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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for ब्राह्मी

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. 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.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. ब्राह्मीbrāhmīf. see ब्राह्मी
    1. feminine see ब्राह्मी
    2. feminine (of ब्राह्म्/अ quod vide) the S3akti शक्ति or personified energy of Brahma1 ब्रह्मा (regarded as one of the 8 Ma1tr2is मातृ s or divine mothers of created beings; in MBh. ix, 2655 they are said to attend Skanda स्कन्द) Lexicographers
    3. feminine speech or the goddess of speech (Equivalent to Sarasvati1 सरस्वती) MBh. i, 19
    4. feminine Name of Durga1 दुर्गा Devi1P.
    5. feminine the wife of a Bra1hman Brahman W.
    6. feminine (in music) Name of a Mu1rchana1 मूर्छना Sam2gi1t.
    7. feminine a religious practice, pious usage (647466 that the rest of a word is to be suppliedम्या indeclinable according to pious usage) R.
    8. feminine a woman married according to the Bra1hma ब्राह्म rite Gaut. Vishn2. (confer, compare -पुत्र), the constellation Rohin2i रोहिणि Lexicographers
    9. feminine a female fish or frog W.
    10. feminine a species of ant Lexicographers
    11. feminine Name of various plants (Clerodendrum Siphonantus, Ruta Graveolens, Enhydra Hingcha etc.) Lexicographers
    12. feminine a kind of brass Lexicographers
    13. feminine Name of a river S3atr.
    14. feminine (with संहिता) Name of work
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. ब्राह्मीbrāhmī[brâhmî] f. (of brâhma), female energy of Brahman; goddess of speech, Sarasvatî (Brahman's wife); speech…

    [brâhmî] feminine; also equal for (of brâhma), female energy of Brahman; goddess of speech, Sarasvatî (Brahman's wife); speech; narrative; wife espoused according to the Brâhma form; noun of various plants; noun of a river: -putra, masculine son of a woman married according to the Brâhma rite.

    Source: Macdonell

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