Brihatkaya, Bṛhatkāya, Brihat-kaya: 8 definitions
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Brihatkaya has 6 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Bṛhatkāya can be transliterated into English as Brhatkaya or Brihatkaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchBṛhatkāya (बृहत्काय):—[(bṛhant + kāya)]
1) adj. einen grossen Leib habend. —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Bṛhaddhanus [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 21, 22.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungBṛhatkāya (बृहत्काय):—m. Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Bṛhaddhanus.
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: Brihat, Kaya.
Full-text: Jayadratha, Brihadanga, Visada, Brihaddhanu, Brihadishuvamsha.
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