# भृंगी (bhṛṃgī)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/bhringi

भृंगी (bhṛṃgī) is a Sanskrit word meaning name of an attendant of Shiva, the female of the large black bee.

- **SLP1:** `BfMgI`  **IAST:** bhṛṃgī  **Devanagari:** भृंगी
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhringi
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/bhringi/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** भृङ्गी (bhṛṅgī), भृङ्गि (bhṛṅgi)

## Meanings by context

### Other (2 definitions)
- Name of an attendant of Shiva  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > भृंगी (bhṛṃgī) [Printed book page 535-11 ] भृंगी (bhṛṃgī) m. Name of an attendant of Śiva. [ ID=27920 ]
- The female of the large black bee  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > [Printed book page 535-14 ] भृंगी (bhṛṃgī) f. The female of the large black bee, अपि भ्राम्यद् (api bhrāmyad) ‌ भृंगी (bhṛṃgī) रणितरमणीया न मुकुलप्रसूतिश्चूतानां सखि शिखरिणीयं सुखयति (bhṛṃgīraṇitaramaṇīyā na mukulaprasūtiścūtānāṃ sakhi śikhariṇīyaṃ sukhayati) Git.G. ii. [ ID=27923 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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