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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Brāhmīputra (ब्राह्मीपुत्र).—the son of a Brāhmī, see above; दश पूर्वान् परान् वंश्यानात्मानं चैकविंशकम् । ब्राह्मीपुत्रः सुकृतकृन्मोचयेदेनसः पितॄन् (daśa pūrvān parān vaṃśyānātmānaṃ caikaviṃśakam | brāhmīputraḥ sukṛtakṛnmocayedenasaḥ pitṝn) || Manusmṛti 3.37.

Derivable forms: brāhmīputraḥ (ब्राह्मीपुत्रः).

Brāhmīputra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms brāhmī and putra (पुत्र).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Brāhmīputra (ब्राह्मीपुत्र).—[masculine] the son of a woman married according to the Brahman rite.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Brāhmīputra (ब्राह्मीपुत्र):—[=brāhmī-putra] [from brāhmī > brahman] m. the son of a woman married according to the Brāhma rite, [Manu-smṛti iii, 37.]

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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: Putra, Brahmi.

Full-text: Ekavimshaka.

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