Brihaspati, Bṛhaspati: 34 definitions

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Brihaspati means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi. 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 Bṛhaspati can be transliterated into English as Brhaspati or Brihaspati, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Brahaspati.

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In Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति) is the name of a sage who was in the company of Bharata when he recited the Nāṭyaveda them, according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 35. Accordingly, they asked the following questions, “O the best Brahmin (lit. the bull of the twice-born), tell us about the character of the god who appears in the Preliminaries (pūrvaraṅga). Why is the sound [of musical instruments] applied there? What purpose does it serve when applied? What god is pleased with this, and what does he do on being pleased? Why does the Director being himself clean, perform ablution again on the stage? How, O sir, the drama has come (lit. dropped) down to the earth from heaven? Why have your descendants come to be known as Śūdras?”.

Source: archive.org: The mirror of gesture (abhinaya-darpana)

One of the Nava-graha (Hands that indicate the Nine Planets)—Bṛhaspati: Śikhara with both hands, as if holding the sacred thread.

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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Jyotiṣa

Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति) refers to the planet jupiter. It is also kown as devaguru, guru. The corresponding day of the week is wednesday (guruvāra). The term is used throughout Jyotiṣa literature.

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति) refers to the planet Jupiter, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 8), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “The years of Jupiter (bṛhaspati) take their names from the several Nakṣatras in which he reappears after his conjunction with the Sun; and these names are identical with the names of the lunar months. [...] If the disc of Jupiter (bṛhaspati) be full of pure rays and large and appear of the colour of white jasmine or white water lily or crystal and if he does not suffer by occulation by or conjunction with, other planets and when he is in his good course mankind will be happy.”.

Source: Google Books: Studies in the History of the Exact Sciences (Astronomy)

Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति) refers to the planet Jupiter, according to the grahaśānti (cf. grahayajña) section of the Yājñavalkyasmṛti (1.295-309), preceded by the section called vināyakakalpa (1.271-294), prescribing a rite to be offered to Vināyaka.—[Names of grahas]—The nine grahas are enumerated in the week-day order plus Rāhu and Ketu. This verse is indispensable since in the rest of this section this order is presupposed and the nine grahas are referred to only by this order instead of by their names. The names are standard ones: Sūrya (Sun), Soma (Moon), Mahīputra (the son of the earth, i.e., Mars), Somaputra (the son of the Moon, i.e., Mercury), Bṛhaspati (Jupiter), Śukra (Venus), Śanaiścara (Saturn), Rāhu, and Ketu.

Source: Pt. Sanjay Rath: Bṛhaspati Kavacha Mantra

Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति) refers to one of the 18 names of Jupiter (Bṛhaspati) according to the Bṛhaspati-kavaca-mantra from the Brahmayāmalatantra. In jyotiṣa there is a saying that when Jupiter protects there is none that can destroy. The eighteen names of Jupiter (viz., Bṛhaspati) relate to eighteen body parts starting from the top of head (śiras). One method uses this formula: Each name associates with two drekkāṇa reckoned from lagna in the horoscope.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति).—The teacher of the devas (Gods). Birth. The father of Bṛhaspati was Aṅgiras, the son of Brahmā. Brahmā grew amorous, at the sight of some celestial maids who were present at a sacrifice performed by Rudra; and he had seminal flow. Brahmā put the semen in fire. From that fire the devas such as Marīci, Bhṛgu, Aṅgiras and others were born. The name Aṅgiras was given because he was born out of aṅgāra (live-coal). Eight sons were born to Aṅgiras by his wife Vasudā. They were Utathya, Bṛhaspati, Vayasya, Śānti, Ghora, Virūpa, Saṃvarta and Sudhanvā. All of them were sages who had attained oneness with the supreme Spirit by knowledge, and who had been free from worldly pain. Of them Bṛhaspati, Utathya and Saṃvarta became famous through all the worlds. In some purāṇas Vasudā, the mother of Bṛhaspati, is given the name Śraddhā also. (See full article at Story of Bṛhaspati from the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति) is the name of an ancient Sage (Muni), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.39 (“The gods arrive at Kailāsa”).—Accordingly: “[...] Lord Śiva thus requested by Viṣṇu, and being himself eager to follow worldly conventions performed the same duly. Authorised by Him, I performed all the rites conducive to prosperity, assisted by the sages. The sages [e.g., Bṛhaspati, ...], and other sages came to Śiva. Urged by me they performed the sacred rites duly. All of them who had mastered the Vedas and Vedāṅgas performed the safety rites for Śiva and tied the auspicious thread round his wrist. [...]”.

