mahiṃsa

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • mahisa (Latin script)
  • 𑀫𑀳𑀺𑀲 (Brahmi script)
  • महिस (Devanagari script)
  • মহিস (Bengali script)
  • මහිස (Sinhalese script)
  • မဟိသ or မႁိသ (Burmese script)
  • มหิส or มะหิสะ (Thai script)
  • ᨾᩉᩥᩈ (Tai Tham script)
  • ມຫິສ or ມະຫິສະ (Lao script)
  • មហិស (Khmer script)
  • 𑄟𑄦𑄨𑄥 (Chakma script)
Alternative forms
  • mahīsa (Latin script)
  • 𑀫𑀳𑀻𑀲 (Brahmi script)
  • महीस (Devanagari script)
  • মহীস (Bengali script)
  • මහීස (Sinhalese script)
  • မဟီသ or မဟဳသ or မႁီသ (Burmese script)
  • มหีส or มะหีสะ (Thai script)
  • ᨾᩉᩦᩈ (Tai Tham script)
  • ມຫີສ or ມະຫີສະ (Lao script)
  • មហីស (Khmer script)
  • 𑄟𑄦𑄩𑄥 (Chakma script)
Alternative forms
  • 𑀫𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀲 (Brahmi script)
  • महिंस (Devanagari script)
  • মহিংস (Bengali script)
  • මහිංස (Sinhalese script)
  • မဟိံသ or မႁိံသ (Burmese script)
  • มหิํส or มะหิงสะ (Thai script)
  • ᨾᩉᩥᩴᩈ (Tai Tham script)
  • ມຫິໍສ or ມະຫິງສະ (Lao script)
  • មហិំស (Khmer script)
  • 𑄟𑄦𑄨𑄁𑄥 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Although the simplest form suggests that these words are simply inherited from Sanskrit महिष (mahiṣa), the other forms suggest some compounding or contamination with the root is (“to have power”) as in īsa (“lord”).[1]

Noun

mahiṃsa m

  1. buffalo (Old World)

Declension
Declension table of "mahiṃsa" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)mahiṃsomahiṃsā
Accusative (second)mahiṃsaṃmahiṃse
Instrumental (third)mahiṃsenamahiṃsehi or mahiṃsebhi
Dative (fourth)mahiṃsassa or mahiṃsāya or mahiṃsatthaṃmahiṃsānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)mahiṃsasmā or mahiṃsamhā or mahiṃsāmahiṃsehi or mahiṃsebhi
Genitive (sixth)mahiṃsassamahiṃsānaṃ
Locative (seventh)mahiṃsasmiṃ or mahiṃsamhi or mahiṃsemahiṃsesu
Vocative (calling)mahiṃsamahiṃsā

References
  1. Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “mahisa, mahīsa, mahiŋsa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
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