Brahmanishtha, Brahmaniṣṭha, Brahman-nishtha: 7 definitions
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Brahmanishtha has 5 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Brahmaniṣṭha can be transliterated into English as Brahmanistha or Brahmanishtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchBrahmaniṣṭha (ब्रह्मनिष्ठ):—
1) adj. s. u. niṣṭha 1,c. —
2) m. Maulbeerbaum [NIGH. PR.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungBrahmaniṣṭha (ब्रह्मनिष्ठ):——
1) ganz dem Brahman (n.) hingegeben. —
2) m. Maulbeerbaum.
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: Nishtha, Brahman, Brahma.
Full-text: Yatayati.
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