Apanabhrit, Apānabhṛt, Apana-bhrit: 5 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Apānabhṛt can be transliterated into English as Apanabhrt or Apanabhrit, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Apānabhṛt (अपानभृत्).—f. a sort of brick (cherishing the life-wind apāna).

Apānabhṛt is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms apāna and bhṛt (भृत्).

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

Apānabhṛt (अपानभृत्):—[=apāna-bhṛt] [from apāna > apān] f. ‘cherishing the vital air’, a sacrificial brick, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]

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

Apānabhṛt (अपानभृत्):—[tatpurusha compound] f. (-t) The name of certain sacrificial bricks (literally: supporting the vital air apāna); for similar terms comp. prāṇabhṛt, vyānabhṛt, udānabhṛt, samānabhṛt, also cakṣurbhṛt, manobhṛt, śrotrabhṛt, vāgbhṛt. E. apāna and bhṛt, scil. iṣṭakā.

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Apanabhrit in German

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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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