महत्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *maźʰā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *maȷ́ʰā́, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s. Cognate with Middle Persian ms (meh), Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas), Armenian մեծ (mec), Latin magnus, English much.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɦɐ́t/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ.ɦɐt̪/

Adjective

महत् • (mahát) stem

1. great, large, big, huge, ample, extensive, long, abundant
   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 6.204.9:

     एतस्मिन्नन्तरे क्रोधाद्राघवस्य स रावणः ।
     प्रहर्तुकामो दुष्टात्मा स्पृशन् प्रहरणं महत् ॥

     etasminnantare krodhādrāghavasya sa rāvaṇaḥ.
     prahartukāmo duṣṭātmā spṛśan praharaṇaṃ mahat.

Related terms

• महा (mahā) (form used in compounding)