* Maha Vishuva Sankranti ( or Pana Sankranti ) in Orissa

There it is also celebrated as new year for all Oriyas ( i. e. Maha Vishuva Sankranti ). In Andhra, Hanuman Jayanti is celebrated on the tenth day of bahula paksha or Krishna paksha in the month of Vaishaka.

Maha Songkran, derived from Sanskrit Maha Sankranti, is the name of the first day of the new year celebration.

** Oriya New Year, or Maha Visuba Sankranthi ( India's Orissa state )

* Maharis were Oriya devadasis or temple girls, their name deriving from Maha ( great ) and Nari or Mahri ( chosen ) particularly those at the temple of Jagganath at Puri.

" Maa " ( from the Sanskrit मह " Maha "), meaning big, and " Lē " meaning blood.

He generally preferred to introduce Sanskrit rather than Tibetan terms to his students, and felt " Maha Ati " was the closest equivalent for " Dzogpa Chenpo ," although he acknowledged it was an unorthodox choice.

Mahendra ( Devanagari: मह ें द ् र ) is a Sanskrit compound word deriving from Maha ( Highest Position ) and Indra Deva ( the King of Gods ) from Hindu mythology.

The first nine days are celebrated as Maha Navratri ( Sanskrit: नवर ा त ् र ि, ' nine nights ') or Sharada Navratri ( the most important Navratri ) and culminates on the tenth day as Dasara.

* It derives from the Sanskrit words Maha (" great ") and rāṣhṭra (" nation ", " dominion ")

* Maha ( Sanskrit for " great ") + rashtra, derived from the name of a clan known as rashtrika ( rāṣṭrika ) mentioned in some of Ashoka's inscriptions.

* Maha ( Sanskrit for " great ") + rashtra, derived from ratta, supposedly a corruption of Rashtrakuta ( the name of a dynasty that held sway over the Deccan from the 8th to 10th centuries ).

* Maha ( Sanskrit for " great ") + rathi or ratha ( charioteer ).

Mahākāśyapa ( Sanskrit ; Pali: Mahākassapa ; Japanese: Maha Kasho or Makakasho ) or Kāśyapa was a brahman of Magadha, who became one of the principal disciples of Śākyamuni Buddha and who convened and directed the first council.

The Bhāgavata Purāṇa ( Devanāgarī: भ ा गवतप ु र ा ण, also known as, or ) is one of the " Maha " Puranic texts of Sanskrit literature, with its primary focus on bhakti ( religious devotion ) to the incarnations of Vishnu, particularly Krishna.

( Sanskrit ), ( Indian Languages ) ' Maha ' means great.

शम ् भ ु Shambhu ( Shiv Shambhu Bhola ) + ल or ल े ( of ) + ग ् र ा म Grama ( Community / Village ) + म ु ख ् यस ् य Mukhyasya ( Principally ) + ब ् र ा ह ् मणस ् य Brahmanasya ( of the Brahmins ) + मह ा त ् मन ः Maha Atman ( Great Souls )

In Hinduism, Kalki ( Devanagari: कल ् क ि) is the tenth and final Maha Avatar ( great incarnation ) of Vishnu who will bring to an end the present age of darkness and destruction known as Kali Yuga.

In Hinduism, Kalki ( Devanagari: कल ् क ि; also rendered by some as Kalkin and Kalaki ) is the tenth and final Maha Avatara ( great incarnation ) of Vishnu who will come to end the present age of darkness and destruction known as Kali Yuga.

Mahabodhi's first head monk under the management committee was Anagarika Munindra, a Bengali man who had been an active member of the Maha Bodhi Society.

Mahabodhi's first head monk under the management committee was Anagarika Munindra, a Bengali man who had been an active member of the Maha Bodhi Society.

Theravadin bhikku and scholar Walpola Rahula ( Sri Rahula Maha Thera ) has stated that the bodhisattva ideal has traditionally been held to be higher than the state of a śrāvaka not only in Mahāyāna, but also in Theravāda Buddhism.

