Brahmavriksha, Brahmavṛkṣa, Brahman-vriksha: 10 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Brahmavṛkṣa can be transliterated into English as Brahmavrksa or Brahmavriksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchBrahmavṛkṣa (ब्रह्मवृक्ष):—(1. brahman + vṛkṣa) m.
1) der Baum des Heiligen, das als Baum gedachte Brahman Cit. beim Schol. zu [Bhagavadgītā 15, 1]; vgl. brāhmo vṛkṣaḥ [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 397, 6] v. u. —
2) Butea frondosa Roxb. [Halāyudha 2, 42.] [Ratnamālā 44.] Ficus glomerata [Śabdakalpadruma] und [WILSON] nach ders. Aut.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungBrahmavṛkṣa (ब्रह्मवृक्ष):—m. —
1) das als Baum gedachte Brahman. —
2) *Butea frondosa ([Rājan 10,36.]) oder Ficus glomerata.
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: Vriksha, Brahman, Brahma.
Starts with: Brahmavriksham.
Full-text: Brahma vriksha, Brahmavana, Dahana, Dahaniya.
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