Brahmaranya, Brahmāraṇya, Brahman-aranya: 7 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchBrahmāraṇya (ब्रह्मारण्य):—(1. brahman + a) n.
1) ein Wald für das Heilige, wo die heilige Schrift gelesen wird, [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 7, 12.] —
2) Nomen proprium eines Waldes [Hitopadeśa 40, 16.] māhātmya [MACK. Coll. I, 78.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungBrahmāraṇya (ब्रह्मारण्य):—n. —
1) ein Wald , in welchem der Veda studirt wird. —
2) Nomen proprium eines Waldes. māhātmya n.
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, Aranya.
Starts with: Brahmaranyamahatmya.
Full-text: Brahmaranyamahatmya.
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