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bṛhबृह्or vṛh, cl. 6. P. ([Dhātup. xxviii, 57]) bṛháti; vṛháti (pf. babarha, vavárha; fut. varkṣyati, varhiṣyati; varḍhā, varhitā; aor. barhīt, avṛkṣat; ind.p. vṛḍhvā, varhitvā, vṛ́hya, barham, várham; Ved. inf. vṛhas: Pass. vṛhyate ; aor. varhi), to tear, pluck, root up (without a prep. only with mūlam, [TS.]; [Āpast.]) : Caus. barháyati (see ni-√ bṛh) : Desid. vivṛkṣati, vivarhiṣati Gr.: Intens. varīvarḍhi, varīvṛhyate, [ib.]
or bṛṃh cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xvii, 85]) bṛṃhati (also °te, [ŚBr.] and bṛhati, [AV.]; pf. babarha, [AV.]; [A.] p. babṛhāṇá, [RV.]), to be thick, grow great or strong, increase (the finite verb only with a prep.) : Caus. bṛṃhayati, °te (also written vṛ°), to make big or fat or strong, increase, expand, further, promote, [MBh.]; [Kathās.]; [Pur.]; [Suśr.]; barhayati See sam-√ bṛh: Intens. barbṛhat, barbṛhi See upa-√ bṛh.
prayer. See bṛ́has-pati.
or bṛṃh (also written vṛh or vṛṃh). cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xvii, 85]) bṛṃhati (or barhati; 3. pl. pf. Ā. babṛṃhire, [Śiś. xvii, 31]), to roar, bellow, trumpet (said of an elephant), [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.; also cl. 10. P. ([Dhātup. xxxiii, 95]) to speak; to shine.
bṛhacबृहच्bṛhác in comp. for bṛhat
bṛhadबृहद्bṛhád in comp. for bṛhát.
bṛhajबृहज्bṛháj in comp. for bṛhát.
bṛhalबृहल्in comp. for bṛhát,
bṛhanबृहन्in comp. for bṛhát.
bṛhaḍबृहड्in comp. for bṛhát.
bṛhatबृहत्bṛhát mf(atI/)n. (in later language usually written vṛhat) lofty, high, tall, great, large, wide, vast, abundant, compact, solid, massy, strong, mighty, [RV.] &c. &c.
full-grown, old, [RV.]
extended or bright (as a luminous body), [ib.]
clear, loud (said of sounds), [ib.]
bṛhát m. N. of a Marut, [Hariv.]
of a prince, [MBh.]
of a son of Su-hotra and father of Aja-mīḍha, [Hariv.]
bṛhát m. or n. (?) speech (°tām pati = bṛhaspati), [Śiś. ii, 26]
bṛhát n. height (also = heaven, sky), [RV.]
N. of various Sāmans composed in the metrical form Bṛhatī (also with āneyam, bharad-vājasya. bhāradvājam, vāmadevyam, sauram), [ĀrṣBr.]
N. of Brahman, [BhP.]
of the Veda, [ib.]
bṛhát ind. far and wide, on high, [RV.]
bṛhát n. firmly, compactly, [ib.]
brightly, [ib.]
greatly, much, [ib.]
aloud, [ib.] (also atā́, [AV.])
bṛhaṭबृहट्in comp. for bṛhát.
bṛhakaबृहकm. N. of a Deva-gandharva, [MBh.]
bṛhatīबृहतीbṛhátī (tī), f. See s.v.
bṛhatī́ f. fr. bṛkát N. of a partic. metre of 36 (orig. 8 + 8 + 12 + 8) syllables or (later) any metre containing 36 syllables (ifc. °tīka mfn.), [RV.]; [RPrāt.]; [AV.]; [Br.] &c.
a symbolical expression for the number 36 [ŚrS.]
(pl.) N. of partic. bricks forming part of the sacrificial fire-altar, [ŚBr.]; [Śulbas.]
a partic. Solanum (-dvaya n. two species of it), [ŚāṅkhGṛ.]; [Suśr.]
a part of the body between the breast and backbone, [Suśr.]
(du.) heaven and earth, [Gal.]
speech (a sense inferred from certain passages)
a mantle, wrapper, [L.]
a place containing water, reservoir, [L.]
the lute of Nārada or Viśvā-vasu, [L.]
