ब्रह्मन्brahman

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) is a Sanskrit word meaning prayer or a pious utterance, the sacred word, the Veda, a sacred text, or a spell, the Brahmana portion of the Veda, the sacred syllable Om, religious or spiritual knowledge, holy life, especially continence or chastity. Its 253 recorded definitions are grouped into 21 contexts, among them A Brāhmaṇa / Priest / Brāhmaṇical Caste & Related Concepts, Epithets of Deities, Sages, or Divine Figures, Sacred Word / Veda / Prayer / Spell.

Roots: 2. बृह् (2. bṛh), 2. बर्ह् (2. barh)
Etymology: E. वृह to increase, (mankind,) aff. मनिन् and the initial letter changed to ब
Definitions: 253

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Meanings by context

Epithets of Deities, Sages, or Divine Figures

26 definitions

An epithet of Brihaspati as the priest of the gods

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the sun

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an epithet of Shiva

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The sun

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

An epithet of the seven Prajapatis

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

An epithet of Brihaspati

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

10. Of Shiva.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

an epithet of Narayana

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

an epithet of Sarasvati

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

an epithet of Dakshayani

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. One who prays. 2. An epithet of Vishnu.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

an epithet of Kartikeya

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. An epithet of Kartikeya. 2. An epithet of Vishnu.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the elder brother of Brahman

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

an epithet of Vishnu

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

an epithet of Vishnu

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an epithet of Lakshmi

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

an epithet of Shiva

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

an epithet of Shuka

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

an epithet of Gayatri

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

an epithet of Indra

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Narada

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Name of the tenth Manu.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A name of Aniruddha. 2. A name of the god of love.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

an epithet of Shiva

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. An epithet of Shiva. 2. An epithet of Vishnu.

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Sacred Word / Veda / Prayer / Spell

25 definitions

prayer or a pious utterance

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The sacred word, the Veda, a sacred text, or a spell

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the Veda

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A hymn of praise.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A sacred text

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The Vedas

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study of the Vedas

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the study of the Vedas

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The offering of sacred knowledge. 2. Devoting oneself to the Supreme Spirit. 3. The name of a spell. 4. A mode of performing the shraddha without offering rice-balls.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

beginning to repeat the Vedas

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The offering of prayers. 2. The study of the Vedas.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

forgetting or neglecting the Vedas

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

explaining the Veda or discussing theological problems

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the treasure or entire collection of the Vedas

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Recital of the Veda. 2. The Vedas collectively.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A complete study of the Vedas. 2. The entire Veda.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The original source in Brahman. 2. The author of the Vedas or of Brahman.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

an expounder of the Vedas

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. One who teaches or expounds the Vedas. 2. A follower of the Vedanta philosophy.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a drop of saliva sputtered while reciting the Vedas

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Knowledge of the Vedas. 2. Knowledge of Brahma and monotheism. 3. The Veda of the Brahmanas. 4. The Atharvaveda.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

knowing the Vedas

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The hall of Brahman. 2. A place for reciting the Vedas.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Repeating and teaching the Vedas. 2. Absorption into the Supreme Spirit.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

offering the sacrifice of prayer

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sacred/Spiritual Knowledge or Theology

20 definitions

religious or spiritual knowledge

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Theology, sacred learning, religious knowledge

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

instruction in the Vedas or sacred knowledge

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the portion of the Veda relating to spiritual knowledge

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

one who knows Brahma

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true or divine knowledge

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the true knowledge of the Supreme Spirit

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The imparting of sacred knowledge. 2. Sacred knowledge received as an inheritance or hereditary gift.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Instruction in the Vedas and the imparting of sacred knowledge. 2. Sacred knowledge received as inheritance. 3. The earthly possessions of a Brahmana.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

possessing sacred knowledge

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imparting religious knowledge

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the Vedanta philosophy inquiring into the nature of Brahma or the Supreme Spirit

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

cultivation or acquisition of spiritual knowledge

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The whole mass or circle of sacred knowledge. 2. An epithet of Parashurama.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

knowledge of Brahma

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Knowing the Supreme Spirit. 2. A sage, theologian, or philosopher.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

knowledge of the Supreme Spirit

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1. A decree addressed to Brahmanas. 2. A command of Brahma or a Brahmana. 3. Instruction about sacred duty.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The sacred thread worn by the twice-born over the shoulder. 2. The aphorisms of the Vedanta philosophy.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

acquiring holy knowledge by unlawful means

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Associated with the Creator God Brahmā

18 definitions

an inhabitant of Brahma's heaven

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a missile presided over by Brahman

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

respect for the missile presided over by Brahman

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the resting-place of Brahman

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a missile presided over by Brahma

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a city

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1. The city of Brahman in heaven. 2. The name of Benares.

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the abode of Brahman

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the world of Brahman

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sprung from Brahman

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1. A drawn line. 2. Something written.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

destiny or predestined lot indicated by lines written by the creator on a person's forehead

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the world of Brahman

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the head

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a particular missile

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the residence of Brahman

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the hall or court of Brahman

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sprung or coming from Brahman

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The Absolute / Supreme Impersonal Spirit

17 definitions

the universal spirit, the absolute, or the eternal

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The Supreme Being, regarded as impersonal and devoid of quality and action

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Treating principally of Brahman. 2. Consisting chiefly of Brahmanas.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

become one with Brahma, absorbed into the Supreme Spirit

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

having the form of Brahman

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of the nature of the Supreme Spirit

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1. Devotion or prayer. 2. A Vedic verse, spell, or sacred syllable. 3. Holy scriptures or sacred learning. 4. Holy life and chastity. 5. The supreme impersonal spirit. 6. The class of theologians.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Brahma, the creator god of the Hindu triad. 2. A Brahman. 3. The presiding priest at a sacrifice. 4. An astronomical Yoga. 5. A principal servant of the Jinas. 6. The divine cause and essence of the universe. 7. The practice of austere devotion. 8. The Vedas or scriptures. 9. Holy knowledge.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Brahma the creator, a brahmin, or a yoga. 2. The supreme being, the unknown god, or sacred knowledge.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The supreme impersonal being and soul of the universe. 2. The mystic syllable Om. 3. The Vedas. 4. A mantra used as a spell. 5. Penance or austerity. 6. Chastity or celibacy. 7. Final beatitude or emancipation. 8. The Brahmin caste collectively. 9. Wealth.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Brahma, the creator of the world. 2. A Brahman. 3. The presiding priest at a sacrifice. 4. An astronomical Yoga. 5. A principal servant of the Jinas. 6. The divine cause and essence of the world, or the unknown God. 7. The practice of austere devotion. 8. The Vedas or scripture. 9. Holy knowledge.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Prayer. 2. The practice of austere devotion. 3. Chastity. 4. The Vedas or scripture. 5. The Brahmanas or theological part of the Veda. 6. Holy knowledge. 7. The brahminical caste. 8. The divine cause and essence of the world, the unknown God. 9. A Brahmana or priest. 10. Brahman, the first deity of the Hindu triad and the operative creator of the world.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Devotion, worship, piety, holy life, or chastity. 2. A hymn of praise, prayer, sacred text, magic formula, incantation, the syllable Om, or the Veda. 3. Divine science, theology, or theosophy. 4. The priestly class. 5. The supreme impersonal Absolute.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Devotion, worship, hymn of praise, or prayer. 2. The sacred word. 3. Divine science, sacred learning, or theology. 4. A holy life or chastity. 5. The impersonal spirit that pervades the universe.

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. Religious devotion, prayer, or a hymn of praise. 2. A sacred text, especially a Mantra used as a spell, the sacred word of God, or the Veda. 3. The mystic syllable Om. 4. Sacred learning, divine science, religious knowledge, or theology. 5. The Brāhmaṇa portion of the Veda. 6. Religious life, celibacy, chastity, or the practice of austerity and penance. 7. The Supreme Being regarded as impersonal and abstract, the highest object of religious knowledge, the Supreme Soul of the Universe, and the source of all being. 8. Emancipation or liberation from mundane existence. 9. The Brāhmanical caste, the priestly or sacerdotal class, or a member of that caste. 10. Food or wealth. 11. A priest, a devout man, one versed in sacred texts, or an epithet of Brihaspati. 12. One of the four principal priests who supervises the sacrifice and corrects ritual errors. 13. Brahmā, the first deity of the Hindu triad and the creator of the world. 14. A lifetime of Brahmā. 15. The sun. 16. An epithet of Shiva. 17. Intellect.

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) [Printed book page 0689-a]
ब्रह्मन् (brahman) brahman, a, n. (fr. rt. 2. bṛh =

2. vṛh; cf. rts. vṛṃh, vṛdh), religious devotion

(regarded as an impulse or feeling gradually growing

up and expanding so as to fill the soul), prayer or

any pious expression in the worship of the gods, a

hymn of praise (Ved., Sāy. = stotra); a sacred text

(especially a Mantra used as a spell for averting evil

influences, forming a distinct class from the ṛcas,

sāmāni, and yajūṃṣi; and hence the term Brah-

ma-veda, q. v., is sometimes applied to the collec-

tion of texts commonly called Atharva-veda); the

mystic syllable Om [cf. Manu II. 83]; the sacred

word or word of God (opposed to vāc, the word of

man), the sacred text, the Veda; (in Atharva-veda X.

7, 32, X. 8, 1, there is an allusion to a jyeṣṭham

brahma or original pre-æval Veda or Deity? from

which the existing Vedas have been drawn); sacred

learning, divine science, religious knowledge, theo-

logy (speculative or theoretical, as opposed to prac-

tical religion, i. e. tapas, &c.); the Brāhmaṇa por-

tion of the Veda [cf. brāhmaṇa and Manu IV.

100]; religious life, celibacy, chastity [cf. brahma-

carya, col. 3]; the practice of austerity or penance (=

tapas); the Supreme Being regarded as impersonal

or in the abstract and divested of all quality and

action; the highest object of religious knowledge,

the Supreme all-pervading Spirit and Soul of the

Universe, the divine essence and source of all being

from which all created things emanate and to which

they return, the Self-existent, the Absolute, the

Eternal (= paramātman, ātman, adhyātma, pra-

dhāna, kṣetra-jña, tattva; Brahman as the Su-

preme Spirit is not an object of worship in the usual

sense of the term, but is meditated upon by the

devout with profound veneration; he appears in the

Atharva-veda as the Supreme Deity, and in X. 7, 24,

a highest divine essence or brahma jyeṣṭham is

spoken of); = mokṣa, emancipation or liberation

from mundane existence; the class occupied with

religious knowledge, the Brāhmanical caste as a

body, the priestly or sacerdotal class (cf. Manu IX.

322; in one or two passages the neut. brahman

appears to = ) a member of the Brāhmanical caste,

a Brāhman; (according to the Nirukta) = anna,

food; = dhana, wealth; (ā), m. one who prays, a

devout man [cf. tuvi-b°]; one whose calling and

business consist in praying, a priest, Brāhman [cf.

oha-b°]; one versed in sacred texts or in spells, one

conversant with sacred knowledge; an epithet of

Bṛhas-pati; one of the four principal priests or

ṛtvijas (the other three being the Hotṛ, Adhvaryu,

and Udgātṛ, q. q. v. v.; he had the supervision of

the sacrifice and was required to know the three

Vedas; as the most learned of the priests he had

to set right any mistake or remedy any defect in

the ritual; at a later period functions based espe-

cially on the Atharva-veda were assigned to him;

his three Puruṣas or assistants were the Brāhma-

ṇācchaṃsin, Āgnīdhra, and Potṛ); Brahmā or the

Supreme Being regarded as a person, (in the later

mythology he is held to be the first deity of the

Hindū triad and the Creator of the world; he never

appears to have become an object of general worship,

though a qualified reverence is paid to him in con-

junction with other deities; the sapta Brahmāṇaḥ,

or seven Brahmās, are the seven Prajā-patis, viz.

Marīci, Atri, Aṅgiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, and

Vasiṣṭha); a lifetime of Brahmā (= Brahmaṇa

āyuḥ); the sun; an epithet of Śiva; the Veda (?);

intellect (= buddhi); N. of a star, δ Aurigæ; epi-

thet of a particular astronomical Yoga; N. of the

servant of the tenth Arhat of the present Ava-sarpiṇī;

N. of a magician; of the ninth Muhūrta; [cf.

Zend bareśma. In giving the meaning of the

following words compounded with brahman, the

N. Brahman in the crude form will be used in all

cases where the distinction between the neut. Brahma

and the masc. Brahmā is not clearly determinable.]

—Brahma-ṛṣi, see brahmarṣi. —Brahma-

kanya or brahma-kanyaka, Clerodendrum Sipho-

nanthus; (kā), f. ‘daughter of Brahmā,’ the goddess
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Sarasvatī. —Brahma-kara, as, m. an impost paid to

the priestly class. —Brahma-karman, a, n. the office

of Brahman or presiding priest; the work or office

of the Brāhmans, the religious duties of the priestly

caste. —Brahmakarma-prakāśaka, as, m. an epi-

thet of Go-pāla (i. e. Kṛṣṇa). —Brahma-karma-

samādhi, is, is, i, occupied with and meditating

upon the Supreme Spirit. —Brahma-kalā, f. an

epithet of Dākṣāyaṇī who dwells in the heart of

men. —Brahma-kalpa, as, ā, am, like Brahman

or the Supreme Being; (as), m. the age of Brahman,

epithet of a particular period of time. —Brahma-

kāṇḍa, am, n. = jñāna-kāṇḍa, that inner portion

of the Veda which relates to spiritual knowledge

or the knowledge of Brahma, (opposed to karma-

kāṇḍa or the knowledge of rites and ceremonies);

N. of a work or section of a work by Bhartṛ-hari.

—Brahma-kāya, ās, m. pl., N. of a particular

class of deities. —Brahmakāyika, as, ī, am, be-

longing to the class of deities called Brahma-kāyas.

—Brahma-kāra, as, ā, am, Ved. making prayers,

offering prayers; (Sāy.) = annasya havir-lakṣa-

ṇasya kartā, preparing sacrificial food. —Brahma-

kāṣṭha, the plant Thespesia Populnea; a mulberry

tree. —Brahma-kileya (?), as, m., N. of a man.

—Brahma-kilbiṣa, am, n., Ved. an offence

against Brāhmans. —Brahma-kuṇḍa, am, n., N. of

a sacred pool. —Brahma-kuśā, f. a species of plant

(= aja-modā; cf. brahma-kośī). —Brahma-kūṭa,

as, m., N. of a sacred mountain. —Brahma-kūrca,

a particular kind of penance. —Brahma-kṛt, t, t, t,

making or offering prayers, singing hymns of praise

(Sāy. = stota-kṛt); one who prays, a devout wor-

shipper (Ved.); (t), m. an epithet of Indra (‘making

pious or devout ?,’ Ved.); an epithet of Viṣṇu.

—Brahma-kṛta, as, m., N. of a man. —Brahma-

kṛti, is, f., Ved. the making of prayers, praying,

devotion (Sāy. = kriyamāṇaṃ stotram). —Brah-

ma-ketu, us, m., N. of a man. —Brahma-kośa,

as, m. receptacle or treasury of the Brahman, i. e.

of the sacred word or text, &c. (ī), f. a species of

plant (= aja-modā; cf. brahma-kuśā). —Brahma-

kṣetra, am, n., N. of a sacred district. —Brahma-

khaṇḍa, am, n., N. of the first book of the Brahma-

vaivarta-Purāṇa. —Brahma-gandha, as, m., Ved.

the odour or perfume of Brahman. —Brahma-gar-

bha, as, m. the embryo of a Brāhman (?); N. of a

law-giver; (ā), f. a species of plant, Polanisia Ico-

sandra. —Brahma-gavī, f., Ved. a cow belonging

to a Brāhman. —Brahma-gāyatrī, f., N. of a par-

ticular magical formula. —Brahma-gārgya, as, m.,

N. of a man. —Brahma-giri, is, m., N. of a

mountain. —Brahma-gītā, ās, f. pl., N. of parti-

cular verses ascribed to Brahmā (and given in

Mahā-bh. Anuśāsana-p. 2146-2152); N. of a work

forming chapters 6-9 of the Jñāna-khaṇḍa of the

Śiva-Purāṇa and treating of the Vedānta and Yoga

systems. —Brahmagītā-vyākhyā, f., N. of a com-

mentary by Mādhava on the Brahma-gītā. —Brah-

ma-gītikā, f. ‘the song of Brahmā,’ a N. of certain

verses. —Brahma-gupta, as, m., N. of a son of

Brahmā by the wife of the Vidyā-dhara Bhīma;

of an astronomer born A. D. 598; of a chief of the

Bhakta sect; of a Trigarta-ṣaṣṭha, (in this sense

also read brāhmagupta); (ās), m. pl., N. of a

race. —Brahmaguptīya, as, m. a prince of the

Brahma-guptas. —Brahma-gola, as, m. ‘the globe

of Brahman,’ the universe. —Brahma-gaurava,

am, n. the potency of the weapon given by the

god Brahmā (Bhaṭṭi-kāvya IX. 76). —Brahma-

granthi, is, m. a term applied to a particular joint

of the body. —Brahma-graha, as, m. = brahma-

rākṣasa, q. v. —Brahma-grāhin, ī, iṇī, i, Ved.

worthy to receive that which is holy; (also read

brahmārgha.) —Brahma-ghātaka, as, m. the

slayer or murderer of a Brāhman. —Brahma-ghā-

tin, ī, inī, i, slaying a Brāhman; (ī), m. (according

to a Scholiast) an epithet of Bhṛgu; (inī), f. a

woman on the second day of the menses. —Brahma-

ghoṣa, as, m. ‘prayer-sound,’ the murmur arising

from the recital of prayers; the sacred word, the text
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of the Veda; the reading or repeating of the Veda.

