Brihadratha, Bṛhadratha, Brihat-ratha: 14 definitions
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Brihadratha has 12 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Bṛhadratha can be transliterated into English as Brhadratha or Brihadratha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchBṛhadratha (बृहद्रथ):—1. (bṛhant + ratha) adj. einen gewaltigen Wagen habend [?(Sāyaṇa) Ṛgveda 5, 80, 2.]
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Bṛhadratha (बृहद्रथ):—2. (wie eben)
1) m. proparox. Nomen proprium eines Mannes [Ṛgveda 1, 36, 18. 10, 49, 6.] neben Kaśyapa (Kāśyapa ed. Bomb.), Aṅgiras, Varca und Prāṇa [Mahābhārata 3, 14164.] durch vāsiṣṭha vom Schol. in der ed. Bomb. erklärt. Nomen proprium eines Fürsten [MaitrāyAṇyupaniṣad] [Colebrooke I, 78.] [Mahābhārata 1, 228. 2655. 7, 2281. 12, 1797.] von Māgadha [1, 2363.] bālhika [7001.] aṅga [12, 924. fgg. 981.] eines Fürsten der Videha und eines Sohnes des Devarāta [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 71, 6 (73, 5. 6 Gorresio).] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 13, 15.] des Vasu Uparicara [Harivaṃśa 1805. 1807. 6598.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 22, 5. 6.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 455.] des Tigma (Timi, Tigmātman) [462.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9,22,41.] [Oxforder Handschriften 40,b,19.] des Bhadraratha (Pṛthulākṣa) [Viṣṇupurāṇa 445.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 23, 10.] des Śaśadharman, eines Maurya, [Viṣṇupurāṇa 470.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 12, 1, 14.] [HALL] in der Einl. zu [Vāsavadattā 53.] Nach [Śabdakalpadruma] und [WILSON] m. Beiname Indra's; Opfergeräth (yajñapātra); ein best. Mantra; ein Theil des Sāmaveda. —
2) f. ā Nomen proprium eines Flusses [Harivaṃśa] [LANGL. I, 508.] — Vgl. bārhadratha, bārhadrathi .
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Bṛhadratha (बृहद्रथ):—1. , lies m. ein gewaltiger Held und vgl. 1. mahāratha 2).
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Bṛhadratha (बृहद्रथ):—2.
1) ein Maurya [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 12, 1, 14.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungBṛhadratha (बृहद्रथ):—1. m. ein gewaltiger Held.
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Bṛhadratha (बृहद्रथ):—2. —
1) m. — a) Nomen proprium verschiedener Manner. — b) *Beiname Indra's. — c) *Opfergeräth. — d) *ein best. Mantra. — e) *ein Theil des Sāmaveda. —
2) f. bṛhadrathā Nomen proprium eines Flusses [Harivaṃśa 9507.]
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Partial matches: Brihad, Brihat, Ratha.
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