babhrú mf(u, or U/)n. (according to [Uṇ. i, 23] fr. √ bhṛ) deep-brown, reddish-brown, tawny, [RV.] &c. &c.
bald-headed, [L.]
babhrú m. a kind of large ichneumon, [L.]
any ichneumon, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]
a man with deep-brown hair, [Mn. iv, 30] (others ‘a reddish-brown animal’ or ‘the Soma creeper’)
Cuculus Melanoleucus (= cātaka), [L.]
a species of vegetable, [L.]
N. of Kṛṣṇa-Viṣṇu or of Śiva, [MBh.]
a king, prince, [ib.]
a partic. constellation (= babhruka), [VarBṛS.], Sch.
N. of sev. men (cf. g. gargādi)
of a descendant of Atri (author of [RV. v, 30]), [Anukr.] (also with the patr. Daivāvṛdha and Kaumbhya, [Br.]; [MBh.]; [Pur.])
of a disciple of Śaunaka, [VP.]
of a son of Viśvā-mitra, [MBh.] (also pl. [Hariv.])
of a son of Viśva-garbha, [Hariv.]
of a Vṛṣṇi, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]
of a son of Druhyu, [Hariv.]
of a son of Roma-pāda or Loma-pāda, [ib.]
of a Gandharva, [R.]
of a country (= -deśa), [L.]
(u) f. a reddish-brown cow, [BhP.]
babhrú n. a dark-brown colour or any object of that colour, [W.]
[cf. Gk. ϕρύνη, ϕρῦνος; Lith. béras, brúnas; Germ. brûn, braun; Eng. brown.]