ब्रह्मविद्या (brahmavidyā) is a Sanskrit word meaning knowledge of the supreme spirit or sacred knowledge, name of an Upanishad, knowledge of spirit, knowledge of God, durga, knowledge of Brahman, personified. Its 10 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Knowledge of the Supreme Reality, Personified Knowledge or Divine Epithet, Name of an Upaniṣad.
knowledge of the supreme spirit or sacred knowledge
(H3) [Printed book page 740,1] ब्रह्म (brahma)—विद्या (—vidyā)f. knowledge of ‘the one self-existent Being’, kn° of Brahmă, sacred knowledge, ŚBr. &c. &c. (cf.Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams (Title) 219 ) [ID=147018]
ब्रह्म (brahma)विद्या (vidyā) (brahmavidyā) [Printed book page 608] ब्रह्म (brahma)विद्या (vidyā) (brahmavidyā) f. (-द्या (-dyā)) Knowledge of spirit.
E. ब्रह्म (brahma), and विद्या (vidyā) science.
[ID=28033]
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Knowledge of God
ब्रह्मविद्या (brahmavidyā) [Printed book page 545-b] ब्रह्म-विद्या (brahma-vidyā)(द्या) ((dyā)) 1. f. Knowledge of God. [ID=27543]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
knowledge of the supreme spirit
ब्रह्मविद्या (brahmavidyā) [Printed book page 512-24] ब्रह्मन्-विद्या (brahman-vidyā)f. knowledge of the supreme spirit. [ID=26896]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Knowledge of spirit
ब्रह्मविद्या (vidyā) (brahmavidyā) [Printed book page 521-a] ब्रह्मविद्या (vidyā) (brahmavidyā)
f. (-द्या (-dyā)) Knowledge of spirit.
E. ब्रह्म, (brahma,) and विद्या (vidyā) science.
[ID=28903]
— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
knowledge of the supreme spirit
ब्रह्मविद्या (brahmavidyā) [Printed book page 369] ब्रह्मविद्या (brahmavidyā)f.abstr. to prec. [ID=22384]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Knowledge of the Absolute
ब्रह्मविद्या (brahmavidyā) [Printed book page 2-079] Brahma-vidyā, ‘knowledge of the Absolute,’ is the name of one of the sciences enumerated in the Chāndogya Upaniṣad.1 It is also mentioned elsewhere.2 [Footnote: 1) vii. 1, 2, 4; 2, 1; 7, 1.]
[Footnote: 2) Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, i. 4, 20, etc.] [ID=2215]
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Definitions on this page come from 8 works:
Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.
