English
mahamanvantara
Mahamanvantara comes from Sanskrit महमन्वन्तर.
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEमहमन्वन्तरmahamanvantara
- Englishearliest quotation 1888mahamanvantara
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEमहमन्वन्तरmahamanvantara
- Englishearliest quotation 1888mahamanvantara
Earliest quotation: 1888, Helena Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine: “Becoming the Swan of Eternity, Brahmâ, at the beginning…”
Every English word from Sanskrit महमन्वन्तर
Today it means
noun A cosmic ‘great day’ of universal activity, comprising 4.32 billion years.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sanskrit महमन्वन्तर / mahamanvantara