Brahmakurca, Brahmakūrca, Brahman-kurca: 5 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Brahmakurcha.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchBrahmakūrca (ब्रह्मकूर्च):—[(brahman + kūrca)] Bez. einer best. Kasteiung: ahorātroṣito bhūtvā paurṇamāsyāṃ viśeṣataḥ . pañcagavyaṃ pibetprātarbrahmakūrcavidhiḥ smṛtaḥ .. [PRĀYAŚCITTAV. im Śabdakalpadruma] [Oxforder Handschriften 283,a,14. 44,b,16.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 366 (38). 1149.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungBrahmakūrca (ब्रह्मकूर्च):—n. eine best. Kasteiung , bei der man die fünf von der Kuh kommenden Dinge (s. pañcagavya geniesst , [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 1,200,11.2,45,11.12.46,20.]
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: Brahman, Kurca, Brahma.
Starts with: Brahmakurcavidhi.
Full-text: Brahmakurcavidhi.
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