The Sanskrit term Bṛhadvasu can be transliterated into English as Brhadvasu or Brihadvasu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) Bṛhadvasu (बृहद्वसु).—A Vaṃśavartin God.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 36. 29; Vāyu-purāṇa 62. 26.

1b) A son of Ajāmīḍha and Dhūminī.^*

• * Vāyu-purāṇa 99. 170.

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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.

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and Subjects

Bṛhadvasu (बृहद्वसु) is the name of a teacher in the Vaṃśa Brāhmaṇa.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bṛhadvasu (बृहद्वसु).—[masculine] a man’s name.

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

Bṛhadvasu (बृहद्वसु):—[=bṛhad-vasu] [from bṛhad > bṛṃh] m. Name of two men, [Vaṃśa-brāhmaṇa; Viṣṇu-purāṇa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Brihadvasu in German

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Brihad, Vasu.

Full-text: Brihadvishnu.

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