महेन्द्र [ mahendra ] [ mahendrá ] m. the great Indra Lit. AV. ( also applied to Vishṇu ( Lit. R. ) and Śiva ( Lit. Śivag. ) )

   a partic. star Lit. VP.

   a great chief or leader ( [ sarva-devānām ] ) Lit. Nal.

   a partic. high number Lit. Buddh.

   N. of a younger brother (or son) of Aśoka (who carried the Buddhist doctrine into Ceylon) Lit. MWB. 59

   of another prince (= Kumāra-gupta) Lit. Inscr.

   of a poet Lit. Cat.

   of various other writers and teachers ( also with [ ācārya ] and [ sūri ] ) Lit. ib.

   of a mountain or range of mountain (said to be one of the 7 principal chains in India , and sometimes identified with the northern parts of the Ghats) Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

   of a Place Lit. MW.

   [ mahendrā ] f. N. of a river Lit. MBh.

   [ mahendrī ] f. a species of plant Lit. L.