Note: Bṛhaspati is designated as the family priest of divine community. He is the preceptor of the gods and intercedes on their behalf with the triad—Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva, seeking their support.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति).—(Vedhas)—a son of Angiras by Sunīpā; (also Prajāpati, Vāyu-purāṇa); a Brahmiṣṭha famous in Svārociṣāntara; a sage of the Svārociṣa epoch,¹ born of Phalguni in Cakṣuṣāntara; a Mantra-Brāhmaṇa; identified with Bhagavān,² lord of Viśravas and Angiras; sister, Yogasiddha, wife of Prabhāsa; wife Tārā who was taken away by Soma; she came back after Śiva's war with him and Brahmā's intervention; father of Kaca and Bharadvāja;³ had sexual intercourse with Mamata (brother's wife), when she was pregnant; cursed the baby in the womb for obstructing the entry of his semen. Bharadvāja was born who was brought up by the Maruts;⁴ appointed Purohita of the Gods and got back to life the Gods killed by the Asuras;⁵ had faith in kriyāyoga;⁶ served as calf for the sages (milked the cowearth, Vāyu-purāṇa) to milk the Vedic lore from the earth and got the essence of tapas; saciva of Indra; caused illusion for⁷ Rajo's sons and got back the place for Indra;⁸ wielded overlordship over Indra and was the cause of his yogakṣema;⁹ master of Mantras;¹⁰ finding Śukra engaged for ten years with Jayanti, Br. took the guise of Śukra and acted as Śukra to the Asuras; when Śukra spoke of the deceit, they would not listen to him and hence were cursed; Bṛhaspati threw off his guise and went to his place;¹¹ appeared before the Asuras in the guise of Kāvya;¹² fought with Uśanas or Śukra in the Devāsura war;¹³ advised Indra besieged by Bali, to abandon the city and await better times¹⁴ was not accorded due welcome by Indra in his pride and hence Bṛhaspati abandoned the Devas when the Asuras rose up in arms against them; after consulting him on Tāraka's advance, Indra resolved on war;¹⁵ blessed Umā with a son; blessed the Deva host in the Tārakāmaya.¹⁶

1) Bhāgavata-purāṇa IV. 1. 35; 17. 9. 8. Matsya-purāṇa 192. 10; 196. 5. 19, 24. Vāyu-purāṇa 52. 77; 53. 33; 59. 90, 131; 85. 100; 98. 24 and 27.
2) Bhāgavata-purāṇa XI. 16. 22; Matsya-purāṇa 245. 86; 249. 11.
3) Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 14. 4; Matsya-purāṇa 23. 30, 47; 26. 3; Vāyu-purāṇa 65. 103; 70. 4; 76. 1 and 25; Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 6. 10.
4) Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 20. 36-9; Matsya-purāṇa 48. 33-41; 49. 15. Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 19. 16; Vāyu-purāṇa 99. 37; 103. 59; 106. 50.
5) Ib. IX. 24. 45; 25. 9. 12; Vāyu-purāṇa 2. 19; 3. 4; 38. 44.
6) Bhāgavata-purāṇa XI. 27. 2.
7) Ib. IV. 18. 14; Matsya-purāṇa 10. 17; Vāyu-purāṇa 62. 138 and 177.
8) Bhāgavata-purāṇa V. 24. 24; Matsya-purāṇa 29. 11; Vāyu-purāṇa 53. 67; Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 9. 17-22.
9) Vāyu-purāṇa 84. 15; 92. 91.
10) Matsya-purāṇa 47. 81.
11) Ib. 47. 181-205.
12) Vāyu-purāṇa 97. 106, 121.
13) Bhā VIII. 10. 33.
14) Ib. VIII. 15. 28-31.
15) Ib. VI. 7. 79 and 16-19; Matsya-purāṇa 148. 62-76.
16) Ib. 154. 507; 174. 52.

