# भरणी (bharaṇī)

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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.

- **SLP1:** `BaraRI`  **IAST:** bharaṇī  **Devanagari:** भरणी
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharani
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/bharani/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** भरणि (bharaṇi)

## Meanings by context

### The Nakshatra Bharaṇī (6 definitions)
- the name of a Nakshatra  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > भरण (bharaṇa) m. N. of a Nakṣatra (= भरण (bharaṇa) ी (bharaṇī) ), Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=148682 ]
- See below  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2B) [Printed book page 747,2] भरणी (bharaṇī) a f. See below [ ID=148683 ]
- the seventh lunar mansion  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (also pl. ) N. of the 7th Nakṣatra (containing 3 stars and figured by the pudendum muliebre), Atharva-veda (Title); &c. [ ID=148693 ]
- the second constellation containing three stars  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > भरणी (bharaṇī) [Printed book page 0809-a ] भरणी (bharaṇī) N. of the second constellation containing three stars
- Name of the second constellation containing three stars  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > [Printed book page 520-05 ] भरणी (bharaṇī) f. Name of the second constellation contaning three stars. [ ID=27156 ]
- a lunar mansion  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > भरणी (bharaṇī) [Printed book page 120-2 ] 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, 89 α, 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 ]

### Maintaining, Supporting, Nourishing (3 definitions)
- bearing, maintaining  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (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 ]
- maintaining, supporting, nourishing  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > maintaining, supporting, nourishing, Mahābhārata (Title); Kāvya literature (Literary category) &c. [ ID=148686 ]
- Bearing, supporting, nourishing  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > भरण (bharaṇa) ी (bharaṇī) [Printed book page 520-04 ] भरण (bharaṇa) (I) a. (f. णी (ṇī) ) Bearing, supporting, nourishing. [ ID=27153.1 ]

### Bearing, Carrying, Procuring (1 definition)
- The act of bearing, carrying, bringing, procuring, or sustaining.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > भरण (bharaṇa) n. the act of bearing (also in the womb) carrying, bringing, procuring, Ṛg-veda (Title) &c. &c. [ ID=148684 ]

### Luffa Foetida (a plant) (1 definition)
- Luffa Foetida or a similar plant  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (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 ]

### Wages, Hire (1 definition)
- wages, hire  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > wages, hire, Mahābhārata (Title) [ ID=148687 ]

### Wearing, Putting On (apparel) (1 definition)
- wearing, putting on  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > wearing, putting on Gīta-govinda (Title) [ ID=148685 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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