mahā
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
as an honorific for Indian titles, usually capitalized
Example Sentences
- "The next step is to try them in some sitting posture such as mahā mudrā."
- "This is especially true because many Hindus are looking forward to the time of the coming "Kalki" (also known as Maha Avatara, an incarnation of Vishnu, who will come to end the present age of darkness and destruction)."
- "Believing the Buddha to have canceled out his power through a mastery of mahā (or “greater”) gandhāravijjā (the ability to read the minds of others and fly through the air), he entered the order to learn the Buddha's science."
- "Among all the therīs, it is only her name that bears the prefix mahā- or “great”."
- "All are classed among the eighteen mahā or ‘great’ purāṇas."
- "This force shall be employed for the defence of the Maha Raja's dominions, against all foreign or domestic enemies, and for the enlargement of his dominions, by conquest of the Murathas."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: महा