1b) A planet; three-fourth of Śukra (Bhār1) Br. II. 23. 85; M. 128. 48, 64; Vā. 53. 87. has a golden chariot drawn by 8 white (red, Vāyu-purāṇa) horses;² traverses each sign in one full year; generally favourable to the Brahmanas; a good graha;³ on the right a bad omen;⁴ his place above Budha;⁵ in Simha, every twelve years;⁶ stands above Angāraka at a distance of 2000 yojanas and below Śani.⁷

1) Matsya-purāṇa 127. 5; Vāyu-purāṇa 52. 77-9; Viṣṇu-purāṇa II. 12. 19.
2) Bhāgavata-purāṇa V. 22. 15; XII. 2. 24; Matsya-purāṇa 264. 8.
3) Ib. 163. 39.
4) Vāyu-purāṇa 53. 97.
5) Ib. 83. 42.
6) Ib. 101. 133; Viṣṇu-purāṇa II. 7. 9.

1c) A Ṛṣi;¹ heard the Bhāgavata from Sānkhāyana;² teacher of Uddava;³ went to Syamantapañcaka to see Kṛṣṇa,⁴ went with Kṛṣṇa to Mithilā;⁵ advised Janamejaya to give up Sarpasatra; by doing this he honoured the sage.⁶

1) Matsya-purāṇa 145. 92.
2) Bhāgavata-purāṇa III. 8. 8.
3) Ib. III. 1. 25; IV. 7. 60.
4) Ib. X. 84. 4.
5) Ib. X. 86. 18.
6) Ib. XII. 6. 23-28

1d) An author of a work on architecture; even he cannot speak fully on iconography.^*

* Matsya-purāṇa 252. 3; 261. 57.

1e) A son of Gokarṇa, an avatār of the sixteenth dvāpara.^*

* Vāyu-purāṇa 23. 173.

1f) The fourth Veda Vyāsa.^*

* Viṣṇu-purāṇa III. 3. 12.

Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and places

Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. I.60.5) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Bṛhaspati) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

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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.

Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature

Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति) is the name of a ancient authority on the science of Sanskrit metrics (chandaśāstra) mentioned by Yādavaprakāśa (commentator on Chandaśśāstra of Piṅgala).—Bṛhaspati is also one among the ancient authorities of Sanskrit Prosody, stands second to Śiva, mentioned by Yādavaprakāśa as Suraguru.

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Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: Shodhganga: Iconographical representations of Śiva

Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति) is the name of a deity who received the Candrajñānāgama from Ananta through the mahānsambandha relation, according to the pratisaṃhitā theory of Āgama origin and relationship (sambandha). The candrajñāna-āgama, being part of the eighteen Rudrabhedāgamas, refers to one of the twenty-eight Siddhāntāgamas: a classification of the Śaiva division of Śaivāgamas. The Śaivāgamas represent the wisdom that has come down from lord Śiva, received by Pārvatī and accepted by Viṣṇu.

Bṛhaspati obtained the Candrajñānāgama from Ananta who in turn obtained it from Sadāśiva through parasambandha. Bṛhaspati in turn, transmitted it to through divya-sambandha to the Devas who, through divyādivya-sambandha, transmitted it to the Ṛṣis who finally, through adivya-sambandha, revealed the Candrajñānāgama to human beings (Manuṣya). (also see Anantaśambhu’s commentary on the Siddhāntasārāvali of Trilocanaśivācārya)

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: Shodhganga: Iconographical representations of Śiva (pancaratra)

Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति) or Bṛhaspatisaṃhitā is the name of a Vaiṣṇava Āgama scripture, classified as a rājasa type of the Muniprokta group of Pāñcarātra Āgamas. The vaiṣṇavāgamas represent one of the three classes of āgamas (traditionally communicated wisdom).—Texts of the Pāñcara Āgamas are divided in to two sects. It is believed that Lord Vāsudeva revealed the first group of texts which are called Divya and the next group is called Muniprokta which are further divided in to three viz. a. Sāttvika. b. Rājasa (e.g., Bṛhaspati-saṃhitā). c. Tāmasa.

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Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.

Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

Source: Pure Bhakti: Brhad Bhagavatamrtam

Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति) refers to:—The spiritual master of King Indra and priest of the demigods. (cf. Glossary page from Śrī Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta).

