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Entry ब्राह्मी

ब्राह्मीbrāhmī1 The personified female energy of Brahman.
1. 1 The personified female energy of Brahman.
2. Sarasvatī, the goddess of speech.
3. Speech; संस्कारो- पगतां ब्राह्मीं नानाशास्त्रोपबृंहिताम् Mb.1.1.19.
4. A tale or narrative.
5. A pious usage or custom, Vedic rituals; ब्राह्म्या संवर्तयामासू राङ्कवास्तरणावृताम् Rām.6.111.113.
6. Name of the constellation Rohiṇī.
7. Name of Durgā.
8. A woman married according to the Brāhma form of marriage.
9. The wife of a Brāhmaṇa.
10. A kind of medicinal plant; ब्राह्मी हिमा सरा तिक्ता लघुर्मेध्या च शीतला । कषाया मधुरा स्वादुपाकायुष्या रसायनी । स्वर्या स्मृतिपदा कुष्ठपाण्डु- मेहाश्रकासजित् ॥ Bhāva. Parasmaipada; बभूव तेषां रजनी ब्राह्मीव प्रीतिवर्धिनी Mb.15.18.23.
11. A kind of brass.
12. Name of a river.
Derived forms and compounds
- -कन्दः a species of bulbous plant.
- -पुत्रः the son of a Brāhmī, see above; दश पूर्वान् परान् वंश्यानात्मानं चैकविंशकम् । ब्राह्मीपुत्रः सुकृतकृन्मोचयेदेनसः पितॄन् ॥ Ms.3.37.
In the Gita2·72

एषा ब्राह्मी स्थितिः पार्थ नैनां प्राप्य विमुह्यति ।

eṣā brāhmī sthitiḥ pārtha naināṁ prāpya vimuhyati, — This is brāhmī sthitiḥ (firm standing in the Brahman), O son of Pritha. Having attained thereto one is not bewildered; fixed in that status at his… 2·72
- ब्राह्मीbrāhmīnominative singular of the feminine form of the adjective brāhma (of Brahman).
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