຫຕ຺ (Lao script)
- മഹത് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘦𑘮𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᠾᠠᢐ (Mongolian script)
- ᠮᠠᡥᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
- မဟတ် (Burmese script)
- 𑧆𑧎𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐴𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
- ମହତ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢲꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆲𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖮𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
- මහත් (Sinhalese script)
- மஹத் (Tamil script)
- మహత్ (Telugu script)
- มหตฺ (Thai script)
- མ་ཧ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒯𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *maȷ́ʰā́, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s. Cognate with Middle Persian ms (meh), Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas), Armenian մեծ (mec), Latin magnus, English much.
Adjective
महत् • (mahát) stem
- great, large, big, huge, ample, extensive, long, abundant
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.114.7:
- मा नो महान्तम् उत मा नो अर्भकं मा न उक्षन्तमुत मा न उक्षितम् ।
मा नो वधीः पितरं मोत मातरं मा नः प्रियास्तन्वो रुद्र रीरिषः ॥- mā no mahāntam uta mā no arbhakaṃ mā na ukṣantamuta mā na ukṣitam .
mā no vadhīḥ pitaraṃ mota mātaraṃ mā naḥ priyāstanvo rudra rīriṣaḥ . - O Rudra, harm not either great or small among us, harm not the growing boy, harm not the full-grown man.
Slay not a sire among us, slay no mother here, and do not harm our own dear bodies, O Rudra.
- mā no mahāntam uta mā no arbhakaṃ mā na ukṣantamuta mā na ukṣitam .
- मा नो महान्तम् उत मा नो अर्भकं मा न उक्षन्तमुत मा न उक्षितम् ।
Declension
| Masculine t-stem declension of महत् | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | महान् (mahān) | ||
| Gen. sg. | महतः (mahataḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | महान् (mahān) | महन्तौ (mahantau) | महन्तः (mahantaḥ) |
| Vocative | — | — | — |
| Accusative | महन्तम् (mahantam) | महन्तौ (mahantau) | महतः (mahataḥ) |
| Instrumental | महता (mahatā) | महद्भ्याम् (mahadbhyām) | महद्भिः (mahadbhiḥ) |
| Dative | महते (mahate) | महद्भ्याम् (mahadbhyām) | महद्भ्यः (mahadbhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | महतः (mahataḥ) | महद्भ्याम् (mahadbhyām) | महद्भ्यः (mahadbhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | महतः (mahataḥ) | महतोः (mahatoḥ) | महताम् (mahatām) |
| Locative | महति (mahati) | महतोः (mahatoḥ) | महत्सु (mahatsu) |
| Feminine ī-stem declension of महत् | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | महती (mahatī) | ||
| Gen. sg. | महत्याः (mahatyāḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | महती (mahatī) | महत्यौ (mahatyau) | महत्यः (mahatyaḥ) |
| Vocative | महति (mahati) | महत्यौ (mahatyau) | महत्यः (mahatyaḥ) |
| Accusative | महतीम् (mahatīm) | महत्यौ (mahatyau) | महतीः (mahatīḥ) |
| Instrumental | महत्या (mahatyā) | महतीभ्याम् (mahatībhyām) | महतीभिः (mahatībhiḥ) |
| Dative | महत्यै (mahatyai) | महतीभ्याम् (mahatībhyām) | महतीभ्यः (mahatībhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | महत्याः (mahatyāḥ) | महतीभ्याम् (mahatībhyām) | महतीभ्यः (mahatībhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | महत्याः (mahatyāḥ) | महत्योः (mahatyoḥ) | महतीनाम् (mahatīnām) |
| Locative | महत्याम् (mahatyām) | महत्योः (mahatyoḥ) | महतीषु (mahatīṣu) |
| Neuter at-stem declension of महत् (mahat) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | महत् mahat |
महती mahatī |
महन्ति mahanti |
| Vocative | महत् mahat |
महती mahatī |
महन्ति mahanti |
| Accusative | महत् mahat |
महती mahatī |
महन्ति mahanti |
| Instrumental | महता mahatā |
महद्भ्याम् mahadbhyām |
महद्भिः mahadbhiḥ |
| Dative | महते mahate |
महद्भ्याम् mahadbhyām |
महद्भ्यः mahadbhyaḥ |
| Ablative | महतः mahataḥ |
महद्भ्याम् mahadbhyām |
महद्भ्यः mahadbhyaḥ |
| Genitive | महतः mahataḥ |
महतोः mahatoḥ |
महताम् mahatām |
| Locative | महति mahati |
महतोः mahatoḥ |
महत्सु mahatsu |
Related terms
- महा (mahā) (form used in compounding)
Descendants
- Pali: mahant
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “महत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 794/2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 337-339
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