the name of a Nakshatra
भरण (bharaṇa) m. N. of a Nakṣatra (= भरण (bharaṇa)ी (bharaṇī)), Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=148682]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
भरणीbharaṇī
भरणी (bharaṇī) is a Sanskrit word meaning bearing, maintaining, the name of a Nakshatra, wearing, putting on, maintaining, supporting, nourishing, wages, hire, luffa Foetida or a similar plant. Its 13 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them The Nakshatra Bharaṇī, Maintaining, Supporting, Nourishing, Bearing, Carrying, Procuring.
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The Nakshatra Bharaṇī
6 definitions
See below
(H2B) [Printed book page 747,2]
भरणी (bharaṇī) a f. See below [ID=148683]
भरणी (bharaṇī) a f. See below [ID=148683]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
the seventh lunar mansion
(also pl.) N. of the 7th Nakṣatra (containing 3 stars and figured by the pudendum muliebre), Atharva-veda (Title) ; &c. [ID=148693]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
the second constellation containing three stars
भरणी (bharaṇī) [Printed book page 0809-a]
भरणी (bharaṇī) N. of the second constellation containing three stars.
भरणी (bharaṇī) N. of the second constellation containing three stars.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Name of the second constellation containing three stars
[Printed book page 520-05]
भरणी (bharaṇī) f. Name of the second constellation contaning three stars. [ID=27156]
भरणी (bharaṇī) f. Name of the second constellation contaning three stars. [ID=27156]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a lunar mansion
भरणी (bharaṇī) [Printed book page 120-2]
Bharaṇī (pl.) (a nakṣatra, junction-star 35 or 41 Arietis,
Bharaṇī (pl.) (a nakṣatra, junction-star 35 or 41 Arietis,
Sū° Si°). § 746 (Ānuśāsan.): XIII, 64, 3286 (when
giving kine and sesame to the brahmans, under Bh., one
obtains great fame and abundant kine in the next life).—
§ 749 (do.): XIII, 89α, 4268 (by performing a śrāddha
under Bh. one attains to longevity).—§ 759 (do.): XIII,
110, 5394 (Bh. should be the head during the candravrata
under Mūla).
[ID=1328]— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
Maintaining, Supporting, Nourishing
3 definitions
bearing, maintaining
(H2) [Printed book page 747,2]
भरण (bharaṇa) mf(ई (ī))n. bearing, maintaining, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=148681]
भरण (bharaṇa) mf(ई (ī))n. bearing, maintaining, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=148681]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
maintaining, supporting, nourishing
maintaining, supporting, nourishing, Mahābhārata (Title) ; Kāvya literature (Literary category) &c. [ID=148686]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Bearing, supporting, nourishing
भरण (bharaṇa)ी (bharaṇī) [Printed book page 520-04]
भरण (bharaṇa) (I) a. (f. णी (ṇī)) Bearing, supporting, nourishing. [ID=27153.1]
भरण (bharaṇa) (I) a. (f. णी (ṇī)) Bearing, supporting, nourishing. [ID=27153.1]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Bearing, Carrying, Procuring
1 definition
The act of bearing, carrying, bringing, procuring, or sustaining.
भरण (bharaṇa) n. the act of bearing (also in the womb) carrying, bringing, procuring, Ṛg-veda (Title) &c. &c. [ID=148684]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Luffa Foetida (a plant)
1 definition
Luffa Foetida or a similar plant
(H2) [Printed book page 747,2]
भरणी (bharaṇī) b f. (of °ण (°ṇa)) Luffa Foetida or a similar plant, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=148692]
भरणी (bharaṇī) b f. (of °ण (°ṇa)) Luffa Foetida or a similar plant, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ID=148692]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Wages, Hire
1 definition
wages, hire
wages, hire, Mahābhārata (Title) [ID=148687]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Wearing, Putting On (apparel)
1 definition
wearing, putting on
wearing, putting on Gīta-govinda (Title) [ID=148685]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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Definitions on this page come from 4 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.