Anyabhrit, Anyabhṛt, Anya-bhrit: 7 definitions

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Anyabhrit 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.

The Sanskrit term Anyabhṛt can be transliterated into English as Anyabhrt or Anyabhrit, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Anyabhṛt (अन्यभृत्).—m. a crow (rearing another, it being supposed to sit on the eggs of the cuckoo and to rear its young ones), cf. Ś5.22.

Anyabhṛt is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anya and bhṛt (भृत्).

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

Anyabhṛt (अन्यभृत्).—m. (-t) A crow. E. anya another, bhṛt who nourishes: the crow is supposed to sit upon the eggs of the kokila: from bhṛ root, and kvip aff.

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

Anyabhṛt (अन्यभृत्):—[=anya-bhṛt] [from anya] m. ‘nourishing another’, a crow (supposed to sit upon the eggs of the kokila).

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

Anyabhṛt (अन्यभृत्):—[tatpurusha compound] f. (-t) A crow (lit. nourishing another, viz. the Kokila, the crow being supposed to hatch the eggs of the cuckoo. Comp. anyapuṣṭa, anyabhṛta, anyavāpa. The gender of this word is not defined in Hemachandra where it occurs; but it can scarcely be the masc.). E. anya and bhṛt.

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

Anyabhṛt (अन्यभृत्):—[anya-bhṛt] (t) 5. m. A crow.

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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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