महावीर [ mahāvīra ] [ mahā́-vīrá ] m. a great hero Lit. RV. Lit. Kathās. Lit. Tantras.

   N. of Vishṇu Lit. DhyānabUp.

   an archer , bowman Lit. L.

   a lion Lit. L.

   N. of Garuḍa (the bird and vehicle of Vishṇu) Lit. L.

   of Hanumat Lit. A.

   of Gautama Buddha Lit. MWB. 23

   sacrificial fire Lit. BhP.

   a sacrificial vessel Lit. ŚBr.

   thunderbolt Lit. L.

   a white horse Lit. L.

   the Indian cuckoo Lit. L.

   a kind of hawk Lit. W.

   Helminthostachys Laciniata Lit. L.

   = [ jarāṭaka ] Lit. L.

   N. of sev. kings Lit. MBh. Lit. R. Lit. Pur.

   of the last Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī (the last and most celebrated Jaina teacher of the present age , supposed to have flourished in Behar in the 6th century B.C.) Lit. MWB. 529

   [ mahāvīrā ] f. a species of bulbous plant Lit. L.