—Brahma-ghna, as, ī, am, slaying a Brāhman;

(as), m. the slayer or murderer of a Brāhman;

(ī), f. the plant Aloe Perfoliata. —Brahma-cakra,

am, n. the wheel of Brahman, circle of the universe

(Ved.); epithet of a particular magical circle.

—Brahma-carya, am, n. sacred study, religious

studentship, the condition of a young Brāhman or

student in the first period of his life [cf. āśrama,

brahma-cārin]; religious self-restraint, pious auste-

rity, the controlling of the senses, abstinence, chastity,

sanctity; (as), m. a religious student; (ā), f. chas-

tity. —Brahmacarya-vat, ān, atī, at, leading the

life of a religious student, practicing chastity. —Brah-

macarya-vrata, am, n. a vow of chastity. —Brah-

macarya-skhalana, am, n. falling or deviating

from chastity, incontinence. —Brahma-cāraṇī, f.

= bhārgī, Clerodendrum Siphonanthus; (a wrong

form for brahma-cāriṇī.) —Brahma-cārika, am,

n. religious studentship. —Brahma-cārin, ī, iṇī, i,

studying sacred learning; practicing continence or

chastity; (ī), m. a Brāhman who practices chastity,

especially a religious student (or young Brāhman in

the first āśrama or period of his life [cf. āśrama]

from the time of his investiture with the sacrificial

thread till he marries and becomes a householder, or

one who remains with his spiritual teacher studying

the Veda and observing the duties of a student, cf.

Manu II. 219; the title of Brahma-cārin is also

given to a particular class of ascetics, and to Pandits

learned in the Veda, and by the Tantras to persons

whose chief virtue is the observance of continence;

in Atharva-veda XI. 5. great powers are ascribed to

the Brahma-cārin; he appears in some particulars to

be identified with the Supreme Being, and is even

said to be the source of the brahma jyeṣṭham or

primitive Veda); N. of a Gandharva; an epithet

of Skanda; of Śiva; (ī), f. a woman observing a

vow of chastity; an epithet of Durgā; N. of various

plants, Clerodendrum Siphonanthus; = karuṇī;

Thespesia Populnea. —Brahma-codana, as, ī, am,

Ved. inciting or encouraging prayer; urging or in-

citing Brāhmans; (according to Mahī-dhara = brāh-

maṇānāṃ yajñam prati prerakaḥ.) —Brahma-

ja, as, m. ‘sprung from that which is holy,’ an

epithet of Kārttikeya; (ās), m. pl. (with Jainas) N.

of a class of divinities enumerated among the Kalpa-

bhavas. —Brahma-ja-jña, as, ā, am, Ved. begotten

by and knowing Brahman; knowing what is pro-

duced by Brahman, i. e. knowing all things (?).

—Brahma-jaṭā or brahma-jaṭī, f. the plant Arte-

misia Indica. —Brahma-janman, a, n. divine or

spiritual birth, the second birth effected by sacred

study or knowledge, investiture with the sacred

thread; (ā, ā, a), begotten by or sprung from

Brahman (said of Prajā-pati). —Brahma-japa, as,

m., Ved., N. of a particular form of prayer. —Brah-

ma-jāmala = brahma-yāmala, q. v. —Brahma-

jāyā, f., Ved. the wife of a Brāhman; (Juhū

Brahma-jāyā is the reputed authoress of the hymn

Ṛg-veda X. 109.) —Brahma-jāra, as, m. the

paramour of a Brāhman's wife. —Brahma-jīvin, ī,

inī, i, living by sacred knowledge, gaining a liveli-

hood by religious learning; (ī), m. a mercenary

Brāhman (who converts his religious duties into

a trade, performing sacrifice, teaching the Veda &c.

for hire). —Brahma-juṣṭa, as, ā, am, Ved. grati-

fied by prayer or devotion. —Brahma-jūta, as, ā,

am, Ved. urged on by prayer, incited by devotion;

(Sāy.) = stotreṇākṛṣṭaḥ, attracted by a hymn of

praise. —Brahma-jña, as, ā, am, knowing sacred

things, one who has spiritual wisdom or who knows

Brahma as the one all-pervading Spirit, a sage;

(as), m. an epithet of Viṣṇu; of Kārttikeya.

—Brahma-jñāna, am, n. divine knowledge, true

knowledge of the Deity or of the Veda, knowledge

of the universal permeation of one Spirit as taught

by the Vedānta, spiritual wisdom. —Brahmajñānin,

ī, inī, i, possessing true knowledge of the Deity,

having true spiritual knowledge; [cf. brahma-

jñāna.] —Brahma-jya, as, ā, am, Ved. annoying
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or using violence against a Brāhman, oppressing a

Brāhman. —Brahma-jyeya, am, n., Ved. the act

of annoying or using violence against a Brāhman.

—Brahma-jyeṣṭha, as, m. the elder brother of

Brahmā; (as, ā, am), Ved. having Brahman for

the first or chief. —Brahma-jyotis, n. the splendor

of Brahman, brightness of the Deity, (also written

brahma jyotis); an epithet of Śiva; (is, is, is),

Ved. having the splendor of Brahman, having the

splendor of the sacred office; (according to a Scho-

liast) having the splendor of a presiding priest.

— 1. brahmaṇ-vat, ān, atī, at, Ved. accompanied

by prayer, devout; having sacred acts; containing

the word Brahman; including or representing the

priesthood; (ān), m. an epithet of Agni; (atī), f.

an epithet of Iṣṭakā. —2. brahmaṇ-vat, ind., Ved.

like a Brāhman. —Brahma-tattva, am, n. the

true knowledge of Brahma or the Supreme Spirit.

—Brahma-tarka-stava, as, m., N. of a Vedānta

work by Appayya-dīkṣita. —Brahmatarkastava-

vivaraṇa, am, n., N. of a commentary on the

Brahma-tarka-stava. —Brahma-tas, ind. from the

Brāhmanical caste, from the Brāhmans. —Brahma-

tā, f. the state or condition of a Brāhman, ‘Brāh-

manhood;’ the state or nature of Brahma or of the

Supreme Spirit, divine nature. —Brahma-tāla, as,

m. (in music) N. of a particular measure of time.

—Brahma-tīrtha, am, n., N. of a place of pil-

grimage on the Revā or Narmadā river; Costus

Speciosus or C. Arabicus. —Brahma-tuṅga, as,

m., N. of a mountain. —Brahma-tejas, as, n. the

glory or power of Brahman; the glory or lustre

supposed to surround a Brāhman, Brāhmanical splen-

dor; (ās, ās, as), having the glory or power of

Brahman or of a Brāhman; (ās), m., N. of a

Buddha. —Brahmatejo-maya, as, ī, am, made or

composed of the glory of Brahman or the Supreme

Spirit, having divine splendor. —Brahma-tva, am,

n. the office of the Brahman or chief priest; the

state or condition of a Brāhman, ‘Brāhmanhood;’ the

state or condition of Brahma or the Supreme Spirit,

identification with Brahma; godhead. —Brahma-

tvac, k, the plant Alstonia Scholaris. —Brahmatva-

paddhati, is, f. ‘guide-book for the office of a chief

priest,’ N. of a work by Rāma-kṛṣṇa. —Brahma-

da, as, ā, am, imparting religious knowledge, a giver

of sacred knowledge; (as), m. a spiritual teacher.

—Brahma-daṇḍa, as, m. ‘staff of Brahman,’ epi-

thet of a mythical weapon; the curse of a Brāhman;

an epithet of Śiva; a species of plant (= brahma-

yaṣṭi); epithet of a particular Ketu; (ī), f. a

species of plant (= aja-daṇḍī, kaṇṭa-pattra-phalā).

—Brahma-daṇḍin, ī, m., N. of a sage. —Brahma-

datta, as, ā, am, given by Brahmā; given by

Brahma; (as), m., N. of a man; of a man with the

patronymic Caikitāneya; of a king of the Pañcālas

in Kāmpilya; of a king of the Śālvas; of a prince

in Vārāṇasī; of a prince in Śrāvastī; of a prince in

Campā; of a prince in Kusuma-pura; of the

twelfth Cakra-vartin in Bhārata; of a Brāhman; of

a merchant; of a king; (ās), m. pl. his descendants.

—Brahma-darbhā, f. Ligusticum Ajowan. —Brah-

ma-dātṛ, tā, trī, tṛ, = brahma-da. —Brahma-

dāna, am, n. the gift of sacred knowledge. —1. brah-

ma-dāya, as, m. [cf. 1. dāya], the gift of sacred

knowledge, instruction in the Vedas; (as, ā, am),

imparting or teaching sacred knowledge. —2. brah-

ma-dāya, as, m. [cf. 2. dāya], sacred knowledge

as an inheritance or portion; the earthly possession

or portion of a Brāhman. —Brahmadāya-hāra, as,

ī, am, one who receives the gift of sacred know-

ledge. —Brahmadāyāda (°ya-āda), as, m. one

who receives sacred knowledge as his inheritance, i. e.

the son of a Brāhman. —Brahma-dāru, u, us, n. m.

the Indian mulberry tree, Morus Indica. —Brahma-

dāsa, as, m., N. of the father of Nārāyaṇa-dāsa

(author of the Praśnārṇava); of a king who reigned

in the beginning of the fifteenth century. —Brahma-

dina, am, n. a day of Brahmā. —Brahma-deya,

as, ā, am, given (in marriage) after the manner of

Brāhmans, married according to the Brāhmo vivāha
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(see Manu III. 27). —Brahma-daitya, am, n. a

Brāhman changed into a Daitya. —Brahma-dvāra,

am, n. ingress into Brahma or the Supreme Spirit.

—Brahma-dviṣ, ṭ, ṭ, ṭ, or brahma-dveṣin, ī,

iṇī, i, ‘prayer-hating,’ hostile to devotion and holy

acts, hating religion, godless, impious (said of men

and demons; Sāy. = brāhmaṇānām mantrāṇāṃ

vā dveṣṭā, a hater of Brāhmans or hating prayers;

cf. brahma-vidviṣ); (according to Kullūka) hating

Brāhmans. —Brahma-dveṣa, as, m. hatred of

Brāhmans. —Brahma-dhara, as, ā, am, possessing

holy knowledge. —Brahma-dharma-dviṣ, ṭ, ṭ, ṭ,

one who hates the Veda and the duties prescribed by

it. —Brahma-dhātu, us, m. an essential portion of

Brahman. —Brahma-dhvaja, as, m., N. of a Bud-

dha. —Brahma-nadī, f. ‘the river of Brahmā,’ an

epithet of the Sarasvatī. —Brahma-nābha, as, m.

‘having Brahmā on the navel,’ an epithet of Viṣṇu,

(Brahmā having arisen from a lotus which sprang

from the navel of Viṣṇu.) —Brahma-nāla, am,

n., N. of a sacred bathing-place in Benares. —Brah-

ma-nirukta, am, n., N. of a work mentioned in

Mādhava's Parāśara-smṛti. —Brahma-nirvāṇa, am,

n. extinction in Brahma, absorption into the Supreme

Spirit. —Brahma-niṣṭha, as, ā, am, abiding in

Brahma, absorbed in the contemplation of the

Supreme Spirit; (as), m. the mulberry tree. —Brah-

ma-nīḍa, am, n. the resting-place of Brahman or of

‘the holy.’ —Brahma-nutta, as, ā, am, Ved. cast

out through the efficacy of a sacred text. —Brahma-

pati, is, m., Ved. = brahmaṇas-pati, q. v. —Brah-

ma-pattra, am, n. ‘Brahman's leaf,’ i. e. the leaf

of Butea Frondosa; [cf. brahma-pādapa.] —Brah-

ma-patha, as, m. the way to Brahman or the

Supreme Spirit; the way to Brahmā. —Brahma-

pada, am, n. the place of Brahman or the Supreme

Spirit, the place or nature of spiritual being; the

station or rank of Brahmā; the station or rank of

a Brāhman. —Brahma-pannaga, as, m., N. of a

Marut; (also read bahu-pannaga.) —Brahma-

pariṣadya = brahma-pārṣadya, q. v. —Brah-

ma-parṇī, f. a species of plant, Hemionitis Cordi-

folia (= pṛśni-parṇī). —Brahma-parvata, am,

n. ‘mountain of Brahmā,’ N. of a place. —Brahma-

palāśa, ās, m. pl., N. of a school of the Atharva-

veda; (also written brāhmapalāśa.) —Brahma-

pavitra, as, m. Kuśa grass, Poa Cynosuroides.

—Brahma-pādapa, as, m. ‘tree of Brahman,’ the

tree Butea Frondosa. —Brahma-pārṣadya, ās, m.

pl. (with Buddhists) ‘retinue of Brahmā,’ N. of a

class of divinities. —Brahma-pāśa, as, m. ‘noose

of Brahmā,’ N. of a mythical weapon, a weapon

given by Brahmā (Bhaṭṭi-kāvya IX. 75). —Brahma-

pitṛ, tā, m. ‘father of Brahmā,’ Viṣṇu; [cf.

brahma-nābha.] —Brahma-piśāca, as, m. =

brahma-rākṣasa, q. v. —Brahma-putra, as, m.

the son of a priest or Brāhman (Ved.); (Sāy.) =

brāhmaṇācchaṃsin, q. v.; a son of Brahmā (as

Sanat-kumāra, Manu, &c.); N. of a river (rising at

the eastern extremity of the Himālaya in Thibet,

flowing through Assam, where it is joined by the

Sanpoo, and falling with the Ganges into the Bay of

Bengal); of a place of pilgrimage (probably the

source of the Brahma-putra river); of a lake; N. of

a sacred district; a kind of vegetable poison; (ī), f.

‘daughter of Brahmā,’ an epithet of the river Saras-

vatī [cf. brahma-nadī]; a kind of esculent root (=

vārāhī). —Brahmaputra-tā, f. the being a son of

Brahman, divine sonship. —Brahma-pura, am, n.

‘city of Brahmā,’ N. of a city in heaven; of a city

on earth; of a kingdom; a term applied to the

heart (Ved.); a term applied to the body (Ved.);

(ī), f. the city of Brahmā (in heaven), the capital of

Brahmā on the mountain Kailāsa; N. of any city

the inhabitants of which are mostly Brāhmans; an

epithet of Benares; N. of a peak in the Himālaya

range. —Brahma-puraka, ās, m. pl., N. of a

people. —Brahma-purāṇa, am, n., N. of one of

the eighteen Purāṇas so called as revealed by Brahmā

to Dakṣa, (this Purāṇa is sometimes placed first and

therefore called Ādi-Purāṇa; its main object appears
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to be the promotion of the worship of Kṛṣṇa.)

—Brahma-puruṣa, as, m., Ved. an assistant of the

Brahman or chief priest, see brahman; a minister

of Brahman (said of the five vital airs); = brahma-

rākṣasa, q. v. —Brahma-purogava, as, ī, am,

Ved. preceded by Brahman or ‘the holy.’ —Brahma-

purohita, as, m., Ved. having the sacerdotal class

for a Puro-hita; (ās), m. pl. ‘the high priests of

Brahman,’ (with Buddhists) epithet of a class of

divinities. —Brahma-puṣpi, is, m., N. of a man;

(probably wrongly for brāhmapuṣpa, a patronymic

fr. brahma-puṣpa.) —Brahma-pūta, as, ā, am,

Ved. purified by devotion; purified by Brahman

(Brahma or Brahmā). —Brahma-pralaya, as, m.

the universal destruction that takes place at the end

of every hundred years of Brahmā, in which even

Brahmā himself is swallowed up. —Brahma-prasūta,

as, ā, am, Ved. urged or requested by a Brāhman.

—Brahma-prāpti, is, f. obtainment of Brahma,

absorption of the soul into the divine essence.

—Brahma-priya, as, ā, am, loving or delighting

in devotion. —Brahma-prī, īs, īs, i, Ved. loving or

delighting in devotion; (Sāy.) = somalakṣaṇenān-

nena prītaḥ. —Brahma-badha, see brahma-va-

dha. —Brahma-bandhava, am, n., Ved. (probably)

the office or occupation of a priest's assistant; (per-

haps a wrong form for brāhmabandhava.) —Brah-

ma-bandhu, us, m. ‘the kinsman of a Brāhman,’

an unworthy member of the Brāhmanical class, a

contemptuous term for a Brāhman; a Brāhman only

in name; (according to Sāy.) a Brāhman who does

not perform his Sandhyā or devotions at sunrise and

sunset. —Brahmabandhu-tā, f. the being a Brāh-

man only in name. —Brahma-bala, as, m., N. of

a man. —Brahma-bali, is, m., N. of a teacher of

the Atharva-veda. —Brahma-bileya (?), as, m., N.

of a man; (also written brahma-vileya.) —Brah-

ma-bīja, am, n. ‘germ of religious knowledge,’ an

epithet of the mystical syllable Om; a mulberry tree.

