maheSvara
Maheśvara , ( 1 ) sg. or pl. ; in LV 112.3 ; 113.1, 11 , a devaputra, evidently a leader of the śuddhāvāsakāyika gods, with whom he comes to salute the infant Bodhisattva and predict his future Buddhahood; in Mv i.224.3, 5 = ii.27.3, 5 ( vss ) pl. , 8000 gods named Mah° come to cast the horoscope of the infant Bodhisattva; prob. interpret in this sense maheśvara-rūpeṇa (the Bodhisattva, it is suggested, should enter his motherʼs womb thus) LV 39.12 ; Mvy 3108 mahāmaheśvarāyatanam , q.v. , a special stage of śuddhāvāsakāyika gods; ( 2 ) n. of a yakṣa: Divy 41.2 ff. ; Suv 161.6 ; Māy 9 ; ( 3 ) n. of one or two Bodhisattva(s): Sādh 71.4 (here between Avalokiteśvara and Mahāsthāmaprāpta); Gv 442.6 (in a long, rigmarole list).