mahā [摩訶] (, Pali; maka): Great, superior, large, numerous, or major. It is often a component of Sanskrit Buddhist terms and proper nouns, such as mahāyāna (great vehicle, or great teaching), mahāsattva (great being, an honorific title for a bodhisattva), mahāprajnā (great wisdom), mahāparinirvāna (great complete nirvana), and Mahākāshyapa (Great Kāshyapa).