—Brahma-bodhyā, f., N. of a river; (also read

brahma-vedhyā.) —Brahma-bruvāṇa, as, ā, am,

calling one's self a Brāhman, professing or pretending

to be a Brāhman; [cf. bruva.] —Brahma-bhadrā,

f. a species of plant (= trāyamāṇā). —Brahma-

bhavana, am, n. the abode of Brahman. —Brahma-

bhāga, as, m., Ved. the share of a priest, the portion

of a Brahman or chief priest; a mulberry tree.

—Brahma-bhāva, as, m. the becoming Brahma,

entrance or re-absorption into the Supreme Spirit.

—Brahma-bhāvana, as, ā, am, revealing or im-

parting religious knowledge. —Brahma-bhid, t, t,

t, ‘dividing Brahma,’ making many Brahmas out

of the one Brahma. —Brahma-bhuvana, am, n.

the world of Brahmā. —Brahma-bhūta, as, ā, am,

become (one with) Brahma or the universal spirit,

entered into Brahma; (am), n. that which is iden-

tified with the universal spirit, condition of Brahma (?) .

—Brahma-bhūti, is, f. twilight. —Brahma-bhū-

mi-jā, f. ‘growing in the land of Brahmā,’ N. of a

species of plant. —Brahma-bhūya, am, n. the be-

coming (one with) Brahma, identification or identity

with Brahma, absorption into Brahma; final felicity,

ultimate happiness; the state or rank of a Brāhman,

‘Brāhmanhood.’ —Brahmabhūya-tva, am, n. the

becoming one with Brahma; the condition of a

Brāhman. —Brahma-bhūyas, ān, asī, as, becom-

ing one with Brahma, being absorbed into Brahma;

(as), n. absorption into Brahma. —Brahma-maṅ-

gala-devatā, f. an epithet of Lakṣmī. —Brahma-

maṭha, as, m. ‘the college of Brahman,’ N.

of a college of theology in Kaśmīra. —Brahma-

maṇḍūkī, f. Clerodendrum Siphonanthus; (also

written brahma-māṇḍūkī; cf. brāhmī.) —Brah-

ma-mati, is, m. (with Buddhists) N. of a demon.

—Brahma-maya, as, ī, am, consisting or made of

Brahma, identified with Brahma, belonging or re-

lating to the Veda, (according to Malli-nātha on

Kumāra-s. V. 30 = vaidika); belonging to or fit

for a Brāhman. —Brahma-maha, as, m. a feast

in honour of the Brāhmans. —Brahma-māṇḍūkī

= brahma-maṇḍūkī, q. v. —Brahma-mitra, as,
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ā, am, having Brahman for a friend, befriended

by Brahman; having the Brāhmans for friends;

(as), m., N. of a Muni. —Brahma-mīmāṃsā, f.

‘investigation into Brahma or the spiritual doctrine

of the Veda,’ N. of the Vedānta philosophy treating of

the Supreme Spirit (= uttara-mīmāṃsā, śārīraka-

mīmāṃsā, vedānta, q. q. v. v.). —Brahmamīmāṃ-

sā-bhāṣya, am, n., N. of a commentary by Śaṅ-

karācārya. —Brahmamīmāṃsā-bhāṣyakāra, as,

m. ‘commentator on the Brahma-mīmāṃsā,’ an

epithet of Śaṅkarācārya. —Brahmamīmāṃsābhā-

ṣya-vivaraṇa, am, n., N. of a commentary by

Ānanda-tīrtha on Śaṅkarācārya's Brahmamīmāṃsā-

bhāṣya. —Brahma-mūrti, is, is, i, having the

figure of Brahmā, in the form of Brahmā. —Brah-

ma-mūrdha-bhṛt, t, m. ‘carrying the head of

Brahmā,’ an epithet of Śiva (as having in a dispute

cut off one of Brahmā's heads). —Brahma-mekhala,

as, m. the plant Saccharum Munjia (muñja), of

which the sacred thread of a Brāhman is made.

—Brahma-medhyā, f., N. of a river. —Brahma-

yajña, as, m. ‘the offering of prayer or of repeating

the Veda,’ repeating by heart or recitation of a sacred

text, teaching and repeating the Vedas (regarded as

one of the five Mahā-yajñas or great sacrifices, see

Manu III. 70, where Kullūka explains brahma-

yajña by adhyāpana and adhyayana); N. of

the thirty-first chapter of the Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa of the

Padma-Purāṇa; [cf. brahma-sattra.] —Brahma-

yajña-māhātmya, am, n., N. of a chapter of the

Purāṇa-sarvasva. —Brahmayajña-vidhi, is, m., N.

of a chapter of Mādhava's Parāśara-smṛti. —Brah-

mayajñādi-vidhi (°ña-ād°), is, m., N. of a work.

—Brahma-yaśas, as, or brahma-yaśasa, am, n.,

Ved. the glory or majesty of Brahman. —Brahma-

yaśasin, ī, inī, i, Ved. renowned for sanctity.

—Brahma-yaṣṭi, is, or brahma-yaṣṭikā, or

brahma-yaṣṭī, f. the plant Clerodendrum Sipho-

nanthus; Ligusticum Ajowan. —Brahma-yāya, as,

m. (probably) = brahma-yajña, q. v. —Brahma-

yātu, us, m. epithet of a particular Yātu; [cf.

deva-yātu.] —Brahma-yāmala, N. of a Tantra;

(also written brahma-jāmala.) —Brahma-yuga,

am, n. the age of the Brāhmans, (opposed to kṣa-

trasya yugam, the age of the Kṣatriyas, Hari-vaṃśa

11808.) —Brahma-yuj, k, k, k, Ved. harnessed

by prayer or devotion (i. e. bringing Indra in

answer to the prayers of men, said of the horses of

that deity; Sāy. = parivṛḍhena mantreṇa yujya-

mānaḥ). —Brahma-yoga, as, m. use or employ-

ment of prayer, the binding power or efficacy of

devotion (Ved.); cultivation of spiritual knowledge.

—Brahma-yoni, is, f. original source in Brahma,

home in Brahma; (is, is, i), having the original

source or home in Brahma; descended or sprung from

Brahmā; (is, ī), f., N. of a place of pilgrimage; (is),

m., N. of a mountain (= brahma-giri). —Brahma-

yoni-stha, as, ā, am, intent on the means of

attaining sacred knowledge or the supreme godhead,

(according to Kullūka on Manu X. 74 = brahma-

prāpti-kāraṇa-brahma-dhyāna-niṣṭha.) —Brah-

ma-rakṣas, as, n., N. of a kind of evil demon (=

brahma-rākṣasa, q. v.). —Brahma-ratna, am,

n. a valuable present made to Brāhmans. —Brahma-

ratha, as, m. the chariot or carriage of a Brāhman.

—Brahma-randhra, am, n. a suture or aperture

in the crown of the head and through which the

soul is said to escape on death. —Brahma-rasa, as,

m., Ved. the savour of Brahman, the savour of

divine knowledge. —Brahma-rākṣasa, as, m. a

kind of evil demon, a fiend of the Brāhmanical class,

the ghost of a Brāhman who in his lifetime indulged

a haughty and disdainful spirit; a species of plant

commonly called Thorarohiḍā; (ī), f. epithet of one

of the nine Samidhs. —Brahma-rāja, as, m., N. of

a king; of a man. —Brahma-rāta, as, m. ‘given

by Brahmā,’ an epithet of Śuka; N. of the father of

Yājñavalkya. —Brahma-rātra, as, m. ‘the night

of Brahmā,’ epithet of a particular hour of night.

—Brahma-rātri, is, m. an epithet of Yājñavalkya;

(an incorrect form for brāhmarāti.) —Brahma-
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rāśi, is, m. the whole circle of sacred knowledge,

whole mass of the sacred text; ‘a mass of holiness,’

an epithet of Paraśu-rāma; a particular constel-

lation, (according to a Scholiast = śravaṇa, q. v.)

—Brahma-rīti, is, f. a kind of brass. —Brah-

ma-rūpiṇī, f. a species of plant (commonly called

Bādāṅgula). —Brahma-rekhā, f. ‘line of Brahmā,’

the lines or destiny written by Brahmā on the

forehead of every creature, the predestined lot

of a man. —Brahmarṣi (°ma-ṛ°), is, m. ‘Brāh-

manical sage,’ epithet of a particular class of sages

[cf. ṛṣi] supposed to belong to the Brāhmanical

caste (as Vasiṣṭha, &c. higher than Maharṣi,

q. v.; also written brahma-ṛṣi, see Gram-

mar 38. h). —Brahmarṣi-tā, f. or brahmarṣi-

tva, am, n. the being a Brahmarṣi, the rank of a

sage of the Brāhmanical class. —Brahmarṣi-deśa,

as, m. ‘the country of the Brahmarṣis,’ including

Kuru-kṣetra and the country of the Matsyas, Pañ-

cālas, and Śūrasenakas (see Manu II. 19). —Brah-

ma-lakṣaṇa-vākyārtha (°ya-ar°), N. of an

abridgement of the Vedānta-sudhā-rahasya. —Brah-

ma-likhita, am, n. or brahma-lekha, as, m.

‘Brahmā's writing,’ a man's destiny written on his

forehead (= brahma-rekhā). —Brahma-loka, as,

m. the world of Brahmā, i. e. the heaven or place of

residence of Brahmā, (a division of the universe and

one of the supposed residences of pious spirits.)

—Brahma-vaktṛ, tā, m. a proclaimer of religious

truths, a teacher of the Veda. —1. brahma-vat, ān,

atī, at, possessed of Brahma; possessing religious

learning. —2. brahma-vat, ind. according to the

sacred text, according to the Veda. —Brahma-vada

or brahma-vala, ās, m. pl., N. of a school; (pro-

bably an incorrect form.) —Brahma-vadya, am, n.

knowledge or declaration of Brahma, = brahmodya,

q. v.; (as, ā, am), in brahma-vadyā kathā, see

Vopa-deva XXVI. 21. —Brahma-vadha, as, m. or

brahma-vadhyā, f. the murder of a Brāhman.

—Brahmavadhyā-kṛta, am, n. an act of Brāh-

manicide, the crime of killing a Brāhman. —Brah-

ma-vani, is, is, i, Ved. (according to Mahī-dhara)

devoted to the Brāhmans. —Brahma-varcas, see

brahma-varcasa. —Brahma-varcasa, am, n. divine

glory or splendor; eminence in holiness or in sacred

knowledge, spiritual pre-eminence, holiness resulting

from the study and observance of the Vedas; the

sanctity or superhuman power of a Brāhman. —Brah-

ma-varcasin or brahma-varcasvin, ī, inī, i, emi-

nent in religious learning, holy; illumined by the

Vedas; (ī), m. an illustrious priest, holy Brāhman,

(Mahī-dhara = yajñādhyayana-śīlo brāhmaṇaḥ.)

—Brahma-varcasya, as, ā, am, see Vārttika to

Pāṇ. V. 1, 39. —Brahma-varta, as, m. = brahmā-

varta, q. v. —Brahma-vardhana, am, n. copper

(which is considered peculiarly suitable for sacrificial

utensils). —Brahma-vala = brahma-vada, q. v.

—Brahma-vallī, f. Brahmā's tendril or creeper.

—Brahmavallī-lipi, N. of a work. —Brahma-

vāṭīya, as, ā, am, epithet of a kind of Muni.

—Brahma-vāda, as, m., Ved. speaking of sacred

matters, declaring or teaching spiritual knowledge,

citing the Vedas; (as, ā, am), = brahma-vādin.

—Brahmavādi-tva, am, n. the being an ex-

pounder of the Veda. —Brahma-vādin, ī, inī, i,

one who recites the Veda, a defender or expounder

of the Veda, a theologian, speaking of or discussing

sacred matters; one who asserts that all things are

Brahma, a follower of the Vedānta system of philo-

sophy. —Brahma-vādya, am, n., Ved. rivalry in

sacred knowledge or in magical power, (according to

the commentator, also as, ā, am; cf. brahma-

vadya, brahmodya.) —Brahma-vāluka, am, n.,

N. of a Tīrtha. —Brahma-vāsa, as, m. the abode

of Brahmā, the heaven of Brahmā. —Brahma-vā-

has, ās, ās, as, Ved. one to whom prayers are

offered (said of Indra); (Sāy.) = stotreṇa prāpya-

māṇaḥ, obtained by prayer; = stotrasya vāhakaḥ,

the accepter of prayer. —Brahmavit-tva, am, n.

(fr. brahma-vid), knowledge of Brahma or the

Supreme Spirit. —Brahma-vid, t, t, t, or brahma-
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vida, as, ā, am, knowing Brahma or the Supreme

Spirit, a theologian, philosopher, sage; skilled in

sacred spells or magical charms. —Brahma-vidyā,

f. knowledge of ‘the holy’ or of Brahma; know-

ledge of the Supreme Spirit or Soul of the Universe;

N. of an Upaniṣad. —Brahmavidyā-tīrtha, as, m.,

N. of an author. —Brahmavidyābharaṇa (°yā-

ābh°), am, n., N. of a commentary by Advaitānanda

on the Śārīraka-mīmāṃsā-bhāṣya. —Brahma-vid-

vas, vān, uṣī, vas, Ved. one who knows Brahma,

knowing the Supreme Spirit. —Brahma-vidviṣ, ṭ,

ṭ, ṭ, = brahma-dviṣ, q. v. —Brahma-vindu, us,

m. a drop of saliva sputtered while reciting the Veda;

N. of an Upaniṣad connected with the Atharva-

veda. —Brahma-vivardhana, as, m. ‘increasing

religious knowledge,’ an epithet of Viṣṇu. —Brah-

ma-viśeṣa-citta-paripṛcchā, f., N. of a Buddhist

Sūtra work. —Brahma-vṛkṣa, as, m. ‘the divine

tree’ or ‘Brahma regarded as a tree;’ the Palāśa

tree, Butea Frondosa; the glomerous fig-tree, Ficus

Glomerata. —Brahma-vṛtti, is, f. the livelihood

or means of subsistence of a Brāhman. —Brahma-

vṛddha, as, ā, am, Ved. become great by devotion,

increased by prayer. —Brahma-vṛddhi, is, m., N.

of a man. —Brahma-vṛnda, am, n. a company or

assemblage of Brāhmans; (ā), f., N. of the city of

Brahmā. —Brahma-veda, as, m. ‘the Veda of

sacred spells or charms,’ a N. of the Atharva-veda;

the Veda of the Brāhmans, (opposed to kṣatra-

veda, q. v.); knowledge of Brahma, monotheism;

knowledge of the Vedas. —Brahmaveda-maya, as,

ī, am, consisting of the Brahma-veda. —Brahma-

vedi, is, f. ‘the altar of Brahmā,’ N. of the country

between the five lakes of Rāma in Kuru-kṣetra.

—Brahma-vedin, ī, inī, i, = brahma-vid, know-

ing or acquainted with the Vedas or spiritual know-

ledge. —Brahma-vedhyā, another form for brah-

ma-bodhyā, q. v. —Brahma-vaivarta or brahma-

vaivartaka, am, n. ‘changes of Brahman’ (who is

identified with Kṛṣṇa), N. of a Purāṇa, (this

Purāṇa, which is one of the most modern of the

eighteen, contains prayers and invocations addressed

to Kṛṣṇa, descriptions of Vṛndāvana and Go-loka,

with tedious narratives about Kṛṣṇa and his love

for the Gopīs and Rādhā.) —Brahma-vrata, am,

n., N. of a religious observance; a vow of chastity.

—Brahma-śalya, as, m. a species of plant (=

soma-valka); the tree Mimosa Arabica. —Brahma-

śāyin, ī, inī, i, resting or reposing in Brahma.

—Brahma-śālā, f. the hall of Brahmā; N. of a

sacred place. —Brahma-śāsana, am, n. an edict ad-

dressed to the Brāhmans; a command of Brahmā;

the command of a Brāhman, = dharma-kīlaka;

(as), m., N. of a Grāma. —Brahma-śiras, as, or

brahma-śīrṣan, a, n. ‘the head of Brahmā,’ N. of

a mythical weapon. —Brahma-śumbhita, as, ā,

am, Ved. cleansed by prayer, adorned by devotion.

—Brahma-śrī, īs, f., N. of a Sāman. —Brahma-

śrī-mantra, as, m., N. of a chapter of Kṛṣṇā-

nanda's Tantra-sāra. —Brahma-saṃśita, as, ā, am,

Ved. sharpened by prayer or by a sacred text (Sāy.

= mantreṇa tīkṣṇī-kṛtaḥ). —Brahma-saṃsad,

t, f. Brahman's hall of assembly or court. —Brah-

ma-saṃstha, as, ā, am, Ved. wholly devoted to

Brahma or to religious knowledge, attaining to union

with Brahma. —Brahma-saṃhitā, f. a collection of

prayers; N. of a short treatise on the Vedānta system.

