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महिमन्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-món-, from *méǵh₂s (big, great).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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महिमन् (mahimán) stemm

  1. greatness, majesty
  2. might, power
  3. exaltation, dignity

Declension

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Masculine an-stem declension of महिमन् (mahimán)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative महिमा
mahimā́
महिमानौ / महिमाना¹
mahimā́nau / mahimā́nā¹
महिमानः
mahimā́naḥ
Vocative महिमन्
máhiman
महिमानौ / महिमाना¹
máhimānau / máhimānā¹
महिमानः
máhimānaḥ
Accusative महिमानम्
mahimā́nam
महिमानौ / महिमाना¹
mahimā́nau / mahimā́nā¹
महिम्नः
mahimnáḥ
Instrumental महिम्ना / मह्ना² / महिना²
mahimnā́ / mahnā́² / mahinā́²
महिमभ्याम्
mahimábhyām
महिमभिः
mahimábhiḥ
Dative महिम्ने
mahimné
महिमभ्याम्
mahimábhyām
महिमभ्यः
mahimábhyaḥ
Ablative महिम्नः
mahimnáḥ
महिमभ्याम्
mahimábhyām
महिमभ्यः
mahimábhyaḥ
Genitive महिम्नः
mahimnáḥ
महिम्नोः
mahimnóḥ
महिम्नाम्
mahimnā́m
Locative महिम्नि / महिमनि / महिमन्¹
mahimní / mahimáni / mahimán¹
महिम्नोः
mahimnóḥ
महिमसु
mahimásu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Rigvedic

References

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  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “महिमन्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 222
  • Monier Williams (1899) “महिमन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 803, column 1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “mahimán-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 339-340