महिष
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মহিষ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬳᬶᬱ (Balinese script)
- মহিষ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰮𑰰𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀳𑀺𑀱 (Brahmi script)
- မဟိၑ (Burmese script)
- મહિષ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਹਿਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌹𑌿𑌷 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦲꦶꦰ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂯𑂱𑂭 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಹಿಷ (Kannada script)
- មហិឞ (Khmer script)
- ມຫິຩ (Lao script)
- മഹിഷ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᡥᡳᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘮𑘱𑘬 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᠾᠢᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧎𑧒𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐴𑐶𑐲 (Newa script)
- ମହିଷ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢲꢶꢰ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆲𑆴𑆰 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖮𑖰𑖬 (Siddham script)
- මහිෂ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑪂𑩑𑪀 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚩𑚮 (Takri script)
- மஹிஷ (Tamil script)
- మహిష (Telugu script)
- มหิษ (Thai script)
- མ་ཧི་ཥ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒯𑒱𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨱𑨁𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂s-ó-s, from *méǵh₂s (“big, great”). See महत् (mahat) for more.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐ.ɦi.ʂɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mɐ.ɦi.ʂɐ/
Adjective
महिष • (mahiṣá) stem (comparative महीयस्, superlative महिष्ठ)
- great, powerful
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.22.1:
- त्रिक॑द्रुकेषु महि॒षो यवा॑शिरं तुवि॒शुष्म॑स्तृ॒पत्सोम॑मपिब॒द्विष्णु॑ना सु॒तं यथाव॑शत्।
स ईं॑ ममाद॒ महि॒ कर्म॒ कर्त॑वे म॒हामु॒रुं सैनं॑ सश्चद्दे॒वो दे॒वं स॒त्यमिन्द्रं॑ स॒त्य इन्दुः॑॥- tríkadrukeṣu mahiṣó yávāśiraṃ tuviśúṣmastṛpátsómamapibadvíṣṇunā sutáṃ yáthā́vaśat.
sá īṃ mamāda máhi kárma kártave mahā́murúṃ saínaṃ saścaddevó deváṃ satyámíndraṃ satyá índuḥ. - At the Trikadrukas the Great and Strong hath drunk drink blent with meal. With Visnu hath he quaffed the poured out Soma juice, all that he would.
That hath so heightened him the Great, the Wide, to do his mighty work.
- tríkadrukeṣu mahiṣó yávāśiraṃ tuviśúṣmastṛpátsómamapibadvíṣṇunā sutáṃ yáthā́vaśat.
- त्रिक॑द्रुकेषु महि॒षो यवा॑शिरं तुवि॒शुष्म॑स्तृ॒पत्सोम॑मपिब॒द्विष्णु॑ना सु॒तं यथाव॑शत्।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | महिषः (mahiṣáḥ) | महिषौ (mahiṣaú) महिषा¹ (mahiṣā́¹) |
महिषाः (mahiṣā́ḥ) महिषासः¹ (mahiṣā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | महिषम् (mahiṣám) | महिषौ (mahiṣaú) महिषा¹ (mahiṣā́¹) |
महिषान् (mahiṣā́n) |
| instrumental | महिषेण (mahiṣéṇa) | महिषाभ्याम् (mahiṣā́bhyām) | महिषैः (mahiṣaíḥ) महिषेभिः¹ (mahiṣébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | महिषाय (mahiṣā́ya) | महिषाभ्याम् (mahiṣā́bhyām) | महिषेभ्यः (mahiṣébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | महिषात् (mahiṣā́t) | महिषाभ्याम् (mahiṣā́bhyām) | महिषेभ्यः (mahiṣébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | महिषस्य (mahiṣásya) | महिषयोः (mahiṣáyoḥ) | महिषाणाम् (mahiṣā́ṇām) |