—Brahmasaṃhitā-vyākhyā, f., N. of a commen-

tary on the Brahma-saṃhitā. —Brahma-satī, f. a

N. of the river Sarasvatī. —Brahma-sattra, am, n.

the sacrifice or offering of devotion or abstract medi-

tation, absorption in the holy one; study and teaching

of the Vedas, the constant repetition of the Vedas or

a particular portion of the Vedas which is constantly

studied and repeated (Manu II. 106; cf. brahma-

yajña) . —Brahma-sattrin, ī, iṇī, i, offering the

sacrifice of prayer, absorbed in the holy one. —Brah-

ma-sadana, am, n. the seat of the Brahman or

chief priest (Ved.); the abode or heaven of Brahmā;

N. of a Tīrtha, (in this sense a various reading for

veda-vadana.) —Brahma-sadas, as, n. the resi-
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dence or court of Brahmā. —Brahma-sabhā, f. the

hall or court of Brahmā. —Brahma-sambandha,

as, m. = brahma-rākṣasa, q. v. —Brahma-sam-

bhava, as, ā, am, sprung from Brahman; coming

from Brahmā; sprung or descended from Brāhmans;

(as), m. (with Jainas) N. of the second black Vāsu-

deva; of the author of a law-book. —Brahma-saras,

as, n. ‘the lake of Brahmā,’ N. of a very sacred

bathing-place. —Brahma-sarpa, as, m. ‘the serpent

of Brahmā,’ a kind of snake. —Brahma-sava, as,

m. ‘divine clarifying process,’ distillation of Soma,

(Sāy. brahma = Soma,) or the (Soma) distillation

(performed) by Brāhmans; N. of a particular libation.

—Brahma-sāgara, as, m., N. of a place. —Brah-

ma-sāt, ind. into the state of Brahma, with refer-

ence to Brahma. —Brahmasāt-kṛta, as, ā, am,

absorbed into the state of Brahma, performed with

reference to Brahma. —Brahma-sāma, am, or

brahma-sāman, a, n., Ved., N. of a Sāman (sung

to a text recited by the Brahman or chief priest

or by the Brāhmaṇācchaṃsin). —Brahma-sāyujya,

am, n. intimate union or identification with Brahma,

entrance into Brahma. —Brahma-sārṣṭitā, f.

equality or identification with Brahma, union with

the Supreme Spirit, (according to Kullūka = brah-

maṇaḥ samāna-gati-tā.) —Brahma-sāvarṇa, as,

m., N. of a particular Manu; (am), n., N. of his

Manv-antara. —Brahma-sāvarṇi, is, m., N. of the

tenth Manu; (also written brahmā-sāvarṇi.)

—Brahma-siddhānta, as, m., N. of various astro-

nomical works. —Brahma-siddhi, is, m., N. of a

Muni; (is), f., N. of a work by Maṇḍana-miśra.

—Brahma-suta, as, m. ‘the son of Brahmā,’ i. e.

the Ketu Brahma-daṇḍa. —Brahma-suvarcalā, f.

a species of plant (an infusion of which is drunk as

a penance for eating anything left by a cat, crow,

rat, &c., Manu XI. 159); Helianthus; Cleroden-

drum Siphonanthus (= brāhmī). —Brahma-sū, ūs,

m. ‘the son of Brahmā,’ an epithet of A-niruddha,

son of the god of love; N. of Kāma-deva, the god

of love. —Brahma-sūtra, am, n. the sacrificial or

Brāhmanical thread worn over the shoulder; a Sūtra

work treating of true divine knowledge or of the

Vedānta philosophy; N. of a work containing the

aphorisms of the Vedānta philosophy ascribed to

Bādārāyaṇa or Vyāsa, also denominated Vedānta-

sūtra and Śārīraka-sūtra, q. q. v. v. —Brahmasūtra-

ṛju-vyākhyā, f., N. of a commentary on the Brah-

ma-sūtras by Vijñāna-bhikṣu or Vijñāna-yati. —Brah-

masūtra-bhāṣya, am, n., N. of a commentary by

Śaṅkarācārya; of a commentary by Ānanda-tīrtha.

—Brahmasūtra-vṛtti, is, f., N. of a commentary

by Bodhāyana; of a commentary by Bhairava-

dīkṣita-tilaka. —Brahmasūtrānubhāṣya (°ra-

an°), am, n., N. of a commentary by Vallabhācārya.

—Brahma-sūtrin, ī, iṇī, i, invested with the

Brāhmanical cord. —Brahma-sūnu, us, m. (with

Jainas) a sovereign of the race of Ikṣvāku; N. of

the twelfth king of Bhārata. —Brahma-sṛj, ṭ, m.

‘the creator of Brahmā,’ an epithet of Śiva. —Brah-

ma-soma, as, m., N. of a sage. —Brahma-stamba,

as, m. ‘Brahman's post or prop,’ the world. —Brah-

ma-stambi, is, m., N. of a man; (probably a wrong

form for brāhmastambi, a patronymic fr. brahma-

stamba.) —Brahma-steya, am, n. stealing that

which is holy, stealing the Veda, obtaining a know-

ledge of the Veda by illicit means. —Brahma-

sthala, am, n., N. of a city, (also read brahma-

pura); N. of a village. —Brahma-sthāna, am, n.

‘place or abode of Brahmā,’ N. of a Tīrtha; (pro-

bably as, m.), a mulberry tree. —Brahma-sphuṭa-

siddhānta, as, m., N. of an astronomical work by

Brahma-gupta (whose name is frequently written

Brāhma-gupta). —Brahma-sva, am, n. Brāhma-

nical property, money or lands belonging to Brāh-

mans. —Brahma-svarūpa, as, ā, am, of the nature

of spirit, of the same essence as the godhead. —Brah-

masva-hārin, ī, iṇī, i, carrying off or stealing

the property of Brāhmans. —Brahma-svāmin, ī,

m., N. of a man. —Brahma-hatyā, f. killing a

Brāhman, Brāhmanicide, or any crime equally
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heinous. —Brahma-han, ā, ghnī, a, ‘Brāhman-

slaying,’ murdering a Brāhman, the murderer or

slayer of a Brāhman. —Brahma-huta, am, n. the

oblation or offering to Brāhmans, performance of

the rites of hospitality (especially to twice-born

guests, = nṛ-yajña, atithi-pūjana, one of the

Mahā-yajñas, see Manu III. 74, and cf. brāhmya-

huta). —Brahma-hṛdaya, as, am, m. n. the star

Capella. —Brahma-hrada, as, m., N. of a lake.

—Brahmākṣara (°ma-ak°), am, n. the sacred

and mysterious syllable, the syllable Om (regarded

as a mystical name of the Deity). —Brahmākṣara-

maya, as, ī, am, consisting of sacred syllables.

—Brahmāgra-bhū (°ma-ag°), ūs, m. a horse;

[cf. brahmātma-bhū.] —Brahmāñjali (°ma-añ°),

is, m. ‘homage to the divine,’ joining the hollowed

hands together while repeating the Veda (either as

an act of homage or to mark by the motion of the

hands so placed the accentuation of the Sāma-veda;

cf. Manu II. 71); obeisance to a spiritual preceptor

at the beginning or end of a repetition of the Veda;

[cf. añjali.] —Brahmāñjali-kṛta, as, ā, am, one

who has joined the hollowed hands in token of

homage to the Veda. —Brahmāṇḍa (°ma-aṇ°),

am, n. ‘the egg of Brahmā,’ the mundane egg, the

universe, globe, world; N. of a Purāṇa and of an

Upa-Purāṇa. —Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa, am, n., N. of

one of the eighteen Purāṇas so called as revealed by

Brahmā, and containing an account of the egg of

Brahmā and the future Kalpas, (this Purāṇa is sup-

posed to be only extant in a number of unauthentic

fragments or Khaṇḍas.) —Brahmāṇḍa-bhāṇḍodara

(°ḍa-ud°), am, n. the interior of the vessel-like egg

of Brahmā. —Brahmātithi (°ma-at°), is, m., N.

of a Kāṇva (author of the hymn Ṛg-veda VIII. 5).

—Brahmātma-bhū (°ma-āt°), ūs, m. a horse;

[cf. brahmāgra-bhū.] —Brahmādanī (°ma-ad°),

f. a species of plant (= haṃsa-padī). —Brahmā-

darśa (°ma-ād°), as, m., N. of a work by Vijñā-

nācārya. —Brahmādi-jātā (°ma-ad°), f. the river

Godāvarī; (probably an incorrect form for brahmā-

dri-jātā; also written brāhmādri-jātā.) —Brah-

mādi-śīrṣa (°ma-ād°), N. of a place; (probably

for brahmādri-śīrṣa.) — 1. brahmādya (°ma-

ād°), as, ā, am (fr. brahma + 1. ādya, q. v.), be-

ginning with Brahmā (Manu I. 50). —2. brahmādya

(°ma-ād°), as, ā, am (fr. brahma + 2. ādya, q. v.),

Ved. to be eaten by priests or Brāhmans. —Brah-

mādri-jātā, see brahmādi-jātā. —Brahmādhi-

gama (°ma-adh°), as, m. or brahmādhigamana,

am, n. application or devotion to sacred study, repe-

tition of the Veda. —Brahmādhigamika, as, ā,

am, proceeding or derived from the study or repe-

tition of the Veda. —Brahmānanda (°ma-ān°),

as, m. ‘joy in Brahma,’ the rapture of absorption

into the Supreme Spirit, beatitude, bliss; N. of a

man. —Brahmānanda-pañcaka, am, n., N. of

the third part of Bhāratī-tīrtha's Pañca-daśī. —Brah-

mānanda-bhāratī or brahmānanda-sarasvatī,

īs, m., N. of the author of several commentaries.

—Brahmānanda-vallī, f., N. of the second Vallī

of the Taittirīya Upaniṣad. —Brahmāpeta (°ma-

ap°), as, m., N. of one of the seven Rākṣasas

said to dwell in the sun during the month Māgha.

—Brahmābhyāsa (°ma-abh°), as, m. the study

of the Veda. —Brahmāmṛta-varṣiṇī (°ma-am°),

f., N. of a commentary by Śrī-rāmānanda on the

Brahma-sūtras. —Brahmāmbhas (°ma-am°), as, n.

‘holy water,’ the urine of a cow. —Brahmāyaṇa or

brahmāyana (°ma-ay°), as, m. ‘refuge of Brahmā,’

resorted to by Brahmā, epithet of Nārāyaṇa; [cf.

tridaśāyana.] —Brahmāyatana (°ma-āy°), am,

n., Ved. a temple of Brahmā. —Brahmāyus (°ma-

āy°), us, m., N. of a Brāhman. —Brahmāraṇya

(°ma-ar°), am, n. ‘forest of religious knowledge,’

a grove in which the Vedas are read and explained;

N. of a forest. —Brahmārambha (°ma-ār°), as,

m. beginning to repeat the Veda (Manu II. 71).

—Brahmārgha (°ma-ar°), as, ā, am, Ved. worthy

of sacred knowledge; worthy of Brahma; (in the

Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad I. 1, a various reading for
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brahma-grāhin, q. v.) —Brahmārpaṇa (°ma-

ar°), am, n. the offering or oblation of sacred

knowledge; N. of a magical spell (see manu).

—Brahmālaṅkāra (°ma-al°), as, m., Ved. the

ornament of Brahmā, (according to a Scholiast =

hiraṇyagarbha-yogyam maṇḍanam.) —Brah-

māvarta (°ma-āv°), as, m. ‘the holy land,’ an

epithet of the country situated between the rivers

Sarasvatī and Dṛṣadvatī to the N. W. of Hastinā-

pura (Manu II. 17); N. of a Tīrtha; N. of one of

the sons of Ṛṣabha. —Brahmāvarta-tīrtha, am,

n., N. of a Tīrtha on the Revā or Narmadā river.

—Brahmāvāsa (°ma-āv°), as, m., N. of a Vedānta

philosophical work; (also called Avimukta-nirukti.)

—Brahmāsana (°ma-ās°), am, n. the seat of the

Brahman priest (Ved.); a particular posture suited to de-

vout religious meditation. —Brahmāsana-niviṣṭa,

as, ā, am, seated in the posture called Brahmāsana.

—Brahmāstra (°ma-as°), am, n. ‘Brahmā's mis-

sile,’ N. of a fabled weapon (supposed to be the gift

of Brahmā) which deals infallible destruction; ‘the

imprecation of a Brāhman,’ a term applied to a par-

ticular kind of incantation. —Brahmāsya (°ma-

ās°), am, n. the mouth of a Brāhman. —Brahmā-

huta (°ma-āh°), as, ā, am, Ved. one to whom

oblations of prayer or devotion have been made.

—Brahmāhuti (°ma-āh°), is, f. the offering of prayer

or devotion; [cf. brahma-yajña, brahma-sattra.]

—Brahmeddha (°ma-id°), as, ā, am, Ved. lighted

or kindled during prayer. —Brahme-śaya (brahme

for brahmaṇi), as, m. ‘reposing or resting in

Brahman,’ an epithet of Kārttikeya; of Viṣṇu.

—Brahmeśvara-tīrtha (°ma-īś°), am, n., N. of

a Tīrtha on the Revā or Narmadā river. —Brah-

mojjhatā (°ma-uj°), f. neglecting or forgetting

the Vedas, (according to Kullūka on Manu XI.

56 = adhīta-vedasyānabhyāsena vismaraṇam.)

—Brahmoḍumbara, another form for brahmo-

dumbara, q. v. —Brahmottara (°ma-ut°), as, ā,

am, treating particularly of Brahman [cf. bṛhad-

brahmottara-khaṇḍa]; consisting chiefly of Brāh-

mans; (as), m., N. of a superhuman being; (ās),

m. pl. ‘mostly Brāhmans,’ N. of a people; (am),

n., N. of a section of the Skanda-Purāṇa. —Brah-

mottara-khaṇḍa, am, n., N. of a section of the

Skanda-Purāṇa. —Brahmottara-purāṇa, am, n.,

N. of a supplementary section of the Brahma-Purāṇa.

—Brahmoda-tīrtha (°ma-ud°), am, n., N. of a

Tīrtha mentioned in the Śiva-Purāṇa. —Brahmo-

dumbara (°ma-ud°), N. of a place of pilgrimage.

—Brahmodya (°ma-ud°), am, n. rivalry in sacred

knowledge, playful discussion of theological problems

or enigmas, reciting or explaining the Veda, speaking

or treating of religious knowledge. —Brahmopa-

deśa (°ma-up°), as, m. instruction in divine know-

ledge. —Brahmopaniṣad (°ma-up°), t, f. mystical

teaching concerning Brahma (Ved.); a mystical

Brāhmanical treatise; N. of an Upaniṣad men-

tioned in the Tantra-sāra; of an Upaniṣad belonging

to the Atharva-veda. —Brahmaudana (°ma-od°),

as, m., Ved. boiled rice distributed to Brāhmans

and especially to priests at a sacrifice. —Brahmau-

pagava (°ma-aup°), see Scholiast on Pāṇ. VI.

1, 88. [ID=34915]

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

the Absolute, the Vedas

Bráhman (“the Absolute, the Vedas, etc.”). § 1 (Anukram.):

I, 1, 14 (°bhūtāḥ, i.e. the munis present at the sacrifice of

Śaunaka).—§ 2 (do.): I, 1, 22 (ekākṣaraṃ, etc. = Viṣṇu).

—§ 3 (do.): I, 1, 30 (satyaṃ, jyotir, Brahma sanātanaṃ, in

the primordial egg, whence came Brahmán, etc.).—§ 4 (do.):

I, 1, †109³ (mūlaṃ Kṛṣṇo brahma ca brāhmaṇāś ca).—§ 7

(do.): I, 1, 250 (śāśvataṃ, paramaṃ).—§ 72 (Ādivaṃśā-

vatāraṇap.): I, 62, 2317 (gacchati śāśvataṃ).—§ 82 (Kṛṣṇa

Vāsudeva): I, 63, 2429 (avyaktyam akṣaraṃ, etc. = Kṛṣṇa).

—§ 84 (Ādivaṃśāvatāraṇap.): I, 64, 2474 (na ca vikrīṇate

brahma, i.e. the Vedas).—§ 135 (Śakuntalop.): I, 74, 3098

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(satyaṃ paraṃ brahma).—§ 143 (Nahuṣa): I, 75, 3156

(°bhūtaḥ, i.e. Yati).—§ 144 (Yayāti): I, 75, 3176 (sam-

padyate tadā), 3177 (do.).—§ 145 (Kaca): I, 76, †3229

(?brahma ca brāhmaṇāś ca, worship Devayānī), †3245 (°rāśiṃ,

i.e. Uśanas), †3253 (brāhmaṇo brahmabhūtaḥ, i.e. Kaca).—

§ 146 (Devayānī): I, 78, 3315 (acintyaṃ, etc.).—§ 148

(Yayāti): I, 85, 3515 (°ṇy ādhāya mānasaṃ).—§ 149 (do.):

I, 90, †3622.—§ 223 (Vāsiṣṭha): I, 175, 6691 (?, maḥad

āścaryaṃ B°tejobhavaṃ), 6692 (°tejobalaṃ).—§ 233 (Svayaṃ-

varap.): I, 188, 7047 (°tejasā).—§ 259 (Śārṅgakop.): I, 232,

8424 (?,etad brahma vyāhṛtaṃ tvayā).—§ 260 (Khāṇḍavadah.):

I, 234, 8463(?).—§ 277 (Jarāsandhavadhap.): II, 22,

871 (?, svargayonir mahad brahma).—§ 310b (Sūrya): III, 3,

190 (śāśvataṃ = Sūrya).—§ 327 (Draupadīparit.): III, 29,

1101 (kṣamā brahma, etc.), 1104 (do.), 1105, 1106 (sam-

padyate tadā).—§ 329 (Kāmyakavanaprav.): III, 36, 1450

(brahma = the Pratismṛti knowledge).—§ 330 (Indradarśana):

III, 37, 1466 (do.).—§ 370 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 84,

8043 (°bhūtaḥ, cf. Gaṅgodbheda).—§ 377 (Dhaumyatīrthak.):

III, 90, 8400 (paramaṃ, i.e. Nārāyaṇa).—§ 383 (Jāma-

dagnyatejohānik.): III, 99, 8675 (°bhūtāḥ).—§ 417

(Yavakrītop.): III, 138, 10814 (= the Vedas), 10817(?).—

§ 423 (Gandhamādanaprav.): III, 145, 11047 (°bhūtāḥ, at

Badarī).—§ 450 (Ājagarap.): III, 180, 12471 (paraṃ

brahma nirduḥkham asukhañ ca yat), 12472.—§ 453 (Mār-

kaṇḍeyas.): III, 183, 12621 (°bhūtāḥ).—§ 456 (Sarasvatī-

Tārkṣyas.): III, 186, 12719 (= the Vedas?).—§ 459

(Mārkaṇḍeyas.): III, 189, 12992 (°rūpiṇā, i.e. Nārāyaṇa).

