Brihadyama, Bṛhadyama, Brihad-yama: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Bṛhadyama can be transliterated into English as Brhadyama or Brihadyama, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchBṛhadyama (बृहद्यम):—m. der ausführliche (bṛhant) Yama (als Gesetzgeber) [Oxforder Handschriften 279,a,22. 356,a,23.] [Weber’s Indische Studien.1,235.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungBṛhadyama (बृहद्यम):—m. der ausführliche Yama.
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: Brihad, Yama.
Full-text: Yamasmriti.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 3.178 < [Section VIII - Śrāddhas]
Verse 3.167 < [Section VIII - Śrāddhas]
Verse 4.188 < [Section XIV - Other Duties]
The Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 15 - The Test for a Brāhmaṇa deserving for Śrāddha invitation < [Section 3 - Upodghāta-pāda]