mahI · feminine · mahī 1
mahī (= Skt. maha), festival , in jātī-mahī saṃvṛttā Divy 515.18 ; in same line, jātamahaṃ kṛtvā; both birth-festival ; is the otherwise unrecorded -mahī adapted to the gender of jātī-? Cf. jāti-maha .
the earth; name of a river
Mahī (feminine) [feminine of mah, base of mahant, Vedic mahī] the earth (literal Great One) Mhv 5, 266; Saddh 424, 472; locative mahiyā Miln 128; mahiyaṃ As 62.Note: As mahī is only found in very late Pāli literature, it must have been re-introduced from Sanskrit sources, and is note a direct correspondent of Vedic mahī; -tala the ground (of the earth) Mhv 5, 54; -dhara mountain Miln 343; Mhv 14, 3; 28, 22 (v.l. mahin°); -pa king (of the earth) Mhv 14, 22; -pati king Mhv 5, 48; 33, 32; -pāla king Mhv 4, 38; 5, 265; -ruha tree ("growing out of the earth") Mhv 14, 18, 19.
【陰】 地(摩希,即:大者),摩醯河(河名)。~tala,【中】 地面。~dhara,【陽】山。~pati, ~pāla,【陽】國王。~ruha,【陽】樹。
<b> <c c="#a00149">Mahī</c> </b> <br>One of the five great rivers of India, all of which have a common origin <c c="#3b6bd3">Vin.ii.237</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">AN.iv.101</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">AN.v.22</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">SN.ii.135</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">SN.v.38</c> <br> <br>Location: <iref href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/Koshi">Koshi</iref> (Precision: 1, Type: river)<br> </deftext>
(fem, fem, from mahanta) mighty earth; vast world earth Construction: √mah + a + ī maha + ī
(fem, fem, from mahanta) name of a river; one of the five great rivers of ancient India name of river Construction: √mah + a + ī maha + ī
(fem, fem, abstr, in comps, from mahanta) greatness; immensity; excellence greatness Construction: √mah + a + ī maha + ī