ORIENTAL SERIES.

MAHA-BHASHYAMAHARAJIKA S. 193
MAHA-BHASHYA. A commentary by Patanjali on the
Grammar of Pamni, in answer to the criticisms of Katyayana.
A fine photo -lithographed edition has been produced, under the
superintendence of Professor Goldstucker, at the expense of the
Indian Government. The work has received a long notice in
Weber's Indische Studien, vol. xiii., and has been the subject of
much discussion in the Indian Antiquary, Other editions have
appeared in India.
MAHA-BHOJA. See Bhoja.
MAHA-DEYA. <
The great god.' A name of Siva. One
of the Eudras.
MAHA-DEYI. * The great goddess.' A name of Devi, the
wife of Siva. _ See Devi.
MAHA-KALA. (
Great Time.' i. A name of Siva in his
destructive character. (See Siva.) 2. One of the twelve great
Lingas. (See Linga.) 3. In the caves of Elephanta this form of
Siva is represented with eight arms. In one hand he holds a
human figure j in another, a sword or sacrificial axe ; in a third,
a basin of blood ; in a fourth, the sacrificial bell ; with two he
is drawing behind him the veil which extinguishes the sun and
;
two are broken off. 4. Chief of the Ga?ias or attendants on Siva.
'
MAHA-KAYYAS. Great poems.' Six are classified under
this title :
(i.) Eaghu-vansa ; (2) Kumara-sambhava ; (3.)
Megha-duta ; (4.) Kiratarjumya ; (5.) Sisupala-badha ; (6.)
Naishadha-charitra.
MAEi-MAYA. See Maya.
MAHA-NATAKA. 'The great drama,' The Hanuman-
MAHA-PADMA 1STANDA. The last of the Nanda dynasty.
See Chandra-gupta.
MAHA-PEALAYA, A total dissolution of the universe at
the end of a kalpa, when the seven lokas and their inhabitants,
men, saints, gods, and Brahma himself, are annihilated.
also Jahanaka, Kshiti, and Sanhara.
Called
MAHA-PUEA^VAS. 'The great Purarcas.' The Yislmu
and the Bhagavata, the two great Puranas of the Yaishnavas.
*
'
MAHA-PUEUSHA. The great or supreme male ;
supreme spirit. A name of Vish?iu.
MAHAEAJIKAS. A Gana or class
or 220 in number.
of inferior deities, 236
the