महागज

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মহাগজ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬳᬵᬕᬚ (Balinese script)
• মহাগজ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰮𑰯𑰐𑰕 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀳𑀸𑀕𑀚 (Brahmi script)
• မဟာဂဇ (Burmese script)
• મહાગજ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਹਾਗਜ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌹𑌾𑌗𑌜 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦲꦴꦒꦗ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂯𑂰𑂏𑂔 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಹಾಗಜ (Kannada script)
• មហាគជ (Khmer script)
• ມຫາຄຊ (Lao script)
• മഹാഗജ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᡥᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡤᠠᡯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘮𑘰𑘐𑘕 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠾᠠᢗᠺᠠᠽᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧎𑧑𑦰𑦵 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐴𑐵𑐐𑐖 (Newa script)
• ମହାଗଜ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢲꢵꢔꢙ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆲𑆳𑆓𑆘 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖮𑖯𑖐𑖕 (Siddham script)
• මහාගජ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑪂𑩛𑩞𑩣 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚩𑚭𑚌𑚑 (Takri script)
• மஹாக³ஜ (Tamil script)
• మహాగజ (Telugu script)
• มหาคช (Thai script)
• མ་ཧཱ་ག་ཛ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒯𑒰𑒑𑒖 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨱𑨊𑨍𑨥 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of महा (mahā́, “great”) +‎ गज (gaja, “elephant”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɦɑ́ː.ɡɐ.d͡ʑɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐˈɦɑː.ɡɐ.d͡ʑɐ/

Noun

महागज • (mahā́gaja) stem, m

1. a great elephant
2. (mythology) one of the elephants that support the earth

   Synonym: दिक्करिन् (dikkarin)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of महागज (mahā́gaja)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	महागजः mahā́gajaḥ	महागजौ / महागजा¹ mahā́gajau / mahā́gajā¹	महागजाः / महागजासः¹ mahā́gajāḥ / mahā́gajāsaḥ¹
Vocative	महागज máhāgaja	महागजौ / महागजा¹ máhāgajau / máhāgajā¹	महागजाः / महागजासः¹ máhāgajāḥ / máhāgajāsaḥ¹
Accusative	महागजम् mahā́gajam	महागजौ / महागजा¹ mahā́gajau / mahā́gajā¹	महागजान् mahā́gajān
Instrumental	महागजेन mahā́gajena	महागजाभ्याम् mahā́gajābhyām	महागजैः / महागजेभिः¹ mahā́gajaiḥ / mahā́gajebhiḥ¹
Dative	महागजाय mahā́gajāya	महागजाभ्याम् mahā́gajābhyām	महागजेभ्यः mahā́gajebhyaḥ
Ablative	महागजात् mahā́gajāt	महागजाभ्याम् mahā́gajābhyām	महागजेभ्यः mahā́gajebhyaḥ
Genitive	महागजस्य mahā́gajasya	महागजयोः mahā́gajayoḥ	महागजानाम् mahā́gajānām
Locative	महागजे mahā́gaje	महागजयोः mahā́gajayoḥ	महागजेषु mahā́gajeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “महागज”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 795.