| locative | महिषे (mahiṣé) | महिषयोः (mahiṣáyoḥ) | महिषेषु (mahiṣéṣu) |
| vocative | महिष (máhiṣa) | महिषौ (máhiṣau) महिषा¹ (máhiṣā¹) |
महिषाः (máhiṣāḥ) महिषासः¹ (máhiṣāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | महिषी (máhiṣī) | महिष्यौ (máhiṣyau) महिषी¹ (máhiṣī¹) |
महिष्यः (máhiṣyaḥ) महिषीः¹ (máhiṣīḥ¹) |
| accusative | महिषीम् (máhiṣīm) | महिष्यौ (máhiṣyau) महिषी¹ (máhiṣī¹) |
महिषीः (máhiṣīḥ) |
| instrumental | महिष्या (máhiṣyā) | महिषीभ्याम् (máhiṣībhyām) | महिषीभिः (máhiṣībhiḥ) |
| dative | महिष्यै (máhiṣyai) | महिषीभ्याम् (máhiṣībhyām) | महिषीभ्यः (máhiṣībhyaḥ) |
| ablative | महिष्याः (máhiṣyāḥ) महिष्यै² (máhiṣyai²) |
महिषीभ्याम् (máhiṣībhyām) | महिषीभ्यः (máhiṣībhyaḥ) |
| genitive | महिष्याः (máhiṣyāḥ) महिष्यै² (máhiṣyai²) |
महिष्योः (máhiṣyoḥ) | महिषीणाम् (máhiṣīṇām) |
| locative | महिष्याम् (máhiṣyām) | महिष्योः (máhiṣyoḥ) | महिषीषु (máhiṣīṣu) |
| vocative | महिषि (máhiṣi) | महिष्यौ (máhiṣyau) महिषी¹ (máhiṣī¹) |
महिष्यः (máhiṣyaḥ) महिषीः¹ (máhiṣīḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | महिषम् (mahiṣám) | महिषे (mahiṣé) | महिषाणि (mahiṣā́ṇi) महिषा¹ (mahiṣā́¹) |
| accusative | महिषम् (mahiṣám) | महिषे (mahiṣé) | महिषाणि (mahiṣā́ṇi) महिषा¹ (mahiṣā́¹) |
| instrumental | महिषेण (mahiṣéṇa) | महिषाभ्याम् (mahiṣā́bhyām) | महिषैः (mahiṣaíḥ) महिषेभिः¹ (mahiṣébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | महिषाय (mahiṣā́ya) | महिषाभ्याम् (mahiṣā́bhyām) | महिषेभ्यः (mahiṣébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | महिषात् (mahiṣā́t) | महिषाभ्याम् (mahiṣā́bhyām) | महिषेभ्यः (mahiṣébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | महिषस्य (mahiṣásya) | महिषयोः (mahiṣáyoḥ) | महिषाणाम् (mahiṣā́ṇām) |
| locative | महिषे (mahiṣé) | महिषयोः (mahiṣáyoḥ) | महिषेषु (mahiṣéṣu) |
| vocative | महिष (máhiṣa) | महिषे (máhiṣe) | महिषाणि (máhiṣāṇi) महिषा¹ (máhiṣā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Noun
महिष • (mahiṣá) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | महिषः (mahiṣáḥ) | महिषौ (mahiṣaú) महिषा¹ (mahiṣā́¹) |
महिषाः (mahiṣā́ḥ) महिषासः¹ (mahiṣā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | महिषम् (mahiṣám) | महिषौ (mahiṣaú) महिषा¹ (mahiṣā́¹) |
महिषान् (mahiṣā́n) |
| instrumental | महिषेण (mahiṣéṇa) | महिषाभ्याम् (mahiṣā́bhyām) | महिषैः (mahiṣaíḥ) महिषेभिः¹ (mahiṣébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | महिषाय (mahiṣā́ya) | महिषाभ्याम् (mahiṣā́bhyām) | महिषेभ्यः (mahiṣébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | महिषात् (mahiṣā́t) | महिषाभ्याम् (mahiṣā́bhyām) | महिषेभ्यः (mahiṣébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | महिषस्य (mahiṣásya) | महिषयोः (mahiṣáyoḥ) | महिषाणाम् (mahiṣā́ṇām) |
| locative | महिषे (mahiṣé) | महिषयोः (mahiṣáyoḥ) | महिषेषु (mahiṣéṣu) |
| vocative | महिष (máhiṣa) | महिषौ (máhiṣau) महिषा¹ (máhiṣā¹) |
महिषाः (máhiṣāḥ) महिषासः¹ (máhiṣāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- महिषासुर (mahiṣāsura)
Descendants
- Prakrit: 𑀫𑀳𑀺𑀲 (mahisa)
- → Tamil: மகிஷம் (makiṣam), மகிடம் (makiṭam)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “महिष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 803/1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 340