—§ 474b (Dhundhumārop.): III, 201, 13495 (Brahma

Vedāś ca, created by Viṣṇu).—§ 482 (Pativratop., Brāhmaṇa-

vyādhasaṃv.): III, 210, 13913 (mahābhūtātmakaṃ Brahma).

—§ 483 (do., do.): III, 211, 13934 (°bhūtasya saṃyogaḥ).—

§ 485 (do., do.): III, 213, 13962 (°yoniṃ, i.e. the soul),

13992 (°ṇo yogaṃ), 13997, 13998.—§ 520 (Mudgala): III,

261, 15482 (Viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padaṃ, paraṃ brahmeti yaṃ

viduḥ).—§ 552 (Goharaṇap.): IV, 50, 1559 (?, °karmāṇi);

51, 1592 (Brahmāstraṃ Brahma Vedāś ca).—§ 555 (Indra-

vijaya): V, 17, 534 (yasmāt pūrvaiḥ kṛtaṃ brahma brah-

marṣibhir anuṣthitaṃ | aduṣṭam dūṣayasi vai).—§ 556

(Sañjayayānap.): V, 29μ, †861 (mūlan tvahaṃ brahma ca

brāhmaṇāś ca, said Kṛṣṇa, cf. I, 109).—§ 559 (Prajāgarap.):

V, 36, 1282 (°vittaṃ); 39, 1515 (= the Vedas?, brahma

brahmavidāṃ balaṃ).—§ 560 (Sanatsujātap.): V, 42, 1580

(apramādād Brahmabhūtā bhavanti, sc. the gods), 1610

(āvasati); 43, 1679, 1683; 44, †1685, †1700, †1707

(abhyeti), †1708; 45, 1722 (°mukhyānāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ), 1736

(āviśati); 46, 1739 (Brahma śukrāt pravartate, Brahma

śukreṇa vardhate).—§ 561 (Yānasandhip.): V, 53, 2113

(?,°varcasī, i.e. Yudhiṣṭhira); 63, 2452 (°bhūyāya kalpate).

—§ 562 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 90, 3234 (mahat brahma,

identified with Kṛṣṇa).—§ 569 (do.): V, 140, 4742

(°karmaṇy avasthitaḥ, sc. Dhaumya).—§ 573 (Ambo-

pakhyānap.): V, 181, 7215 (°rāśiḥ, i.e. Rāma Jāmadagnya).

—§ 576 (Bhagavadgītāp.): VI, 26, 950 (nirvāṇaṃ); 27, 965

(karma brahmodbhavaṃ viddhi); 28, 1017, 1018 (°āgnau), 1024

(yajñaśiṣṭāmṛtabhujo yānti brahma sanātanaṃ); 29, 1041

(adhigacchati), 1045, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1059 (Brahmanirvāṇaṃ

Brahmabhūto 'dhigacchati), 1060 (labhante Brahmanirvāṇam

ṛṣayaḥ kṣīṇakalmaṣāḥ), 1061 (°nirvāṇaṃ), 1091 (°bhūtaṃ),

1092; 30, 1102 (vimūḍho Brahmaṇaḥ pathi), 1108 (śabda-

brahma, i.e. the Vedas); 31, 1140; 32, 1142, 1144, 1154

(om ity ekākṣaraṃ brahma), 1165; 34; 1216 (paraṃ,

identified with Kṛṣṇa); 37, 1334 (paraṃ), 1351 (sam-

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padyate tadā); 38, 1358 (mahat), 1359, 1381 (°bhūyāya kalpate),

1382 (Brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhā 'ham amṛtasyāvyayasya ca); 41,

1449 (oṃ, tat, sad iti nirdeśo Brahmaṇas trividhaḥ smṛtaḥ); 42,

1504 (āpnoti), 1507 (°bhūyāya kalpate), 1508 (°bhūtaḥ).—§ 581

(Bhīṣmavadhap.): VI, 66, 2987 (paramakaṃ, identified with

Kṛṣṇa); 67, 3030 (°bhūtaṃ Keśavaṃ).—§ 593 (Abhimanyu-

vadhap.): VII, 42, 1754 (gṛṇan Brahma sanātanaṃ).—

§ 595 (Ṣodaśar. v. Pṛthu Vainya): VII, 69, 2416 (milked

from the Earth by the Saptarṣayaḥ).—§ 596 (Pratijñāp.):

VII, 80, 2862 (gṛṇan Brahma sanātanaṃ), 2865 (identified

with Śiva); 81, 2898 (gṛṇantau vedavidvāṃsau tad Brahma

Śatarudriyaṃ).—§ 599 (Jayadrathavadhap.): VII, 94, 3449

(v. Brahmán), 3479 (°sūtreṇa badhnāmi kavacaṃ).—§ 603

(Nārāyaṇāstram.): VII, 195, 9009 (°rūpaḥ); 201, 9451

(°bhūto…abhavat, sc. Nārāyaṇa), †9467 (v. Brahmán),

†9470 (gacchati).—§ 606 (Tripurākhyāna): VIII, 33, 1437

(gṛṇanto Brahma śāśvataṃ).—§ 607 (Karṇap.): VIII, 42,

†1970 (abrāhmaṇe Brahma na hi dhruvaṃ syāt).—§ 616

(Sauptikap.): X, 7η, 257 (identified with Śiva).—§ 618

(Jalapradānikap.): XI, 7, 192 (śāśvataṃ).—§ 621 (Rājadh.):

XII, 3, 105 (i.e. Brahmāstra); 7, 194 (sampadyate tadā).—

§ 623 (do.): XII, 12, 357 (°bhūtasya dvijāteḥ); 13, 374

(tryakṣaraṃ śāśvataṃ), 375; 15, 460 (na Brahma śāpy

adhīyīta, i.e. the Vedas, differently B.); 17, 532 (°bhāva-

prapannānāṃ), 533 (sampadyate tadā).—§ 626 (do.): XII,

20, 604 (= the Vedas); 21, 619 (sampadyate tadā).—§ 630

(do.): XII, 26, 781 (do.), 782 (do.).—§ 635 (do.): XII,

34, 1213 (°vikrayī).—§ 637 (do.): XII, 47, 1606 (paraṃ,

identified with Kṛṣṇa); 1617 (bhaumasya, i.e. the Vedas,

the brahmans and the sacrifices, Nīl.), 1619 (Brahma proktaṃ

yugādiṣu, sc. Kṛṣṇa), 1622 (ekākṣaraṃ, i.e. Kṛṣṇa), 1688

(Nārāyaṇaparaṃ Brahma).—§ 640 (do.): XII, 56, 2012

(bhaumaṃ).—§ 641 (do.): XII, 59, 2142 (i.e. the Vedas).

2143 (do.), 2145 (sanātanaṃ naralokasthaṃ), 2146.—§ 641f

(Pṛthu Vainya): XII, 59, 2227 (bhaumaṃ).—§ 64

(Rājadh.): XII, 63, 2357 (ṣaṭkarma); 66, 2489 (samaś-

nute); 77, 2913 (yeṣāṃ Brahma paraṃ balaṃ); 108, 4015

(yena prīṇāty upadhyāyaṃ tena Brahma pūjitaṃ); 121, 4463.—

§ 649 (Āpaddharm.): XII, 141, 5382 (vahniḥ).—§ 655 (do.):

XII, 160, 5950 (°bhūyāya kalpate), 5957 (Paitāmahām

sthānam Brahmarāśisamudbhavaṃ); 161, 5981 (sanatanam).—

§ 659 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 174, 6510 (sampadyate tadā), 6512

(do.); 177, 6616 (mano B°ṇi dhārayan), 6635 (°pratiṣṭhaḥ,

sc. Maṅki), 6638 (mahat sukhaṃ).—§ 660b (Bhṛgu Bharadvā-

jasamv.): XII, 188β, 6931 (śāśvataṃ, i.e. nityam Vedaṃ,

Nīl., created by Brahmán), 6945 (brāhmaṇā B°tantrasthes tapas

teṣāṃ na naśyati | Brahma dhārayatām nityaṃ vratani niyamās

tathā), 6946 (paraṃ), 6949 (°mūlā, sc. sṛṣtiḥ); 189, 6965

(prāṇaṃ B°ṇi dhārayet), 6966 (nirvedenādhigacchati); 190,

6968 (satyaṃ).—§ 661 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 196, 7158 (°ṇy

avasthitāḥ), 7166 (dhiyā dhyāyati), 7172 (°kāyaṃsnecaṇaṃ);

197, 7185 (°ṇi sthitaṃ).—§ 662 (do.): XII, 199, 7324

(°bhūtaḥ), 7325.—§ 662b (Jāpakop.): XII, 199, 7264

(ekākṣaraṃ).—§ 663 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 201, †7380

(paraṃ hy upaiti); 204, 7456 (tadā sampadyate); 205,

7466 (abhyeti), 7469 (prajñāyate), 7471 (do.), 7478 (ninīṣet

paramaṃ Brahma), 7480 (āpnoti), 7481 (paramaṃ); 206,

7486 (drakṣyate), 7499 (paramaṃ, i.e. Viṣṇu), 7502, 7503,

†7512 (śarīraṃ), †7516 (praviśati B° cāvyayaṃ).—§ 667

(do.). XII, 210, 7649 (guhyaṃ), 7650 (°ṇo mukhaṃ, i.e.

Kṛṣṇa), 7651 (śāśvataṃ, i.e. Kṛṣṇa), 7652, 7655 (śāśvataṃ,

i.e. Kṛṣṇa), 7664 (anādyaṃ tat paraṃ B° na devā narṣayo

viduḥ); 215, 7813 (°bhūyāya kalpate), 7820 (sanātanaṃ);

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216, 7839 (paramaṃ), 7841 (akṣaraṃ); 217, 7842 (paraṃ),

7844 (śāśvataṃ), 7871 (°bhūtāḥ).—§ 668b (Pānśaśikhavākya):

XII, 218, 7894 (ekākṣaraṃ nānarūpaṃ).—§ 671b (Bali-

Vāsavasaṃv.): XII, 224, 8135 (gambhīraṃ gahanaṃ).—

§ 677 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 227, 8488 (agre sampravartate),

8499 (śāśvataṃ); 233, 8510 (tejomayaṃ śukraṃ), 8540 (dve

brahmaṇī veditavye śabdabrahma—i.e. the Vedas—parañ ca yat),

8541 (śabdabrahmaṇi niṣṇātaḥ paraṃ B°ādhigacchati); 234,

8571 (paraṃ), 8572, 8573 (°āvyakte); 235, 8596 (nirguṇaṃ);

236, 8629 (°prāyabhavena); 238, 8709 (°jñānapratiṣṭhaṃ

hi taṃ devā brāhmaṇaṃ viduḥ); 240, 8735 (adhigacchati),

8751 (°bhūyase kalpate), 8754 (sampadyate tadā); 241, 8776

(tejomayaṃ śukraṃ); 242, 8816 (paramaṃ); 243, 8831

(°bhūyase kalpate), 8838 (catuṣpadī hi niḥśreṇī B°ṇy eṣā

pratiṣṭhitā); 251, 9054 (°bhūyān bhaviṣyasi), 9060

(aduḥkham asukhaṃ); 252, 9068 (sampadyate tadā), 9069

(do.), 9070 (°bhūyāya kalpate); 254, 9115 (paraṃ).—§ 680

(do.): XII, 263, 9355 (sampadyate tadā), 9356 (do.); 264,

9412 (Brahmaiva vartate loke), 9415 (sarvaṃ Brahma Brahmaṇi

saṃśritaṃ).—§ 684 (do.): XII, 270, 9638 (°bhūtāḥ), 9654

(Brahmaṇi Brahma vindati); 271, 9707 (dve Brahmaṇī, etc.,

cf. v. 8540), 9708 (paraṃ B°ādhigacchati, cf. v. 8541), 9747,

†9753, †9754.—§ 688 (do.): XII, 276, 9912 (°tvam upa-

gacchati), 9913 (°bhāve).—§ 692 (do.): XII, 280, 10000

(prakāśati sanātanaṃ), 10021 (aiśvaryaṃ vai mahat B°);

281, 10051 (identified with Viṣṇu), 10054 (prakāśate),

†10081 (duṣprāpam abhyeti).—§ 696b (Dakṣaprokta-Śiva-

sahasra-nāmastotra): XII, 285, 10474 (°sammitaḥ, sc.

stavaḥ, i.e. the hymn containing Śiva's 1000 names as recited

by Dakṣa).—§ 702 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 292, 10736

(°śāstrajñāḥ).—§ 703 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 300, †11011

(guhyaṃ).—§ 704 (do.): XII, 302, 11198 (sanātanaṃ,

i.e. the Saṇkhya-system).—§ 705 (do.): XII, 303, 11224

(paraṃ sanātanaṃ); 309, 11474 (avyaktaṃ), †11497 (sanā-

tanaṃ viśuddham ādyaṃ), †11502 (paraṃ), †11504 (do.),

†11506 (sanātanaṃ), 11508 (paraṃ), 11512 (sanātanaṃ).—

§ 707 (do.): XII, 311, 11547 (avyaktaṃ paraṃ); 317, 11692

(avyayaṃ), 11699 (paramam avyayaṃ); 319, †11813, 11825.

—§ 709b (Sulabhā-Janaka-saṃv.). XII, 321, 11924 (Brahma

Brahmavidāṃ balaṃ, i.e. the Vedas).—§ 713 (Śukakṛti):

XII, 326, 12219 (°-tulyaparākramaṃ); 327, 12279

(°āśramapade, i.e. sannyāsa), 12293 (sampadyate tadā),

12294 (do.), 12295 (°tvam aśnute), 12296 (sampadyate tadā),

12298 (do.).—§ 714 (Śukakṛtya): XII, 329, 12370 (i.e.

the Vedas).—§ 715 (Śuka-Nāradasaṃv.): XII, 331, 12498

(abhyeti).—§ 716 (Śukābhipatana): XII, 334, 12610

(°ṇi pratyatisaṭhat), 12627 (°bhūto 'bhavat,) sc. Śuka),

12642 (°tejomayaḥ, i.e. Śuka).—§ 717c (Uparicara): XII,

336, 12727; 337, 12753 (bṛhad Brahma mahac caiva

śabdah paryāvavācakāḥ, etymology of the name Bṛhaspati),

12802 (°bhāvam anusthitāḥ).—§ 717b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII,

341, 13116 (paraṃ, i.e. Nārāyaṇa); 343, 13191 (°bhūtaṃ),

††13196 (?Agniḥ; = brāhmaṇa, Nīl.), 13239 (paramaṃ, i.e.

nirvāṇa) 348, 13465 (tamaso Brahma sambhūtaṃ), 13481

(Vedā me Brahma cottaraṃ, said Brahmán), 13530 (agryaṃ,

i.e. Nārāyaṇa); 349, 13612 (paramakaṃ, i.e. Nārāyaṇa).—

§ 718b (Uñchavṛttyup.): XII, 360, 13861 (vartayan); 362,

13890 (āvartayāmī, i.e. the Vedas).—§ 724 (Ānuśāsanik.):

XIII, 7, 369 (yena prīṇāti upadhyāyaṃ tena syād Brahma

pūjitaṃ).—§ 730 (do.): XIII, 14, 593 (akṣaraṃ paramaṃ,

identified with Śiva); 16ηη, 1044 (nirguṇaṃ, i.e. Śiva),

1045 (?°ṇo gatiṃ = Śiva), 1061 (paramaṃ, i.e. Civa), 1066

(= Śiva), 1086 (paraṃ = Śiva), 1093 (sanātanaṃ = Śiva),

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1103 (paramaṃ = Śiva); 17, 1118 (do.), 1120 (sanātanaṃ=

Śiva), 1193 (paramaṃ = Śiva (1000 names²)), 1266 (= do.),

1270 (paramaṃ, paraṃ); 18λλ, †1369 (= the Upaniṣads,

PCR.).—§ 733t (Viśālā): XIII, 25, 1730 (°bhūtāḥ).—

§ 746 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 62, 3138 (°bhūyaṃ sa gacchati);

63, 3232 (i.e. the Vedas).—§ 747b (Suvarṇotpatti): XIII,

85, 4132 (paraṃ, i.e. Agni).—§ 762b (Kītopākhyāna):

