Mahánadé, a great Indian river which, after flowing eastward for over 500 m., the last 300 of which are navigable, falls into the Bay of Bengal near Cape Palmyras; its volume in flood is enormous, and renders it invaluable for irrigation.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Mahâdêva * Mahatma