cl. 1. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxii, 1]) bhárati, °te; cl. 3. P. Ā. ([xxv, 5]) bíbharti (bibhárti only, [RV. iv, 50, 7]), bibhṛte; cl. 2. P. bhárti, [RV. i, 173, 6.] (p. P. bíbhrat, q.v.; Ā. bibhrāṇa with act. meaning, [Ragh.], bibhramāṇa with pass. meaning, [RV.]; pf. jabhā́ra, jabhárat; jabhre, ajabhartana, [ib.]; babhāra, babhṛma, [Br.] &c.; p. babhrāṇá with pass. meaning, [RV.]; bibharāmbabhūva, [Ragh.], °rām-āsa, [Bhaṭṭ.]; aor. abhār, [RV.]; bhartám, bhṛtám, [Br.]; abhṛta Gr.; abhārṣam Subj. bharṣat, [RV.]; abhāriṣam, [AV.]; Prec. bhriyāsam, °yāt, [Br.]; fut. bhariṣyati cond. ábhariṣyat, [RV.]; bhartā́, [ŚBr.]; inf. bhártum, bhártave, bhártavaí, Ved.; bháradhyai, [RV.]; ind.p. -bhṛ́tya, [ib.] &c.), to bear, carry, convey, hold (‘on’ or ‘in’ loc.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to wear i.e. let grow (hair, beard, nails), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to balance, hold in equipoise (as a pair of scales), [Viṣṇ.]; to bear i.e. contain, possess, have, keep (also ‘keep in mind’), [RV.] &c. &c.; to support, maintain, cherish, foster, [ib.]; to hire, pay, [MBh.]; to carry off or along (Ā. bharate, ‘for one's self’ i.e. gain, obtain, or = ferri ‘to be borne along’), [RV.]; [AV.]; to bring, offer, procure, grant, bestow, [RV.] &c. &c.; to endure, experience, suffer, undergo, [ib.]; to lift up, raise (the voice or a sound; Ā. bharate, also ‘to rise, be heard’), [RV.]; to fill (the stomach), [Pañcat.]; (with garbham) to conceive, become pregnant (cf. under √ dhṛ), [RV.]; (with kṣitim) to take care of, rule, govern, [Rājat.]; (with, ājñām) to submit to, obey, [ib.]; (with ūrjām) to exert, employ, [Bhaṭṭ.] : Pass. bhriyáte (ep. also °ti; aor. abhāri), to be borne &c., [RV.] &c. &c.: Caus. bhārayati (aor. abībharat), to cause to bear &c.; to engage for hire, [MBh.] : Desid. búbhūrṣati ([ŚBr.]; [MārkP.]), bibhariṣati ([Pāṇ. viii, 2, 49]), to wish to bear or support or maintain: Intens. báribharti (3. pl. °bhrati, [RV.], where also 2. du. jarbhṛtáḥ), barībharti ([Kāv.]), to bear repeatedly or continually, carry hither and thither.
cl. 4. P. bhṛśyati, to fall, fall down, [Dhātup. xxvi, 115] (cf. √ bhraṃś, bhraś, of which √ is only the weak form); cl. 6. P. bhṛśati, to be strong or vehement, [Vop.] (rather Nom. fr. next).
mfn. (perhaps the original meaning may be ‘falling heavily’, cf. √ bhraś) strong, vehement, mighty, powerful, frequent, abundant (often ibc. cf. below; rarely as an independent word; cf. subhṛta), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
ibc. and (am ind.) strongly, violently, vehemently, excessively, greatly, very much, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
bhṛ́gu m. pl. (√ bhrāj) N. of a mythical race of beings (closely connected with fire, which they find [[RV. x, 46, 2]] and bring to men [[i, 58, 6]; [195, 2]] or enclose in wood [[vi, 15, 2]] or put in the navel of the world [[i, 143, 4]]; or which is brought to them and first kindled by Mātari-śvan [[i, 60, 1]; [iii, 5, 10]]; they are also said to fabricate chariots [[iv, 16, 20]] and are mentioned together with the Aṅgirasas, Atharvans, Ṛbhus, Maruts, Druhyus &c. [cf. [Naigh. v, 5]]; in [Hcat.] 12 Bhṛgus are enumerated among gods; cf. Gk. οἱ Φλεγύαι), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Kauś.]
N. of one of the chief Brāhmanical families (to which the Aitaśāyanas are said to belong), [RV.] (esp. [vii, 18, 6]; [viii, 3, 9] &c.); [Br.]; [MBh.]; [Pur.]
sg. N. of a Ṛṣi regarded as the ancestor of the Bhṛgus, [AV.]; [AitBr.] (he has the patr. Vāruṇi and is the supposed author of [RV. ix, 65]; [x, 19]; he is enumerated among the 10 Maharṣis created by the first Manu, [Mn. i, 35]; cf. [IW. 46] &c.)
of a son of Kavi, [MBh.]
of one of the Prajā-patis produced from Brahmā's skin, [Hariv.]; [Pur.]
of one of the 7 sages, [Hariv.]
of the father of Cyavana and 6 other sons, [MBh.]
of the father of Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ, [Pur.]
of the father of Śrī (by Khyāti), [ib.]
of the author of a Dharma-śāstra (cf. bhṛgu-smṛti), [Mn. i, 59]
of an astronomer, [Cat.] (cf. bhṛgu-saṃhitā)
of a medical authority, [ib.]
of the Ṛṣi Jamad-agni or his son, [L.]
of Śukra or the planet Venus (called either Bhṛgu or the son of Bh°; his day is Friday), [Sūryas.]; [Var.]
of Kṛṣṇa or of Rudra, [L.]
of a son of Artha-pati and uncle of the poet Bāṇa, [Vās., Introd.]
of the top of the mountain Bhṛgu-tuṅga, [Cat.]
a declivity, slope, precipice, [Hcat.] (cf. bhṛgu-patana).
bhṛ—kuṭi or bhṛ—kuṭī, f. = bhrū-kuṭi (also °ti-kutilānana, °ṭi-bandha, °ṭī-mukha), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; °ṭi-dhara, mfn. contracting the brows, [Mcar.]; (ī), f. a species of frog, [Suśr.] (with Jainas) N. of a goddess, [L.]; (i), m. (with Jainas) N. of the servant of the 20th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, [L.]
bhṛ—kuṭi or bhṛ—kuṭī, f. = bhrū-kuṭi (also °ti-kutilānana, °ṭi-bandha, °ṭī-mukha), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; °ṭi-dhara, mfn. contracting the brows, [Mcar.]; (ī), f. a species of frog, [Suśr.] (with Jainas) N. of a goddess, [L.]; (i), m. (with Jainas) N. of the servant of the 20th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, [L.]
bhṛṅgiriṭa or bhṛṅgiri°ṭi ([Hariv.]; [Bālar.]), bhṛṅ°girīṭi ([L.]), bhṛṅ°gīriṭi ([Hariv.]), bhṛṅ°geriṭi ([L.]), m. = bhṛṅgariṭi, q.v.; °giriṭau ([Hariv. 15421] ?) or °riṭī ([ib.] [iii, 104, 15]), du. N. of two of Śiva's attendants.