XIII, 117, 5728 (°bhūtasya, i.e. Vyāsa); 118, 5775

(°bhūtaḥ); 119, 5790 (sanātanaṃ).—§ 768b (Umā-Maheśva-

rasaṃv.): XIII, 141, 6420 (°bhūyāya kalpate); 142, 6538

(do.); 143, 6616 (nirguṇaṃ nirmalaṃ Brahma yatra tiṣṭhati

sa dvijaḥ), 6621 (°bhūyāya kalpate).—§ 768b (Kṛṣṇa

Vāsudeva): XIII, 147, 6817 (°bhūtasya, i.e. Kṛṣṇa), 6838

(°bhūtaḥ, i.e. Kṛṣṇa); 148, 6875 (do.).—§ 769 (Ānuśā-

sanik.): XIII, 149, 6944 (paramaṃ, i.e. Viṣṇu), 7066

(sanātanaṃ yāti).—§ 770 (do.): XIII, 151ζ, 7109 (°tejomayāh,

i.e. the ṛṣis of the East), 7133 (paramaṃ), 7150 (mahad

Brahma Sāvitrīguṇakīrtanaṃ), 7154 (sanātanaṃ).—§ 773b

(Kṛṣṇa Vāsudeva): XIII, 159, 7370 (°guhāṃ praviṣṭaḥ,

sc. Kṛṣṇa).—§ 779 (Aśvamedhikap.): XIV, 13, 333

(tryakṣaraṃ śāśvataṃ), 334 (°mṛtyū).—§ 782 (Anugītāp.):

XIV, 16, 419 (paraṃ); 17, 477 (= jīva); 18, 502 (śāśvataṃ

= jīva?); 19, 545 (sanātanaṃ param āpnoti), 557 (avyayam

āpnoti), 579 (āsadayati tad B°), 582.—§ 782b (Brāhmaṇa-

gītā): XIV, 20, 608 (nirdvandvaṃ); 24, 727 (sanātanaṃ);

26, 753 (om ity akṣaraṃ Brahma), 761 (°ṇi sthitaḥ, Brahma-

bhūtaḥ), 762 (Brahmaiva samidhas tasya Brahmāgnir Brahma-

sambhavaḥ | āpo Brahma gurur Brahma sa Brahmaṇi samāhitaḥ);

27, 783 (vāri B°sambhavaḥ); 32, 912 (°lābhyasya; °nābhasya,

PCR.); 34, 925 (°ṇo liṅgaṃ).—§ 782 (Anugītāp.): XIV,

35, 934 (paraṃ).—§ 782g (Guruśiṣyasaṃv.): XIV, 35,

950 (paraṃ), 953 (°bhūyāya kalpate), 956 (°bījaḥ, sc. vṛkṣaḥ),

969, 973 (°bhāvāya); 41, 1112 (śubhaṃ yāti), 1115 (prakā-

śate); 42, 1153 (°bhūyāya kalpate); 47, 1317 (param

…Brahmayonisthāḥ), 1318, 1324 (°bhūyāya kalpate),

1330 (°vṛkṣaḥ); 48, 1334 (°mayaṃ vṛkṣaṃ, °vanaṃ); 49,

1351 (°jnāḥ), 1353 (do., C. has Brā°); 51, 1432 (paraṃ),

1453 (tryakṣaraṃ…śāśvataṃ), 1460 (śubhaṃ vetti).

—§ 790 (Putradarśanap.): XV, 35, 940 (°opaniṣadaṃ,

i.e. the Vedas and the Upaniṣads).—§ 795 (Svargārohaṇap.):

XVIII, 5, 187 (°bhūyāya kalpate).—§ 795b (Mahābhārata):

XVIII, 5, 208 (paraṃ Brahmādhigacchati).

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— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

1. The nature of Brahman explained. 2. Having the form of Pranava. 3. Having a threefold nature of Rik, Sama, and Yajus. 4. Existing with or without form, as well as supreme and lower. 5. Having a threefold meditation as Brahma, Karmasamjña, and both. 6. Worshipped by Sakarmaka-karman in Pushkaradvipa.

— The Purana Index

Astronomical or Cosmological Concepts

15 definitions

a lifetime of Brahma

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of the star delta Aurigae

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a particular astronomical Yoga

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

name of the ninth Muhurta

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a particular Kalpa according to Jainism

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the primordial egg from which the universe sprang, the world, or the universe

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

an age of Brahman

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the universe

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a day of Brahman

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a minister of Brahman

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the universal destruction at the end of a cosmic age

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

twilight

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Name of Narada, Marichi, and others. 2. A kind of Ketu.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the world or universe

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the star Capella

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Specific Named Entities (Persons, Places, Texts)

13 definitions

the servant of the tenth Arhat of the present Avasarpini

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a magician

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an epithet of the river Godavari

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A place of religious study. 2. A forest.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the tract between the rivers Sarasvati and Drishadvati

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

an astronomer born in 598 CE

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

an epithet of the river Sarasvati

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A son of Brahman. 2. A name of the Brahmaputra river.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

an epithet of the river Sarasvati

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

one of the eighteen Puranas

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

see brahmavarta

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Name of one of the eighteen Puranas.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

an epithet of the river Sarasvati

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Holy Life / Austerity / Chastity

11 definitions

holy life, especially continence or chastity

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Religious penance or austerities

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Celibacy, chastity

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a kind of penance

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The life of celibacy and religious studentship of a young student. 2. Religious study and self-restraint. 3. Celibacy, chastity, and continence.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a religious student

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

chastity, celibacy

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the life of a religious student

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Studying the Vedas. 2. Practicing chastity or continence. 3. A religious student or celibate. 4. An epithet of Shiva. 5. An epithet of Skanda.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. An epithet of Durga. 2. A woman who observes the vow of chastity.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a vow of chastity

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Final Emancipation / Absorption into the Absolute

10 definitions

final emancipation

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Final emancipation or beatitude

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

bliss of absorption into Brahma

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

absorption into the supreme spirit

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

absorbed in or intent on the contemplation of the Supreme Spirit

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

absorption into the Supreme Spirit

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

absorption into the Supreme Spirit

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

absorption into Brahma

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

complete identification with the Supreme Spirit

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

identification with Brahma

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Specific Plants or Trees

8 definitions

the mulberry tree

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the mulberry tree

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the mulberry tree

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kusa grass

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the Palasha tree

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the Munja plant

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The Palasha tree. 2. The Udumbara tree.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the mulberry tree

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The Creator God Brahmā

7 definitions

Brahma or the impersonal universal Spirit manifested as a personal Creator

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The Supreme Being or Creator, the first deity of the Hindu Trinity

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A devout person, worshipper, or priest. 2. A knower of sacred knowledge and Vedic texts. 3. The chief priest who directs the sacrifice. 4. The supreme universal soul and creator god. 5. Intellect.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The creator god of the Hindu triad. 2. A Brahmana. 3. One of the four principal priests at a Soma sacrifice. 4. An epithet of Brihaspati. 5. An epithet of Shiva. 6. The sun. 7. Intellect. 8. An epithet of the seven sages.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A devout person, priest, or one who prays. 2. A knower of sacred knowledge or a member of the Brahman caste. 3. The Supreme Being, personified as the creator of the world.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A worshipper, priest, or professional prayer-maker. 2. The impersonal universe-pervading spirit, personified as the creator and supreme soul.

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

the Creator

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) [Printed book page 156-2]
Brahmán¹, masc., the Creator. § 3 (Anukram.): I, 1, 32

(Suraguruḥ (?), came from the primordial egg).—§ 4 (do.): I,

1, 57 (Lokaguruḥ), 60 (Parameṣṭhinā), 61 (Parameṣṭhinaṃ),

62, (71), 74.—§ 19 (Bhṛgu): I, 5, 869 (B. Svayambhu

begot Bhṛgu from the fire at the sacrifice of Varuṇa).—§ 20

(Pulomā): I, 6, 901 (Sarvalokapitāmahaḥ), 902 (Pitāmahaḥ).

—§ 20b (Agni): I, 7, 925.—§ 28 (Amṛtamanthana): I, 17,

1109; 18, 1115, 1117, 1118, 1140, 1142, 1153.—[§ 29

(Kadrū): I, 20, 1197 (Pitāmaha, i.e. B., sanctioned the

curse of Kadrū).]—[§ 35 (Aruṇa): I, 24, 1272, (1274),

1277 (Pitāmaha).]—§ 45 (Vālakhilya): I, 31, 1453, 1454.—

§ 48 (Śeṣa): I, 36, (1581), (1584), (1586), 1587.—§ 49

(Vāsuki): I, 38, (1630), 1635, (1636); 39, (1648).—§ 51

(Parikṣit): I, 42, 1734.—§ 60 (Sarpasattra): I, 54,

(2079).—§ 77 (Vyāsa): I, 63, 2417.—§ 84 (Ādivaṃśā-

vatāraṇap.): I, 64, 2491, 2494 (lokakartāram avyayaṃ),

(2500), 2501, (2504).—§ 86 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 65, 2518

(Brahmaṇo mānasāḥ putrā viditāḥ ṣaṇ maharṣayaḥ, i.e.

Marīci, Atri, Aṅgiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, and Kratu).—§ 107

(do.): I, 66, 2565 (do.).—§ 109 (do.): I, 66, 2568 (ṣaḍ

ete Brahmaṇaḥ putrā vīryavanto maharṣayaḥ).—§ 115 (do.):

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I, 66, 2574 (Dakṣa was born from the right toe of B.).—

§ 117 (do.): I, 66, 2595 (Dharma came out through the

right breast of B.).—§ 121 (do.): I, 66, 2605 (Bhṛgu came

out ripping open the heart of B.).—§ 123 (do): I, 66,

2614 (father of Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ).—§ 161 (Mahābhiṣop.):

I, 96, 3845, 3848.—§ 185 (Pāṇḍu): I, 120, 4644.—§ 223

(Vāsiṣṭha): I, 174, 6638 (°ṇo mānasaḥ putro Vaśiṣṭho

'rundhatīpatiḥ).—§ 246 (Sundopasundop.): I, 209, (7639).

—§ 246b (Tilottamā): I, 211, 7697.—§ 256a (Agniparā-

bhava): I, 224, 8143, 8158.—§ 257 (Khāṇḍavadahanap.):

I, 225, 8192 (had made Gāṇḍīva).—§ 263 (Sabhākriyāp.):

II, 3, 72 (with Nara, Nārāyaṇa, Yama, and Sthāṇu he

celebrated a sattra at Bindusaras or Hiraṇyaśṛṅga), 84 (°ṇo,

sc. sabhā, cannot compete with the palace of Yudhiṣṭhira).—

§ 264 (do.): II, 4, 134 (iva).—§ 265 (Lokapālasabhākh-

yānap.): II, 6, 271 (Nārada travels through the worlds,

which are created by B.), 275, 276 (°ṇo, sc. sabhāṃ).—

§ 266 (Śakrasabhāv.): II, 7, 309 (°ṇaḥ sadṛśā Bhṛguḥ

Saptarṣayas tathā).—§ 270 (Brahmasabhāv.): II, 11, 444,

464, 473 (Lokapitāmahaḥ).—§ 310b (Sūrya): III, 3, 148

(= the Sun, in the enumeration of Dhaumya), 185 (aho B°ṇaḥ

proktaṃ sahasrayugasammitaṃ), 208 (etad Brahmā dadau

pūrvaṃ Śakrāya, sc. the hymn for praising Sūrya).—§ 317b

(Kṛṣṇa Vāsudeva): III, 12, 480 (Kṛṣṇa was first Nārāyaṇa,

then Hari, then Brahmán, etc.), 497 (yugādau, B. was born

from Kṛṣṇa's navel; carācaragurur yasyedaṃ sakalaṃ jagat),

514 (Kṛṣṇa plays with B., Śaṅkara, etc., as with play-

things).—§ 327 (Draupadīparitāpav.): III, 31, 1199

(Brahmā provāca putrāṇām yad ṛṣir reda Kaśyapaḥ).—§ 334

(Kairātap.): III, 41, 1682 (niyogād B°as tāta martyatāṃ

samupāgataḥ, sc. Nara).—§ 358 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 82,

5014 (tatra—i.e. in Damin—Brahmādayo devā upāsante

Maheśvaraṃ).—§ 359 (Vaḍavā): III, 82, 5037.—§ 360

(Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 82, 5050 (°ādayo devāḥ), 5058 (do.,

adore Keśava).—§ 361 (Kurukṣetra): III, 83, 5075 (do.).

—§ 364 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 83, 6043 (°āṇam adhigatvā).—

§ 365 (Maṅkanaka): III, 83, 6089 (°ādibhiḥ suraiḥ), 6099

(surā B°ādayaḥ).—§ 366 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 83, 7006

(°ādayo devāḥ).—§ 368 (do.): III, 83, 7035 (do.), 7040,

7061 (°ādayo devāḥ).—§ 370 (do.): III, 84, 7083 (do.),

8037 (Brahmā devagaṇaiḥ saha, always dwells at Naimiṣa),

8064 (had made a yūpa in Brahmasaras), 8081 (puruṣar-

ṣabhaṃ), 8101 (°ādayo devāḥ); 85, 8162, 8167 (°ādayo

devāḥ).—§ 373 (Prayāga): III, 85, 8212 (do.).—§ 384

(Agastyop.): III, 100, 8693.—§ 386 (do.): III, 106,

8825 (Lokapitāmahaḥ).—§ 387 (Sagara): III, 107, 8855

(°āṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ jagmuḥ).—§ 391 (Ṛṣyaśṛṅga): III, 110,

10004 (lokakartṛṇā).—§ 422 bis (Varāhāvatāra): III,

142, 10948, 10949, (10953), (10958).—§ 439 (Yakṣa-

yuddhap.): III, 163, 11854 (°ṇaḥ putrān mānasān Dakṣa-

saptamān).—§ 445 (Nivātakavacayuddhap.): III, 173, 12207

(had made Hiraṇyapura for the sake of the Kālakeyas), 12211

(had destined that the Kālakeyas should be slain by a man).

—§ 457 (Vaivasvatop.): III, 187, 12797 (ahaṃ Prajāpatir

Brahmā yat paraṃ nādhigamyate).—§ 458 (Mārkaṇḍeya-

samāsyap.): III, 188, 12807 (Parameṣṭhinaṃ), 12808

(visited by Mārkaṇḍeya during the cataclysms), 12814

(kāmarūpiṇaḥ), 12818 (padmotpalaniketanaṃ sarvabhūteśaṃ).

—§ 459 (do.): III, 189, 12954 (ahaṃ Viṣṇur ahaṃ Brahmā,

etc., said Nārāyaṇa to Mārkaṇḍeya), 12991 (yāvad B°ā na

budhyate), 12996.—§ 477 (Dhundhumārop.): III, 203, 13560

(born from the lotus in Viṣṇu's navel), 13566 (was terrified

by Madhu and Kaiṭabha).—§ 478 (do.): III, 204, 13583

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(granted a boon to Dhundhu).—§ 488 (Āṅgirasa): III, 217,

14110 (anyo 'gnir lokānāṃ B°ṇā samprakalpitaḥ, i.e. Aṅgiras),

14113 (had created Agni); 218, 14122 (Brahṃaṇo yas tritīyas

tu putraḥ, i.e. Aṅgiras).—§ 491 (do.): III, 220, 14157

(yaśasā B°ṇā samaṃ, i.e. the desired son of Uktha).—§ 496

(Skandotpatti): III, 224, (14279).—§ 501 (Skandop.):

III, 229, 14446 (ayaṃ tasyāḥ patir vihito B°ṇā, i.e. Skanda).

