Agnibhu, Agni-bhu, Agnibhū: 9 definitions

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Agnibhu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Agnibhu (अग्निभु).—n. [agnerbhavati; bhū-kvip hrasvāntaḥ]

1) water.

2) gold.

Agnibhu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms agni and bhu (भु).

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Agnibhū (अग्निभू).—a. [agnerbhavatiḥ bhū-kvip] produced from fire. (bhūḥ) 1 'fire-born,' Name of Kārttikeya.

2) Name of a teacher (kāśyapa) who was taught by Agni.

3) (arith.) six.

Agnibhū is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms agni and bhū (भू).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Agnibhū (अग्निभू).—m.

(-bhūḥ) A name of Skanda, the Hindu deity of war. See kārttikeya and skanda. E. agni and bhū being; being, or born, from fire. Siva having cast his seed into flame, for the purpose of generating a warrior, able to subdue Taraka, a demon, Skanda was produced. n. (-bhu) Water, which is generated, in the Hindu cosmogony, from fire.

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

Agnibhu (अग्निभु).—[agni-bhu] (vb. bhū), n. Water, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 321.

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

1) Agnibhu (अग्निभु):—[=agni-bhu] [from agni] n. ‘fire produced’, water, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Agnibhū (अग्निभू):—[=agni-bhū] [from agni] m. Skanda, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] Name of a Vedic teacher, with the patron. Kāśyapa, [Vaṃśa-brāhmaṇa]

4) [v.s. ...] (in [arithmetic]) six.

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

Agnibhu (अग्निभु):—[tatpurusha compound] n.

(-bhu) See the following.

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Agnibhū (अग्निभू):—[tatpurusha compound] I. m.

(-bhūḥ) 1) A name of Skanda, the Hindu deity of war. See kārttikeya, skanda, agnijanman. (Śiva having cast his seed into flame, for the purpose of generating a warrior, able to subdue Tāraka, a demon, Skanda was produced.)

2) (In arithmetic sometimes used to denote) the numeral six (Skanda having six faces). Ii. n.

(-bhu) Water (rain being generated, according to the Hindu belief from the clouds which are produced by the smoke of fire). E. agni and bhū (generating from).

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

Agnibhū (अग्निभू):—[agni-bhū] (bhūḥ) 3. m. A name of Scanda, or the Hindu Mars; 2. n. (bhu) water.

[Sanskrit to German]

Agnibhu 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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Agnibhū (ಅಗ್ನಿಭೂ):—[adjective] = ಅಗ್ನಿಭವ [agnibhava]¹.

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Agnibhū (ಅಗ್ನಿಭೂ):—[noun] = ಅಗ್ನಿಭವ [agnibhava]².

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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