# भ्रामरी (bhrāmarī)

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भ्रामरी (bhrāmarī) is a Sanskrit word meaning relating or belonging to a bee, a kind of magnet or loadstone, an epithet of Durga, a female attendant of Durga, honey, dancing round. Its 10 recorded definitions are grouped into 8 contexts, among them Relating to a bee, The Goddess Durgā, A type of dance / Revolving motion.

- **SLP1:** `BrAmarI`  **IAST:** bhrāmarī  **Devanagari:** भ्रामरी
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhramari
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/bhramari/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** भ्रमरी (bhramarī)

## Meanings by context

### Relating to a bee (2 definitions)
- relating or belonging to a bee  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 770,1] भ्रामर (bhrāmara) mf( ई (ī) )n. ( fr. भ्रमर (bhramara) ) relating or belonging to a bee, Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=153658 ]
- Relating to a bee.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > भ्रामर (bhrāmara) ी (bhrāmarī) [Printed book page 540-09 ] भ्रामर (bhrāmara) (I) a. (f. री (rī) ) Relating to a bee. [ ID=28170.1 ]

### The Goddess Durgā (2 definitions)
- an epithet of Durga  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2B) [Printed book page 770,1] भ्रामरी (bhrāmarī) f. N. of Durgā, Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=153660 ]
- an epithet of Durga  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > [Printed book page 540-10 ] भ्रामरी (bhrāmarī) f. An epithet of Durgā. [ ID=28173 ]

### A type of dance / Revolving motion (1 definition)
- dancing round  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > dancing round, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=153663 ]

### A village (1 definition)
- a village  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a village, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=153665 ]

### Attendant of Durgā / Yoginī (1 definition)
- a female attendant of Durga  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a Yoginī or female attendant of D°, Horace H. Wilson, author of first Sanskrit-English dictionary in 1819 (Author) [ ID=153661 ]

### Honey (1 definition)
- honey  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2B) [Printed book page 770,1] भ्रामर (bhrāmara) n. ( scil. मधु (madhu) ) honey, Suśruta (Title) [ ID=153662 ]

### Magnet or Loadstone (1 definition)
- a kind of magnet or loadstone  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > भ्रामर (bhrāmara) m. n. a kind of magnet or loadstone, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) ( cf. भ्रामक (bhrāmaka) ) [ ID=153659 ]

### Medical Conditions (Vertigo, Giddiness, Epilepsy) (1 definition)
- vertigo, giddiness, epilepsy  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > vertigo, giddiness, epilepsy, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=153664 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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