—§ 502 (Manuṣyagrahak.): III, 230, 14462. 14463.—

§ 504 (Skandayuddha): III, 231, 14521.—§ 507 (do.):

III, 231, 14619 (°dattavaraḥ, sc. Mahiṣa).—§ 524 (Jaya-

drathavim.): III, 272, 15821 (caturmukho Brahmā nābhi-

padmād viniḥsmṛtah), 15824 (sṛjate Brahmamūrttis tu, rakṣate

Pauruṣī tanuḥ | Raudrī bhāvena śamayet tisro 'vasthāḥ Prajā-

pateḥ).—§ 526 (Rāmop.): III, 275, 15903 (the sons of

Pulastya gratified B. by a terrible tapas), 15909 (B. went

and made them desist from this tapas), (15910), (15914),

(15919); 276, 15929 (the brahmarṣis, etc., B°āṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ

gatāḥ), (15932).—§ 543 (Rāmarājyābhiṣeka): III, 291,

(16560), 16571, 16573.—§ 548 (Āraṇeyap.): III, 313,

17331 (Brahmādityam unnayati).—§ 550 (Samayapālanap.):

IV, 13, 338 (°ṇaḥ sumahotsavaḥ), 339 (samāje Brahmaṇo,

rājan, yathā Paśupater iva).—§ 552c (Gāṇḍīva): IV, 43,

1347 (B. had first Gāṇḍīva for 1,000 years).—§ 552m(Arjuna):

IV, 61, 1976 (Brahmaṇaḥ kṛtahastatāṃ, sc. vedmi, said

Arjuna).—§ 555 (Indravijaya): V, 12, 385 (purā gītaṃ

Brahmaṇā, i.e. v. 386 ff. (e)); 13, 403; 17, 529 (only B.).—

§ 561 (Nara-Nārayaṇau.): V, 49, 1918 (Bṛhaspatiś cośanāś

ca B°ṇaṃ paryupasthitau), 1922, (1923).—§ 561 (Yāna-

sandhip.): V, 55, 2172 (Svayambhuvaḥ).—§ 564 (Mātalīyop.):

V, 97, 3502 (Lokapitāmahaḥ); 98, 3542 (sṛṣṭaḥ prathamataḥ

caṇḍo B°ṇā brahmavādinā, sc. the bow in the lake of Varuṇa);

100, 3571 (Brahmapādodbhavāś ca ye, sc. Yātudhānāḥ).—

§ 565 (Gālavacarita): V, 111, 3824 (śāśvataḥ, at Badarī).—

§ 567 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 131ο, 4422 (in the forehead of

Kṛṣṇa).—§ 569 (do.): V, 145, 4927 (devaiḥ parivṛto Brahma

vedyām iva mahādhvare).—§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 6, 213 (on

Meru).—§ 574f (Bindusaras): VI, 6ζ, 241 (at Bindusaras,

Nara, Nārāyaṇa, Brahmán, Manu, and Sthāṇu are present).—

§ 576 (Bhagavadgītāp.): VI, 17, 643 (gacchadhvaṃ tena

Śakrasya Brahmaṇaś ca salokatāṃ, said to the warriors); 28,

1025 (evaṃ bahuvidhā yajñā vitatā B°naḥ mukhe,(?) PCR:

in the Vedas); 32, 1158 (sahasrayugaparyantam ahar yad

Brahmaṇo viduḥ); 35, †1261 (Brahmāṇaṃ Īśaṃ kamalāsa-

nasthaṃ, seen in the body of Kṛṣṇa), †1283 (Brahmaṇo 'py

ādikartre, i.e. Kṛṣṇa).—§ 581 (Bhīṣmavadhap.): VI, 65,

2941 (dhyānenāvedya tad Brahmā), 2943 (brahmavidāṃ varaḥ),

2968 (Brahmāṇam lokadhāriṇaṃ, created by Aniruddha); 66,

2973, 2985 (yasyāham ātmajo Brahmā sarvasya jagataḥ patiḥ,

i.e. Nārāyaṇa's), 2997 (kathāṃ tāṃ Brahmaṇā gītāṃ śrutvā

prītā divaṃ yayuḥ), 3001 (yasya syād ātmajo Brahmā sarvasya

jagataḥ pitā, i.e. Kṛṣṇa's); 67, 3026 (Madhuṃ…

Brahmaṇo 'pacitiṃ kurvañ jaghāna Puruṣottamaḥ); 68, 3037

(°proktaṃ stavaṃ).—§ 592 (Saṃśaptakavadhap.): VII, 23,

1039 (had created the bow of Arjuna).—§ 594 (Mṛtyu):

VII, 52, 2041 (Pitāmahaḥ, the creatures would not die),

2046 (Paraṃeṣṭhinaṃ); 53, (2051); 54, (2082), (2112),

2123 (°sṛṣtaṃ, sc. the death).—§ 599 (Jayadrathavadhap.):

VII, 94, 3449 (karotu svasti te Brahma Brahmā cāpi dvijā-

tayaḥ | sarīsṛpāś ca ye śreṣṭhās tebhyas te svasti, Bhārata!),

3458 (°āṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ jagmuḥ), 3465, 3480 (yathā ca Brahmaṇā

baddhaṃ saṃgrāme Tārakāmaye | Cakrasya kavacaṃ divyaṃ);

98, 3641 (Brahma-Somapurogamāḥ, sc. devāḥ); 103, 3862

(Brahmaṇā vā svayaṃ kṛtaṃ, sc. the armour of Duryodhana);

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127, 5144 (Brahmeśānendravaruṇān avahad yaḥ purā rathaḥ);

143, 5999 (°ādyaiḥ suravṛṣabhaiḥ).—§ 603b (Nārāyaṇa):

VII, 201, 9467 (Kālo Brahmā Brahma ca brāhmaṇāś ca

…).—§ 603d (Tripura): VII, 202, 9559 (°dattavarāḥ,

Tripuravāsinaḥ), 9567 (became Rudra's charioteer in the

combat with Tripura), 9578 (prabhum avyayaṃ), 9579, 9581

(brahmavidāṃ varaḥ), 9582, 9587, (9588).—§ 603 (Nārāya-

ṇāstram.): VII, 202, 9628 (Hara, i.e. Śiva, vanquished

him).—§ 605 (Karṇap.): VIII, 16, 628 (Brahmeśānāv

iva); 32, 1330 (sa pāhi sarvathā Karṇaṃ yathā Brahmā

Maheśvaraṃ), 1367 (Brahmaṇā brāhmaṇāḥ sṛṣṭā mukhāt

kṣattrañ ca bāhutaḥ | ūrubhyām asṛjad vaiśyān śūdrān

padbhyām iti śrutiḥ).—§ 606 (Tripurākhyāna): VIII, 33,

1436 (°āṇam agrataḥ kṛtvā, sc. the gods); 34, 1454, 1555

(Brahma-Rudrayoḥ).—§ 606 (Karṇap.): VIII, 34, 1574

(yathaiva bhagavān Brahmā lokadhātā Pitāmahaḥ | sārathyam

akarot tatra Rudrasya paramo 'vyayaḥ); 35, 1620 (became

Rudra's charioteer in the combat against Tripura), 1665

(do.).—§ 607 (do.): VIII, 45, 2090.—§ 608b (Arjuna):

VIII, 46, 2160—1.—§ 608 (Karṇap.): VIII, 72, 3617

(had created the creatures and Gāṇḍīva); 87, 4428 (Brahmā

Brahmarṣibhiś sārddhaṃ Prajāpatibhir eva ca, present at the

encounter between Karṇa and Arjuna), 4440 (Brahmeśānau),

4456 (do.); 89, †4573, †4574.—§ 614 (Gadāyuddhap.): IX,

34α, 1964 (°āṇam iva deveśaṃ).—§ 615i (Saptasarasvatī):

IX, 38, VII), 2214.—§ 615j (Maṅkanaka): IX, 38, 2226

(°ādibhiḥ suraiḥ), 2238 (devā Brahmādayaḥ).—§ 615n

(Viśvāmitra): IX, 40, 2303 (°ṇaḥ sutaḥ, i.e. Vasiṣṭha),

2313 (Sarvalokapitāmahaḥ).—§ 615u (Skanda): IX, 44,

2457 (niyogād B°ṇaḥ), 2479 (Svayambhur bhagavān saputraḥ),

2500 (devā Brahmapurogamāḥ); 45, 2524 (bhagavān Lokapitā-

mahaḥ), 2525 (gave four companions to Skanda); 46, 2670

(gave a black deerskin to Skanda).—§ 615 (Baladevatīrthay.):

IX, 47, 2751 (sasarja tīrthāni tathā devatānāṃ yathāvidhi).—

§ 615kk (Kurukṣetrak.): IX, 53, 3023 (°ādyaiḥ suraiḥ),

3034 (Brahma-Viṣṇu-Maheśvaraiḥ).—§ 617 (Aiṣīkap.): X,

17, 782.—§ 618 (Jalapradānikap.): XI, 7, 186 (damas

tyāgo 'pramādaś ca te trayo Brahmaṇo hayāḥ, cf. v. 187).—

§ 623 (Rājadh.): XII, 15, 441 (na Brahmāṇaṃ na Dhātāraṃ

na Pūṣāṇaṃ, sc. janā namasyanti), †454 (°ṇā pūrvam uktaṃ).

—§ 627 (do.): XII, 22, 646 (?,Indro Brahmaṇaḥ putraḥ;

Brahmaṇaḥ = Kaśyapa's, Nīl.).—§ 635 (do.): XII, 35, 1258

(B°ṇaḥ śrutiḥ), 1276 (°oktena vidhinā).—§ 636 (do.): XII,

39, 1433, 1436.—§ 637 (do.): XII, 43, 1513 (Kṛṣṇa

identified with B.).—§ 639 (do.): XII, 53, 1920 (Brahmā

devagaṇair yathā), 1923 (Brahmāṇam iva Vāsavaḥ).—§ 641

(do.): XII, 59, 2143, 2202 (śāstraṃ mahārthaṃ Brahmaṇā

kṛtaṃ); 63, †2362 (Brā°, C.); 64, †2403 (cannot obtain

a sight of Nārāyaṇa); 72, 2752 (the brahman sprang from

B.'s mouth, the kṣatriya from his arms, the vaiśya from his

thighs, the śudra from his feet), 2756 (°ānuśāsanaṃ); 89,

3342 (created kṣatriyas); 121, 4420 (°ṇo vacanaṃ mahat),

4465 (Pitāmahaḥ pūrvaṃ babhūvātha Prajāpatiḥ); 122, 4483

(bhagavān Sarvalokapitāmahaḥ), 4486 (Kṣupa fell from B.'s

head and became priest at his sacrifice), 4503 (°ṇaḥ putram

anujātaṃ Kṣupaṃ), 4512 (°ṇaḥ putro Vyavasāyaḥ sanātanaḥ),

4515 (Pitāmahaḥ).—§ 644 (Āpaddh.): XII, 136, 4878

(gāthā B°gītāḥ).—§ 650 (do.): XII, 142, 5446 (ajo 'śvaḥ

kṣattram ity etat sadṛśaṃ B°ṇā kṛtaṃ).—§ 653b (Gṛdhrago-

māyusaṃv.): XII, 153α, 5752.—§ 656 (Khaḍgotpattik.):

XII, 166, 6144 (°ānuśāsane), 6150 (bhagavān), 6152, 6165

(gave the sword to Rudra).—§ 657 (Āpaddh.): XII, 167,

6224 (iva).—§ 658 (Kṛtaghnop.): XII, 169, 6336 (Brah-

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maṇaḥ sakhā, i.e. Nadījaṅgha); 172, 6408 (adored by

Rājadharman); 173, 6436 (cursed Rājadharman), 6437,

6445.—§ 660b (Bhṛgu-Bharadvāja-saṃv.): XII, 182, 6780

(sprung from the lotus), 6781, 6800 (dharmamayaḥ pūrvaḥ

Prajāpatiḥ), 6801; 183, 6804; 184, 6821; 187, 6920

(tatrātmā mānaso Brahmā sarvabhūteṣu lokakṛt); 188, 6930

(created the Prajāpatis), 6939 (created only brahmans, from

which all four castes arose), 6944; 190, 6977 (Trilokakṛt),

6983; 191, ††6991 (°ṇā…āśramāś catvāro 'bhinir-

diṣṭāḥ); 192, 7028 (°nirmitaḥ, sc. dharmaḥ).—§ 662b

(Jāpakop.): XII, 199, 7320 (Parameṣṭhinaṃ); 200, 7350,

(7359).—§ 664 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 207γ, 7530 (sarva-

bhūtapitāmahaḥ, sprung from the lotus).—§ 664b (Madhu):

XII, 207, 7532 (Brahmaṇo 'pacitiṃ kurvan jaghāna Puru-

ṣottamaḥ, sc. Madhuṃ).—§ 664 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 207δ,

7534 (Brahmā 'nusasṛje putrān mānasān Dakṣasaptamān |

Marīcim Atryaṅgirasaṃ Pulastyaṃ Pulahaṃ Kratuṃ),

(ε) 7536 (created Dakṣa from his right toe), 7551 (Veda-

vidyāvidhātāraṃ).—§ 665 (do.): XII, 208α, 7569 (Svayam-

bhuvaḥ, as his seven sons are enumerated the same as in

v. 7534, only with Vasiṣṭha instead of Dakṣa).—§ 666 (do.):

XII, 209, 7614, 7615.—§ 669 (do.): XII, 221, 8019.—

§ 671b (Bali-Vāsavasaṃv.): XII, 223, 8061, 8063, 8064,

(8065), 8067, (8068), 8082 (°dattāṃ mālāṃ), 8083 (do.);

225, 8181 (°ṇā samādiṣṭaḥ, sc. Indra).—§ 673b (Bali-

Vāsavasaṃv.): XII, 227, 8252 (sarvabhūtabhavaṃ śāśvataṃ).

—§ 674b (Śrī-Vāsavasaṃv.): XII, 229, 8337 (iva).—§ 677

(Mokṣadh.): XII, 232, 8508 (ahar B°ṇaḥ), 8509 (prati-

buddhaḥ); 233, 8523, 8551 (°Harādiṣu); 237, 8681,

8687; 243, 8828 (yathā vai vihitā vṛttiḥ purastād B°ṇā

svayaṃ); 244, 8881 (°ṇā vihitā).—§ 678c (Mṛtyu-Prajā-

patisaṃv.): XII, 257, 9162; 259, 9199, 9203.—§ 680b

(Tulādhāra-Jājalisaṃv.): XII, 263α, 9380; 265, 9451

(gāthā B°gītāḥ).—§ 692 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 281δ, †10076.

—§ 693b (Vṛtravadha): XII, 282α, 10120, 10134; 283,

10164, 10171, (10173), 10174, (10175), 10179, (10183),

10184, (10188), 10191, (10193), (10196).—§ 694b (Jvarot-

patti): XII, 284, (10253), 10258.—§ 695b (Dakṣayajña-

vināśa): XII, 285α, 10281, 10323 (°ādayo devāḥ).—§ 696b

(Dakṣa-prokta-Śiva-sahasranāmastotra): XII, 285, 10440

(na Brahmā na ca Govindaḥ paurāṇā ṛṣayo na te | māhātmyaṃ

vedituṃ śaktā yathātathyena te, Śiva!).—§ 701b (Bhava-

Bhārgavasaṃv.): XII, 290, 10681 (devātidevaḥ).—§ 702

(Mokṣadh.): XII, 296β, 10839 (created brahmans);

297, 10870 (°ṇaikena jātānāṃ nānatvaṃ gotrataḥ kathaṃ).—

§ 704 (do.): XII, 301α, †11094; 302β, 11106.—§ 705

(do.): XII, 309, †11507.—§ 707 (do.): XII, 312, 11571

(hiraṇyāṇḍasambhavaṃ); 313, 11591; 318, 11709 (devā-

grajaṃ, if the jīva-soul escapes through the crown of the

head one attains to the region of B.; read with B.: vibhuṃ

mūrdhnā); 319, †11809 (°ādīnāṃ khecarāṇāṃ kṣitau), †11813

(°jāḥ, sc. sarve varṇāḥ), †11814 (°āsyato brāhmaṇāh sampra-

bhūtā bāhubhyāṃ kṣatriyāḥ…nābhyāṃ vaiśyāḥ

pādataś cāpi śūdrāḥ).—§ 717b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 335α,

12685 (among the Prajāpatis).—§ 717c (Uparicara): XII,

336, 12736 (B. mayā—i.e. by Nārāyaṇa—kṛto Brahmā

prasādataḥ; C. has erroneously Brahmaprasādataḥ); 337,

12742 (°ṇaḥ putrā mānasāḥ, i.e. Ekata, Dvita, and Trita).—

§ 717b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 340θ, 12914 (Hiraṇyagarbho

lokādiś caturvaktro niruktagaḥ), 12924 (mayā—i.e. by Nārāyaṇa

—sṛṣṭaḥ purā Brahmā), 12927, 12929, 12930, 12938

(Aniruddhāt tathā Brahmā tannābhikamalodbhavaḥ | Brahmaṇaḥ

sarvabhūtāni), 12971, 12978, 12981; 341, 13013 (sa-B°kā

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lokāḥ), (λ), 13016, 13042 (Lokapitāmahaḥ), 13044, (13048),

13051, 13052 (°oktaṃ), 13055 (sa-B°kā devāḥ), 13058

(Lokagurur Lokapitāmahaḥ), 13060, 13061, 13079 (sapṭaite

mānasāḥ proktā ṛṣayo Brahmaṇaḥ putrāh, i.e. Sana, etc.

