maheSAKya
maheśākhya , adj. ( cf. alpeśākhya ; = Pali mahesakkha; by error mahīś° MSV i.95.12 ; see also mahāśakya ; once mahāyaśākhya , q.v. ; hyper- Sktism ?), distinguished, exalted, great ; usually of persons, such as kings, Bodhisattvas ( Bbh 31.18 ), or other high personages: SP 180.12 ; LV 23.16 ; 24.15 ; Mv i.36.3 ; 189.1 ; 193.14 ; 197.17 ; 198.4, 17 ; ii.64.15 ; 420.7 ; 485.3 ; iii.125.11 ; Divy 434.1 ; Av i.354.10 ; 363.9 ; Mmk 100.25 (text °kṣā, read °khyā); 215.4 ; contrasted with its opposite alpeśākhya , q.v. , Mvy 6411 ; Karmav 29.26 ; puṇya-ma° one who is a great personage by reason of merit (acquired by past deeds) Divy 8.5 ; 42.1 ; 98.20 (udāra-puṇya-ma°); 219.11 ; 579.17 ; vipāka-ma°, same ( distinguished thru the maturing of his karma ) Av ii.67.10 ; mah° said of gods LV 413.12 ; Mv i.30.9, 17 ; iii.318.16 ; of Māra, by himself Mv ii.277.4 ; of the sun and moon LV 51.12 ; 410.15 ; of a nāga king Mv i.249.18 ; of noble animals Mv i.287.7 ; 288.19 ; maheśākhyataram, compv. , of a caitya, Divy 243.8 . In some of the above ( Mvy 6411 ; LV 413.12 ) intensive āmreḍita, maheśākhya-mah°.