Bhratridvitiya, Bhrātṛdvitīyā, Bhratri-dvitiya: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Bhrātṛdvitīyā can be transliterated into English as Bhratrdvitiya or Bhratridvitiya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchBhrātṛdvitīyā (भ्रातृद्वितीया):—[(bhrātar + dvi)] f. der zweite Tag in der lichten Hälfte des Monats Kārttika, an dem man die Brüder und andere Verwandte bewirthet, [NIRṆAYASINDHU im Śabdakalpadruma] [Oxforder Handschriften 87,a,41. 284,a,2 v. u.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungBhrātṛdvitīyā (भ्रातृद्वितीया):—f. der zweite Tag in der lichten Hälfte des Kārttika , an dem man die Brüder und andere Verwandte bewirthet.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Bhratri, Dvitiya.
Full-text: Yamadvitiya.
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