(ο)), 13083 (Lokaguruḥ), 13085 (°ānuśiṣṭāḥ), 13098

(°aikaḥ), 13100 (Lokakartā), 13105; 342, 13140 (yasya—

i.e. Nārāyaṇa's—prasādajo Brahmā), 13145 (sprung from

the lotus), (τ), 13158 (sa-B°kā devāḥ), 13164, 13175

(°ṇaḥ putra ādyaḥ, i.e. Trita); 343, I), ††13195 (bhūta-

sargaḥ kṛto B°ṇā), 13201 (viśvaṃ sṛjat), VII), ††13211

(Brāhmaṇaṃ, C.), ††13212, ††13213 (created the vajra

from the bones of Dadhīca), (αα), 13281 (fell from his

seat during the battle between Rudra and Nārāyaṇa), 13282

(caturvaktraḥ niruktagaḥ), 13289, 13292; 344, 13307

(sa-B°kaiḥ suraiḥ, cannot see Nārāyaṇa), 13319 (°ādayaḥ

surāḥ), (γγ), 13365; 346, 13403 (Lokapitāmahaḥ); 348εε,

13452 (Parameṣṭhinā), 13454, 13459, 13469 (caturmukhaḥ),

13476 (sṛjantaṃ Vedān), 13478, 13479 (was robbed of the

Vedas by Madhu and Kaiṭabha), (ζζ), (13481), 13485, (ηη),

(13487), 13508, 13520 (Brahmaṇo 'pacitiṃ kurvan jaghāna

Madhusūdanaḥ, sc. Madhu and Kaiṭabha), 13521 (created the

worlds), 13541 (°ādīnāṃ salokānāṃ); 349, I), 13559

(mānasaṃ janma Nārāyaṇamukhodgataṃ B°ṇaḥ), II), 13562

(cākṣuṣaṃ janma dvitīyaṃ B°ṇah), III), 13565 (tritīyaṃ

janma B°ṇo…vācikaṃ), IV), 13571 (śravaṇajā sṛṣṭir

B°ṇaḥ), 13573 (prajāsargakaro…jagatpatiḥ), 13576,

13577, 13579 (varado Lokapitāmahaḥ), 13581 (lokavisargakṛt),

V), 13585 (nāsatye janmani purā B°ṇaḥ), 13586, VI), 13590

(Hariyonaye), 13591, VII), 13594 (saptamaṃ janma padmajaṃ

B°ṇaḥ), 13624 (Lokapitāmahaḥ); 350, 13654, 13655, 13661,

13665 (Parameṣṭhinā), 13705 (Umāpatir Bhūtapatiḥ Śrīkaṇṭho

B°ṇaḥ sutaḥ); 351, 13720 (Brahmaṇā saha saṃvādaṃ Tryam-

bakasya).—§ 717d (Brahma-Rudrasaṃv.): XII, 351, (13734),

13735, 13736, (13737); 352, (13740), †13761 (ādya īśaḥ

prajānāṃ).—§ 723 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 6, 296 (Vaśiṣṭhasya

ca saṃvādaṃ Brahmaṇaś ca), (299).—§ 730 (do.): XIII, 14,

591 (Brahma-Viṣṇu-Sureśānāṃ sraṣṭā, i.e. Śiva; B°ādayo

devāḥ, adored Śiva), 594 (created by Śiva), 607 (cf. Brahma-

loka), (β), 624.—§ 730g (Upamanyu): XIII, 14η, 731

(Brahma-Viṣṇu-Surendrāṇāṃ…vapur dhārayate

Bhavaḥ, i.e. Śiva), 791 (yaḥ—i.e. Śiva—pūrvam asṛjad devaṃ

Brahmāṇaṃ lokabhāvanaṃ), (θ), 795 (Bhagavaty uttamaiśvaryaṃ

Brahma-Viṣṇu purogamaṃ), 819, (ν), 820 (Brahmendra-

Mahendra-Viṣṇusahitā devāḥ), (ξ), 824, 857 (can be slain by

the weapon of Śiva), (υ), 869 (Lokapitāmahaḥ), (ϕ), 875

(praised Śiva), 877, 910 (tvaṃ Brahmā sarvadevānāṃ, sc. Śiva),

931 (°ādibhiḥ suraiḥ), 940 (yo—i.e. Śiva—'srjad dakṣiṇād

aṅgād Brahmāṇaṃ lokabhāvanaṃ).—§ 730 (Ānuśāsanik.):

XIII, 14ω, 986, 1001 (°ādibhiḥ suraiḥ), 1003 (Śiva identified

with B.), 1011; 16, 1052 (did not know the real nature

of Śiva), 1053 (°ākhyaḥ, i.e. Śiva), 1058 (Śiva identified

with B.), 1074 (°ādibhiḥ Siddhaiḥ, concealed Śiva), (θθ),

1105; 17, 1115 (°proktaiḥ), 1134 (Sarvalokapitāmahaḥ),

1267 (°ādayo devāḥ), 1283, 1287 (°ṇo hṛdi), 1288; 18,

1361 (°tvaṃ), (λλ), 1369.—§ 734 (do.): XIII, 26, 1758

(kṣamayā Brahmaṇaḥ samaṃ, i.e. Bhīṣma), †1853 (°kāntāṃ

Gaṅgāṃ).—§ 737 (do.): XIII, 31β, 2013 (C. has Brāhmāṇam).

—§ 739 (do.): XIII, 35, 2153 (°gītāḥ, i.e. vv. 2146-

2152).—§ 743 (do.): XIII, 40, 2249 (pramadāḥ sṛṣṭhāḥ

°ṇā).—§ 746 (do.): XIII, 59, 3042 (?lokān śucīn Brahma-

puraskṛtān); 62α, 3150; 66, 3325 (Svayambhuvā, in C. is

printed Brāhmaṇā), 3326, (3330); 74, 3621 (Parameśvaraḥ);

79, 3761; 81, 3816 (read with B.: Brahmā tu gāh, etc.),

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3818 (gave horns to the kine); 83, 3893, (3913).—§ 747

(do.): XIII, 84δ, 3954 (Pitāmahaḥ).—§ 747b (Suvarṇot-

patti): XIII, 84, 4014; 85, (4017), (4022), 4066, 4104

(Paramātmanaḥ), (γ), 4112, 4117 (created the four castes),

4136 (Lokagurur Lokapitāmahaḥ), 4140 (nisargād B°ṇaḥ), 4149

(adopted Kavi), 4155 (Pitāmahaḥ), 4162 (Lokapitāmahaḥ),

4164 (Agni identified with B.), 4168 (Agni sprung from B.),

4173 (°vāyvagnisomānāṃ sālokyaṃ).—§ 749 (Ānuśāsanik.):

XIII, 90, 4290; 91, 4345.—§ 755b (Nahuṣop.): XIII,

100, 4809.—§ 758 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 103, 4909

(Bhagīrathasya saṃvādaṃ B°ṇaś ca), 4911, 4920, 4922, 4923,

†4938, 4942, 4950.—§ 759 (do.): XIII, 104, 5112.—§ 760

(do.): XIII, 111, 5530 (vadataḥ).—§ 762b (Kīṭop.): XIII,

119, 5790 (sālokyaṃ B°ṇaḥ).—§ 766 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII,

126, 6046 (Padmasambhavaṃ), 6049, (6050); 130, (6113);

133, 6178 (Padmayoninā).—§ 768b (Umā-Maheśvarasaṃv.):

XIII, 141, 6390 (°ṇo yoṣiduttamā, i.e. Tilottamā), 6399

(created Surabhi), 6487 (drank amṛta); 143, 6580 (°ṇā samu-

dāhṛtaṃ), 6612 (°ānuśāsanaṃ), 6617 (sṛjatā prajāḥ); 144,

6682 (°ṇā samudīritaḥ, sc. mārgaḥ); 145, 6691 (°ṇā proktāḥ);

146ι, 6750 (Sāvitrī Brahmaṇaḥ sādhvī).—§ 768b (Kṛṣṇa

Vāsudeva): XIII, 147, 6809 (Brahmā tasyodarabhavaḥ,

i.e. Kṛṣṇa's), 6818 (Brahmā vasati garbhasthaḥ śarīre, i.e. in

Kṛṣṇa), 6843 (Pitāmahaṃ), 6846 (°pūrvo devagaṇaḥ).—

§ 772i (Pavanārjunasaṃv.): Vāyu said: A superior brahman

is the protector of all creatures and the creator of the living

world (cf. Agni), viz. Prajāpati Brahmán. Some unwise

persons say that Brahmán was born from an egg…; this

view one should not hold; how can Brahmán be born, he

who is unborn (ajaḥ)? the egg is space (ākāśaṃ); from

that Brahmán was born; if it is objected, that there would

be nothing for him to stand upon: there is Ahaṅkāra

(“consciousness”), endued with great energy: XIII, 154,

7227 (Prajāpatiḥ), 7228, 7231.—§ 772b (Pavanārjuna-

saṃv.): XIII, 155, 7233 (°ṇaḥ sutāṃ, i.e. Earth).—§ 772l

(Vasiṣṭha): XIII, 156, 7282 (°dattavaraṃ saras), 7289

(°dattavarā Daityāḥ).—§ 772p (Kapa, pl.): XIII, 158,

7328, (7330).—§ 773b (Kṛṣṇa Vāsudeva): XIII, 159,

7388 (Brahmā bhūtva, sc. Kṛṣṇa).—§ 773d (Śiva): XIII,

161, 7487 (°āṇaṃ sārathiṃ kṛtvā, sc. Śiva), 7492 (adored

Śiva).—§ 775 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 166α, 7635 (°ṇaḥ satī

Sāvitrī).—§ 782 (Anugītāp.): XIV, 18, 521 (Sarvaloka-

pitāmahaḥ).—§ 782b (Brāhmaṇagītā): XIV, 20, 609

(°ādayaḥ): 23, (†690), 707 (Prajāpatih); 27, 785.—§ 782g

(Guruśiṣyasaṃv.): XIV, 35, 949 (°ṇoktam idaṃ), 962

(vītakalmaṣaṃ); 36, (967); 37, (1023); 38, (1042); 39,

(1058); 40, (1084); 41, (1097); 42, (1102), ¹³1133 43,

(1170); 44, (1212); 45, (1234); 46, (1259); 47, (1317);

48, (1334); 50, (1366); 51, (1424), 1466, 1467.—§ 784b

(Uttaṅka): XIV, 54, 1576 (Kṛṣṇa identified with B.,

Viṣṇu, and Indra).—§ 788 (Āśramavāsap.): XV, 28, 755

(niyogād B°ṇaḥ).

Cf. also the following synonyms:

Abjasambhava: I, 2077.

Ādideva: XII, 6949.

Agni: XII, 8139.

Ahaṃkāra, q.v.

Aja, q.v.

Avyaya, q.v.

Bhūmipati: I, 2499.

Bhūtakṛt, q.v.

Bhūtātman, q.v.

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Caturmukha, q.v.

Caturvaktra, q.v.

Caturveda, q.v.

Śambhu, q.v.

Devadeva, q.v.

Devādhideva, q.v.

Devāsuraguru, q.v.

Devātideva: XII, 10681.

Devavara, q.v.

Deveśa, q.v.

Dhātṛ, q.v.

Hiraṇyagarbha, q.v.

Īśa, q.v.

Īśvara, q.v.

Jagannātha, q.v.

Jagatpati, q.v.

Jagatprabhu: XII, 9166.

Lokabhāvana, q.v.

Lokadhātṛ, q.v.

Lokādinidhaneśvara: VII, 2068.

Lokaguru, q.v.

Lokakartṛ, q.v.

Lokakṛt, q.v.

Lokapitāmaha: I, 904, 2074; II, 473; III, 8825;

V, 3502, 4107; VII, 2078; IX, 2281, 2524; XII, 2144,

9194, 10180, 10185, 13042, 13058, 13403, 13579, 13624;

XIII, 869, 3912, 4136, 4162; XIV, 1347.

Lokasambhava: XIII, 940.

Lokasraṣṭṛ: VIII, 1532.

Lokavṛddha: V, 1920.

Lokeśa, q.v.

Mahādeva: XII, 9176, 13047.

Mānasa, q.v.

Niruktaga: XII, 12914, 13283.

Padmasambhava: XIII, 6046.

Padmayoni: III, 16547; VII, 9427, 9591; XII,

13371; XIII, 1126, 3546, 6178.

Padmodbhava: XIII, 298.

Parameṣṭhin, q.v.

Pitāmaha: I, 32, 902, 935, 1197, 1272, (1274), 1277,

1569, 1570, 1576, 1580, 1588, 1627, 1628, 1629, 1638, 1644,

1645, 1652, 1826, 1915, 2057, 2065, 2075, 2076, 3846,

(7279), 7635, 7636, 7637, 7642, (7643), 7644, 7680 (°sya

bhavanaṃ), 7681, 7683, 7685, 7686, 7687, 7689, 7690,

7696, (7698), 7700, 7708, 7732, 7733, 8157; II, 280, 420

(°sabhūṃ), 425 (do.), 465, 467, 482 (°sabhāyāṃ), 739 (°samaḥ,

i.e. Bṛhadratha); III, 7078, 8034 (Vetasikāṃ P°niṣevitāṃ),

8192 (at Tuṅgaka), 8239, 8253 (°purogāś ca devāḥ), 8276

(°samaṃ Dhaumyaṃ), 8315 (performed a sacrifice in Prayāga),

8700, 8707 (yathā), 8775 (iva), 8823, 8827, 8858, 11856 (on

Meru), 12152, 12190, 12305, 12809, 13559, 13565, 13585,

14278, 15886, 15934, 15938; V, 1920, 1922, 3604 (amṛtenā

'bhitṛptasya sāram udgirataḥ purā, P°sya vadanād udatiṣṭhad

aninditā, i.e. Surabhi), 3835 (atra—in the North—yajñaṃ

samāsadya dhruvaṃ sthātā P°ḥ), 3969 (yathā Devyāṃ P°ḥ),

4102, (4111); VI, 2939, 2975, 2977, 5770 (iva); VII, 2041,

2071, 2085, 2099, 2101, 6348 (°purogamā devāḥ); VIII, 1518,

1526, 1528 (trilokeśaṃ), (1530), 1531, 1533, 1574 (lokadhātā),

1575, 1622, 1627, 2089, 2091, 4438; X, 769, 771, 776, 784;

XII, 1355 (°sutaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ Kumāraṃ), 2148, 2314, 4176

(wanting in B.), 4178, 4465, 4490, 4515, 4516, 4519 (°sama-

prabhaḥ), 5847, 6131, 6134, 6145, 6162, 6330 (°sabhopamaṃ),

6437, 7355, 7631, (7635), 8060, †8423 (Svayambhuvaḥ), 9156,

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9159, 9165, 9174, (9195), 9210, 9212, 10052 (identified with

Viṣṇu), 10113 (°purogāś ca sarve devāḥ), 10163, 10164, 10165,

10170, 10177, 10178, 10187, 10191, 10252, 10438 (hṛdayañ ca

P°aḥ, sc. Śiva's), 12979, 13037, 13045, 13420(?), 13522,

13562, 13595, 13596, †13686, (13727), 13731, 13764; XIII,

297, 298, 794, 1112, 1517, 2252, 2253, 2255, 2966, 3289

(Atriḥ P°sutaḥ), (3554), (3607), 3616, 3884 (°sya saṃvādam

Indrasya ca), 3887, 3953, 4016, 4020, 4104, 4138, 4142, 4155,

4159, 4160, 4371 (°sabhāṃ), 4378, 4392, 4765, 4805, 4807,

4923, 4928, 4933, 6155 (padmabhūtaḥ), 6159, 6582, 6807,

6810 (°gṛhaṃ, i.e. Kṛṣṇa), 6843, 6845, 7229 (born from the

ākāśa), 7635 (jagannāthaḥ), 7642; XIV, 525, 689, 784, 2035;

XVIII, 170.

Prabhavaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ: I, 2499.

Prajānām Īśvareśvaraḥ: VII, 2085.

Prajāpati, q.v.

Prajeśvara: VII, 2079.

Prapitāmaha: I, 7733; III, 1152, 15916; VI, 1285

(identified with Kṛṣṇa); VII, 1626; IX, 2192; XII, 7351,

9161; XIII, 1126; XIV, 966.

Sarvabhūtapitāmaha: I, 2493; IX, 2499; XII,

7530.

Sarvabhūtātman, q.v.

Sarvabhūteśa: III, 12818

Sarvalokakṛt: I, 8145.

Sarvalokapitāmaha: I, 901, 7735; II, 435; III,

8856, 12811, 12997, 13535; VIII, 1620; IX, 2313, 2495,

2742, 2750; XII, 4483; 6140, 13470; XIII, 1134;

XIV, 521.

Sarvalokeśvara, q.v.

Sarveśa: VII, 2102.

Suraguru: I, 32(?), 2504.

Suraśreṣṭha, q.v.

Surasattama, q.v.

Svayambhū, q.v.

Trailokyakartṛ: XII, 10167.

Tribhuvaneśvara, q.v.

Trilokakṛt: XII, 6977, 10190.

Trilokeśa, q.v.

Vedhas, q.v.

Vibudhaśreṣṭha, q.v.

Vibudheśvara, q.v.

Viśvakṛt, q.v.

Viśvātman, q.v.

Viśveśa, q.v.

Viśveśvara, q.v.

Vidhātṛ, q.v.

Vidhi, q.v.

Viriñci, q.v.

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— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Figurative Senses or Abstract Qualities

6 definitions

a particular joint of the body

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1. The light of Brahma or the Supreme Being. 2. An epithet of Shiva.

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1. The glory of Brahman. 2. Brahmanic lustre or glory.

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1. The rank or position of a Brahmana. 2. The place of the Supreme Spirit.

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the heart

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an aperture in the crown of the head through which the soul escapes the body

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Food or Wealth

5 definitions

food

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

wealth

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Wealth

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Food

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food given to the priests at a sacrifice

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Miscellaneous (Animals, Materials, Etymology, Numerals)

5 definitions

No definition found.

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a horse

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a kind of brass

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copper

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a kind of snake

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Malevolent Spirits (Ghosts of Brāhmaṇas)

4 definitions

Not provided in the entry.

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a kind of ghost, specifically the ghost of a Brahmana who in life was disdainful and stole the wives of others and the property of Brahmanas

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a Brahmana changed into a demon

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see brahmagraha

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The Sacred Syllable 'Om'

4 definitions

the sacred syllable Om

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The sacred and mystic syllable om.

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the sacred syllable om

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1. The mystic syllable om. 2. The mulberry tree.

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Intellect (Buddhi)

2 definitions

the intellect

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Intellect

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The Brāhmaṇa Texts (Vedic Prose)

2 definitions

the Brahmana portion of the Veda

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The Brahmana portion of the Veda

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Truth

1 definition

Truth

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ब्रह्मन्brahman

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