N. of two works.
N. of sev. women, [Hariv.]; [BhP.]
bṛhataबृहतm. N. of a son of the 9th Manu, [Hariv.]
bṛhadriबृहद्रिbṛhád—ri (bṛhád-), mfn. = -rayi, q.v., [RV.]
bṛhantaबृहन्तmfn. = bṛhát, large, great, [ŚvetUp.]
m. N. of a king, [MBh.]
bṛhatkaबृहत्कmfn. = bṛhát, large, great, [W.]
n. N. of a Sāman.
bṛhmaṇaबृह्मण(?) m. or n. N. of wk.
bṛhadāraबृहदारbṛhad—āra m. N. of an Asura, [L.]
bṛhadbhāsबृहद्भास्bṛhad—bhās mfn. shining brightly, [ĀpŚr.]
bṛhaddhanबृहद्धन्bṛhad—dhan (han) See bṛhat-tvan,
bṛhadelāबृहदेलाbṛhad—elā f. large cardamoms, [L.]
bṛhadiṣuबृहदिषुbṛhad—iṣu m. N. of various men, [Hariv.]; [Pur.]
bṛhadukṣबृहदुक्ष्bṛhad—úkṣ ([RV.]) and bṛhád—ukṣa (bṛhád-, [VS.]), mfn. sprinkling abundantly, shedding copiously.
bṛhadvatबृहद्वत्bṛhád—vat (bṛhád-), mfn. one to whom the Bṛhat-sāman is addressed, [VS.]
bṛhatīkaबृहतीकmfn. See bṛhatī́.
bṛhatikāबृहतिकाf. an upper garment, mantle, wrapper, [Pāṇ.]; [L.]
Solanum Indicum, [L.]
bṛhattvaबृहत्त्वbṛhat—tva n. greatness, largeness, large extent, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Kathās.]
bṛhacchālaबृहच्छालbṛhac—chāla (°hac + śā°) m. a large or lofty Vatica Robusta, [MBh.]
bṛhacchadaबृहच्छदbṛhac—chada m. a walnut, [L.]
bṛhacchokaबृहच्छोकbṛhac—choka (°hac + śo°) mfn. being in great sorrow, [Prab.]
bṛhacchukaबृहच्छुकbṛhac—chuka (°hac + śu°) m. a kind of peak, [Bhpr.]
bṛhadbhānuबृहद्भानुbṛhád—bhānu (bṛhád-), mfn. shining brightly, [RV.]; [Lāṭy.]
bṛhád—bhānu m. fire or the god of fire, [L.]
N. of a partic. Agni, [MBh.]
of a son of Sattrāyaṇa and a manifestation of Viṣṇu, [BhP.]
of a son of Kṛṣṇa, [ib.]
of a king, [Pur.]
bṛhadbhāsāबृहद्भासाbṛhad—bhāsā f. N. of a daughter of the god of the sun and wife of Agni Bhānu, [MBh.]
bṛhadbhāsaबृहद्भासbṛhad—bhāsa m. ‘having great splendour’, N. of a grandson of Brahmā, [MBh.]
bṛhadbhayaबृहद्भयbṛhad—bhaya m. N. of one of the sons of the 9th Manu, [MārkP.]
bṛhadbhujaबृहद्भुजbṛhad—bhuja mfn. long-armed, [L.]
bṛhaddhalaबृहद्धलbṛhad—dhala (°d-ha°) n. (?) a large plough, [L.]
bṛhadaṅgaबृहदङ्गbṛhad—aṅga mfn. having large limbs, large-bodied, [L.]
having many parts, [MW.]
bṛhad—aṅga m. an elephant, [L.]
a large elephant (or one that is usually the leader of a wild herd), [W.]
bṛhadaśvaबृहदश्वbṛhad—aśva m. N. of a Gandharva, [Cat.]
of various men, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.]
bṛhadagniबृहदग्निbṛhad—agni m. N. of a Ṛṣi, [Hariv.]
bṛhadamlaबृहदम्लbṛhad—amla m. Averrhoa Carambola, [L.]
bṛhadarkaबृहदर्कbṛhad—arka mf(I/)n. (?), [AV. viii, 9, 14.]
bṛhadatriबृहदत्रिbṛhad—atri m. ‘the larger Atri’, N. of wk. on med.
bṛhadbījaबृहद्बीजbṛhad—bīja m. ‘having large seeds’, or ‘abounding in seed’, Spondias Mangifera, [L.]
bṛhadbalaबृहद्बलbṛhad—bala m. ‘having great strength’, N. of two kings, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.]
bṛhaddalaबृहद्दलbṛhad—dala m. a species of Lodhra, [L.]