On Hindu fasting days ( Navaratri mainly, also Maha Shivaratri ), people eat items made of buckwheat flour.

The Goddess Durga is worshipped in her peaceful form as Maha Gauri, The Fair Lady, Shree Shantadurga also known as santeri, is the patron Goddess of Goa.

In the Maha Samaya Sutta, the defeated antagonist of the Buddha, Mara also known as " Namuci " or the " Dark One " is described as an Asura whose army consisted of " Sensual passions, Discontent, Hunger and Thirst, Craving, Sloth and Drowsiness, Terror, Uncertainty, Hypocrisy and Stubbornness, Gains, Offerings, Fame and Status wrongly gained, and whoever would praise self and disparage others " ( Sn 3. 2 Padhana Sutta ).

According to Hindu mythology, goddess of prosperity and wife of Lord Vishnu, Maha Laxmi also witnessed the whole incident, as she was also present in the Dham at that time.

Batu Malai Sri Subramaniar Temple is managed by the Board of Management of Sri Maha Mariamman Temple Devasthanam, which also manages the Sri Mahamariamman Temple, Kuala Lumpur and the Kortumalai Pillaiyar Temple.

Best known representatives include Maha MahaRishi Paranjothiar ( Kundalini Yoga ), Maharishi Mahesh Yogi ( Transcendental Meditation ), Sai Baba, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Balyogeshwar ( also known as " Guru Maharaj Ji ", " Maharaji ", and " Prem Rawat ") ( Divine Light Mission ), and Rajneesh ( Sannyasis ).

This includes establishment of mathas. Sankaracharya is held to be by some hagiographers to be an divine portion of sree sasta also known as Ayyanar, whom ancient documents refer to as a procreation of Lord Haran ( Lord Siva ) and Tirumaal ( Maha Vishnu ).

The Hare Krishna mantra, also referred to reverentially as the Maha Mantra (" Great Mantra "), is a sixteen-word Vaishnava mantra which first appeared in the Kali-Santarana Upanishad, and which from the 15th century rose to importance in the Bhakti movement following the teachings of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

However, a monk named Phra Maha encouraged the citizens of the area to take up arms against the Burmese, his campaign was also successful.

Ghee is also necessary in Vedic worship of mūrtis ( divine deities ), with aarti ( offering of ghee lamp ) called diyā or dīpa ( deep ) and for Pañcāmṛta ( Panchamruta ) where ghee along with sugar, honey, milk, and dahī ( curd ) is utilised for bathing the deities on the appearance day of Lord Krishna on Janmashtami, Śiva ( Shiva ) on Mahā-śivarātrī ( Maha Shivaratri ).

Mongkut also raised his supporter Dis Bunnak to Somdet Chao Phraya Borom Maha Prayurawongse ( Somdet Chao Phraya was the highest rank of nobility on a par with royalty ) and made him his regent kingdom-wide.

Mongkut also appointed Dis Bunnak's brother, Tat, as Somdet Chao Phraya Borom Maha Pichaiyat, as his regent in Bangkok.

He also edited the Maha Bodhi Journal and established a magazine, Stepping Stones.

Maha Sarakham (; also spelled Mahasarakham ) is one of the provinces ( changwat ) of Thailand, located in the northeastern ( Isan ) region of Thailand.

Prior to that, the honorific Ke Bawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia ( The Dust Under The Feet of His Majesty ) was also used.

* Maha Yogi, a Marvel Comics character who has also gone by the names Warlock and Mad Merlin

There were also compound titles, such as ( Maha ) rajadhiraj, Raj-i-rajgan, often relics from an elaborate system of hierarchical titles under the Mughal emperors.

There is also a Maha Bodhi Society of Bangalore, founded by Acharya Buddharakkhita in 1956, which is not a part of or tied to the Maha Bodhi Society of India or Sri Lanka.

In 1855, the Khmer King Norodom invited Preah Saukonn Pan, also referred to as Maha Pan, a Khmer monk educated in the order of Thailand's now King Mongkut, to establish a branch of the Dhammayuttika order in Cambodia.