Babhravya, Bābhravya: 9 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Purana
2. General definition
Languages
1. Marathi
2. Sanskrit
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Introduction:

Babhravya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Bābhravya (बाभ्रव्य).—An author of the 'Science of Love'. Śvetaketu was the first of the authors who had written on the Science of amour (Kāma-śāstra). Bābhravya made only a condensation of the work of Śvetaketu.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Bābhravya (बाभ्रव्य).—The author of a kāmaśāstra; see Subālaka.^*

* Matsya-purāṇa 21. 30; 198. 4.

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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

Bābhravya (बाभ्रव्य), “descendant of Babhru”, is the patronymic of Girija in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa (vii. 1), and of Śaṅkha in the Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa (iii. 41, 1; iv. 17, 1).

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

bābhravya (बाभ्रव्य).—m A tribe, or an individual of it, of Brahmans about Ratnagiri.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

bābhravya (बाभ्रव्य).—m A tribe or an individual of it, of Brahmans about Ratnagiri.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Bābhravya (बाभ्रव्य).—[masculine] = [preceding], [Name] of [several] men.

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

1) Bābhravya (बाभ्रव्य):—[from bābhrava] m. Name of various authors and teachers (also with kauśika and pañcāla, and śāṇḍila [plural]), [Gṛhya-sūtra; Harivaṃśa; Catalogue(s)] (cf. [Pāṇini 4-1, 106])

2) [v.s. ...] of other men, [Ratnāvalī; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]

3) Bābhravyā (बाभ्रव्या):—[from bābhravya > bābhrava] f. Name of a woman, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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Babhravya 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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2. Works on Kāmaśāstra (i): Bābhravyakārikā < [Chapter 2 - An Appraisal of Kāmaśāstra Works in Sanskrit]

1. Tradition of Kāmaśāstra < [Chapter 2 - An Appraisal of Kāmaśāstra Works in Sanskrit]

2. Works on Kāmaśāstra (b): Pañcasāyaka < [Chapter 2 - An Appraisal of Kāmaśāstra Works in Sanskrit]

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