Phoenix Paludosa, [L.]
bṛhaddivāबृहद्दिवाbṛhad—divā́ (ā́), f. N. of a goddess (associated with Iḻā, Sarasvatī and others), [ib.]
bṛhaddivaबृहद्दिवbṛhád—diva (bṛhád-), mfn. ‘belonging to the lofty sky’, heavenly, celestial, [RV.] (also -divā́)
bṛhád—diva m. (with atharvaṇa) N. of the author of [RV. x, 120], [Anukr.];
N. of that hymn, [AitBr.]
bṛhadgalaबृहद्गलbṛhad—gala mfn. thick-necked, [TPrāt.] Comm.
bṛhadgṛhaबृहद्गृहbṛhad—guha (‘having large caves’) or bṛhad—gṛha, m. pl. ‘large-housed’, N. of a people (dwelling in a country lying behind the Vindhya mountains near Malwa, and perhaps comprising Bandelkhand), [L.]
bṛhadgiriबृहद्गिरिbṛhad—giri mfn. (prob.) calling or shouting loudly (the Maruts), [RV.]
bṛhad—giri m. N. of a Yati, [PañcavBr.]
bṛhadgolaबृहद्गोलbṛhad—gola n. a water-melon, [L.]
bṛhadguhaबृहद्गुहbṛhad—guha (‘having large caves’) or bṛhad—gṛha, m. pl. ‘large-housed’, N. of a people (dwelling in a country lying behind the Vindhya mountains near Malwa, and perhaps comprising Bandelkhand), [L.]
bṛhadguruबृहद्गुरुbṛhad—guru m. N. of a man, [MBh.]
bṛhadrājaबृहद्राजbṛhad—rāja m. N. of a king, [Pur.]
bṛhadrūpaबृहद्रूपbṛhad—rūpa m. a species of owl, [L.]
N. of a Marut, [Hariv.]
bṛhadraṇaबृहद्रणbṛhad—raṇa m. N. of a king, [BhP.] (cf. bṛhat-kṣaṇa).
bṛhadrathāबृहद्रथाbṛhád—rathā (ā), f. N. of a river, [Hariv.]
bṛhadrathaबृहद्रथbṛhad—rathá m. a powerful hero, [RV.]
(bṛhád-), N. of sev. men, [RV.]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
of Indra, [L.]
a sacrificial vessel, [L.]
a partic. Mantra, [L.]
a part of the Sāma-veda, [L.]
bṛhadrayiबृहद्रयिbṛhád—rayi (bṛhád-), mfn. having abundant possessions, [RV.]
bṛhadreṇuबृहद्रेणुbṛhád—reṇu (bṛhád-), mfn. stirring up thick dust, [RV.]
bṛhadromaबृहद्रोमbṛhad—roma and bṛhad—ro°mapaṭṭana, N. of places, [Cat.]
bṛhadukthaबृहदुक्थbṛhád—uktha (bṛhád-), mfn. having loud hymns of praise, loudly praised, [RV.]; [VS.]
bṛhád—uktha m. N. of an Agni (son of Tapas), [MBh.]
(with vāmadevya) N. of a man (author of [RV. x, 54]-[56]), [Anukr.]
(with vāmneya) of another man, [PañcavBr.]
of a son of Deva-rāta, [VP.]
bṛhadukthiबृहदुक्थिbṛhad—ukthi (!) m. N. of a Ṛṣi, [Cat.]
bṛhadukṣaबृहदुक्षbṛhad—úkṣ ([RV.]) and bṛhád—ukṣa (bṛhád-, [VS.]), mfn. sprinkling abundantly, shedding copiously.
bṛhadvātaबृहद्वातbṛhad—vāta m. a kind of grain, [L.]
bṛhadvadhaबृहद्वधbṛhad—vadha m. manifold murder, [BhP.]
murder of a Brāhman, [ib.]
bṛhadvasuबृहद्वसुbṛhad—vasu m. N. of two men, [VBr.]; [VP.]
bṛhadvatīबृहद्वतीbṛhád—vatī (atī), f. N. of a river, [MBh.]
bṛhadyamaबृहद्यमbṛhad—yama m. N. of the larger recension of Y°'s law-book.
bṛhajjālaबृहज्जालbṛhaj—jālá n. a large net or snare, [AV.]
bṛhajjīvāबृहज्जीवाbṛhaj—jīvantikā ([MW.]), bṛhaj—jīvantī or bṛhaj—jīvā ([L.]), f. a kind of plant (= priyaṃ-karī).
bṛhajjanaबृहज्जनbṛhaj—jana m. a great or illustrious man, [ib.]
bṛhanmanuबृहन्मनुbṛhan—manu m. ‘the larger Manu’, N. of a law-book (prob. the precursor of the present version, mentioned by Mādhava and other commentators).
bṛhanmatiबृहन्मतिbṛhan—mati mfn. high-minded, [RV.]
bṛhan—mati m. N. of the author of [RV. ix, 39, 40], [Anukr.],
bṛhannāṭaबृहन्नाटbṛhan—nāṭa m. (in music) a partic. Rāga, [Saṃgīt.]
bṛhannīlīबृहन्नीलीbṛhan—nīlī f. N. of plant (= mahā-n°), [L.]
bṛhannaukāबृहन्नौकाbṛhan—naukā f. N. of a favourable position in the game of Catur-aṅga, [L.]
bṛhannakhīबृहन्नखीbṛhan—nakhī f. a partic. perfume, [L.]
bṛhannalaबृहन्नलbṛhan—nala m. a kind of large reed, [Vās.]
the arm, [W.]
bṛhan—nala m. f. the name assumed by Arjuna when living in the family of king Virāṭa as a eunuch in female attire, [MBh.]; [Vās.]
bṛhannaḍaबृहन्नडbṛhan—naḍa m. reed-grass, Amphidonax Karka, [L.]
