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mahatā

mahanta

masc instr sg of mahanta (adj); nt instr sg of mahanta (adj); masc abl sg of mahanta (adj); nt abl sg of mahanta (adj)

1. mahatā (adj): with a great; with a large
2. mahatā (adj): from the great; from the large
3. mahanta (adj): big; great; large; grand; vast; extensive
4. mahanta (adj): great; powerful; mighty; eminent; distinguished; noble

Built from

• mah — root · great, large
  From *meg- (Indo-European). The concrete sense is 'taking up much space, extending widely'. Cognates: English much, mighty; Latin magnus; Greek megas (μέγας); Sanskrit mah- (mahat-).
• anta — ending · adjective stem
  Adjective-forming suffix -anta, creating a nominal stem. In this sentence the -ā marks instrumental or ablative case, singular.

Etymology. From Indo-European *meg- 'great', cognate with English 'much', 'mighty', Latin 'magnus', Greek 'megas' (μέγας). The root appears in Sanskrit mahant- and Pali mahanta- with the same sense.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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