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Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Bhāradvājīputra (भारद्वाजीपुत्र).—A preceptor, who was a disciple of Pārāśarīputra. In the Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad he is referred to in many contexts as Vātsīmāṇḍavīputra.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhāradvājīputra (भारद्वाजीपुत्र):—[=bhāradvājī-putra] [from bhāradvāja] m. Name of a teacher, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]

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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: Putra, Bharadvaji.

Full-text: Bharadvaji.

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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (by Swāmī Mādhavānanda)

Section V - The Line of Teachers < [Chapter VI]

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