N. of Arjuna, [L.]
bṛhannaṭaबृहन्नटbṛhan—naṭa m. N. of Arjuna, [L.]
bṛhaspatiबृहस्पतिbṛ́has-páti m. (also written vṛh°-p°; fr. 3. bṛh + pati; cf. brahmaṇas-pati) ‘lord of prayer or devotion’, N. of a deity (in whom Piety and Religion are personified; he is the chief offerer of prayers and sacrifices, and therefore represented as the type of the priestly order, and the Purohita of the gods with whom he intercedes for men; in later times he is the god of wisdom and eloquence, to whom various works are ascribed; he is also regarded as son of Aṅgiras, husband of Tārā and father of Kaca, and sometimes identified with Vyāsa; in astronomy he is the regent of Jupiter and often identified with that planet), [RV.] &c., &c. (cf. [RTL. 215])
N. of a prince (great-grandson of Aśoka), [Buddh.]
of a king of Kaśmīra, [Rājat.]
of the author of a law-book, [IW. 203]; [302]
of a philosopher, [ib.] [120]
of other authors (also with miśra and ācārya cf. above), [Cat.]
(with āṅgirasa cf. above) N. of the author of [RV. x, 71]; [72]; [Anukr.]
bṛhatphalāबृहत्फलाbṛhat—phalā f. N. of various plants (a species of wild cucumber; Beninkasa Cerifera; = mahājumbū = mahendra-vāruṇī), [L.]
bṛhatphalaबृहत्फलbṛhat—phala mfn. having large fruit bringing great profit or reward, [L.]
bṛhat—phala m. a species of plant (= caceṇḍā), [L.]
bṛhat—phala m. pl. N. of a class of Buddhist gods, [Buddh.]
bṛhatkāśaबृहत्काशbṛhat—kāśa m. a partic. kind of reed (= khaḍgaṭa), [L.]
bṛhatkāyaबृहत्कायbṛhat—kāya m. ‘large-bodied’, N. of a son of Bṛhad-dhanus, [BhP.]
bṛhatkathāबृहत्कथाbṛhat—kathā f. ‘great narrative’, N. of a collection of tales ascribed to Guṇāḍhya (from which the Kathā-sarit-sāgara of Somadeva is said of another wk.)
bṛhatketuबृहत्केतुbṛhát—ketu (hát-), mfn. having great clearness or brightness (said of Agni), [RV.]
bṛhát—ketu m. N. of a king, [MBh.]
bṛhatpādaबृहत्पादbṛhat—pāda mf(A)n. large-footed, [Kathās.]
bṛhat—pāda m. the Indian fig-tree, [L.]
bṛhatpīluबृहत्पीलुbṛhat—pīlu m. a kind of Pīlu tree (= mahā-p°), [L.]
bṛhatsphijबृहत्स्फिज्bṛhat—sphij m. ‘having large buttocks’, N. of a man, [Pañcat.]
bṛhatsenāबृहत्सेनाbṛhat—senā (ā), f. N. of Damayantī's nurse, [Nal.]
bṛhatsenaबृहत्सेनbṛhat—sena m. N. of various kings, [MBh.]; [VP.]
of a son of Kṛṣṇa, [BhP.]
of a son of Su-nakṣatra, [ib.]
bṛhatsomaबृहत्सोमbṛhat—soma w.r. for -sāma, [TBr.] Comm.
bṛhattālaबृहत्तालbṛhat—tāla m. Phoenix Paludosa (= hintāla), [L.]
bṛhattṛṇaबृहत्तृणbṛhat—tṛṇa n. strong grass, [Gobh.]
the bamboo cane, [L.]
bṛhattvacबृहत्त्वच्bṛhat—tvac m. Alstonia Scholaris, [L.]
bṛhattvanबृहत्त्वन्bṛhat—tvan (?) m. N. of a Deva-gandharva, [MBh.] (v.l. °had-dhan).
bṛhaṭṭīkāबृहट्टीकाbṛhaṭ—ṭīkā f. ‘large commentary’, N. of wk. by Kumārila.
bṛhacchalkaबृहच्छल्कbṛhac—chalka (°hac + śa°) m. ‘large-scaled’, a kind of prawn, [L.]