Abhu, Abhū, Ābhu, Ābhū: 9 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAbhū (अभू).—'Unborn', Name of Viṣṇu.
Derivable forms: abhūḥ (अभूः).
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Ābhu (आभु).—a. [ā-bhū-ḍu] Pervading, reaching; तुच्छ्येनाभ्वपिहितं यदासीत् (tucchyenābhvapihitaṃ yadāsīt) Ṛgveda 1.129.3. (Sāy.); empty; stingy, emptyhanded; सत्यध्वृतं वृजिनायन्तमाभुम् (satyadhvṛtaṃ vṛjināyantamābhum) Ṛgveda 1.27.1.
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Ābhū (आभू).—1 P. Ved. To be present, continue one's existence; यद्यद्भवन्ति तदाभवन्ति (yadyadbhavanti tadābhavanti) Ch. Up.6.9.3.
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Ābhū (आभू).—a. Ved. Approaching (as a praiser); इन्द्रः श्नथयन्ननाभुवः (indraḥ śnathayannanābhuvaḥ) Ṛgveda 1.51.9.
2) Strong, sufficient, efficacious.
3) Applied according to rule (as a hymn).
4) Very prosperous. m.
1) A prison, a place of confinement.
2) A helper or assistant.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀbhū (आभू).—[ā-bhū], adj. Helping,
Ābhu (आभु).—[adjective] empty, stingy.
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Ābhū (आभू).—[adjective] present, helpful, ready; [masculine] assistant.
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Ābhū (आभू).—be present or at hand; exist, live on; come forth, spring from ([ablative]).
Ābhū is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ā and bhū (भू).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Abhū (अभू):—[=a-bhū] [from a-bhuva] m. ‘unborn’, Name of Viṣṇu, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) Ābhu (आभु):—mfn. empty, void, [Ṛg-veda x, 129, 3] (‘pervading, reaching’ [Sāyaṇa]), [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā]
3) one whose hands are empty, stingy, [Ṛg-veda x, 27, 1; 4.]
4) Ābhū (आभू):—[=ā-bhū] 1. ā-√bhū -bhavati (Impf. 2. sg. ā-bhavas; [perfect tense] ā-babhūva, etc.)
—to be present or near at hand;
—to assist;
—to exist, be, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā];
—to continue one’s existence, [Mahābhārata];
—to originate, be produced, begin to exist, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
5) [v.s. ...] 2. ā-bhū mfn. present, being near at hand, assisting, helping, [Ṛg-veda]
6) [v.s. ...] approaching, turning one’s self towards (as a worshipper towards the deity), [Ṛg-veda i, 51, 9]
7) [v.s. ...] m. (ūs) a helper, assistant.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAbhū (अभू):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-bhūḥ) Unborn; a name or epithet of Viṣṇu, the 437[th]) among the thousand names which occur in the Anuśasanap. of the Mahābh.; (according to Gaṅgādhara who admits in the verse anirvirṇṇaḥ sthaviṣṭho bhūrdharmayūpo mahāmakhaḥ the option between the reading sthaviṣṭho bhūḥ and sthaviṣṭhobhūḥ, and interprets accordingly: bhūrhi satāṃ bhavatyato bhūrna ca bhūrajanmā . bhāvethavā kartari dhātutaḥ kvip .. oṃ bhuvebhuve vā namaḥ). E. a neg. and bhū.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Pali-English dictionary
Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionaryabhū (အဘူ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[na+bhū]
[န+ဘူ]
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
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