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Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).

Vastushastra (architecture)

Source: archive.org: Bharatiya vastu-sastra

Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति) is the name of an ancient teacher (ācārya) of Vāstuśāsta (science of architecture) according to the Matsyapurāṇa.—All these great teachers cannot be said to be legendary. Some used to be propagated in ancient India. No nation can flourish without its care for its material prosperity. All this technique and training and their systematic and successful teaching and transmission were of equal importance. Most of the treatises of Vāstuśāstra carry many of these names [i.e., Bṛhaspati], yet a good many of them are quoted as authorities, yet still others are honoured with actual passages being quoted from their works.

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Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and Subjects

Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति), “lord of prayer”, is the name of a god in the Vedic texts. The view of Thibaut, that the name designates the planet Jupiter, is certainly not supported by good evidence. Oldenberg seems clearly right in rejecting it.

Source: Apam Napat: Indian Mythology

Also called Guru, he is the preceptor of the Devas. Brihaspati is the son of Angirasa and Suroopa according to the Shiva Purana. He has two brothers named Utathya and Samvartana. He has children by three women, two of them his wives. His first wife Shuba gave birth to Bhanumathi, Raaka, Archishmathi, Mahaamathi, Mahishmathi, Sinivalli and Havishmathi, his seven daughters. His second wife Tara gives birth to seven sons and a daughter. Through his brother Utathya's wife Mamata, he has two sons, Kacha and Bharadwaja.

Source: WikiPedia: Hinduism

Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति, "lord of prayer or devotion") also known as Deva-guru (guru of the gods), is a Hindu god and a Vedic deity. He is considered the personification of piety and religion, and the chief 'offerer of prayers and sacrifices to the gods' (Sanskrit: Purohita), with whom he intercedes on behalf of humankind. He is described as of yellow or golden color and holding the following divine attributes: a stick, a lotus and beads. He presides over 'Guru-var' or Thursday.

Bṛhaspati is the son of Rishi Angiras (according to the Rig Veda 4.40.1) and Surupa according to the Shiva Purana. He has two brothers named Utathya and Samvartana, and has three wives. His first wife, Shuba, gave birth to Bhanumati, Raaka, Archishmati, Mahamati, Mahishmati, Sinivali, and Havishmati, his seven daughters. His second wife, Tara, gave birth to seven sons and a daughter. Through Bṛahspati's third wife, Mamata, he had two sons, Kacha and Bharadwaja.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhism

Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति) refers to one of the various Grahas and Mahāgrahas mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa: one of the largest Kriyā Tantras devoted to Mañjuśrī (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from Mañjuśrī and were taught to and by Buddha Śākyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including Bṛhaspati).

Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography

Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति) refers to the planet Jupiter and represents one of the nine planets (Navagraha), commonly depicted in Buddhist Iconography, and mentioned in the 11th-century Niṣpannayogāvalī of Mahāpaṇḍita Abhayākara.—His Colour is white; his Symbols are the rosary and kamaṇḍalu; his Vehicle is the frog or skull; he has two arms.

Bṛhaspati is described in the Niṣpannayogāvalī (dharmadhātuvāgīśvara-maṇḍala) as follows:—

“On a Frog or a skull there is Bṛhaspati of white colour. He carries the rosary and the kamaṇḍalu in his two hands”.

[Bṛhaspati is not represented in the Chinese collection of Peiping].

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: The Jaina Iconography

Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति) is the name of a deity from the Jyotiṣka-Devas or Navagraha group of deities commonly depicted as in Jaina iconography.—In this case, too, the Śvetāmbara literature furnishes two different accounts [of Bṛhaspati]. Conforming to the one, the image should bear a book and ride a swan, to the other, he should hold the attributes, in his four hands, of a rosary, staff, Kamaṇḍalu and Varada. He is the ruler of the north-eastern quarters. The Digambara Bṛhaspati sits on a lotus and holds a book, Kamaṇḍalu and a rosary.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

India history and geography

Source: Institut Français de Pondichéry: The Shaivite legends of Kanchipuram

Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति) (i.e., Jupiter) (in Sanskrit) refers to the Tamil Āṇṭāḷappāṉ, and represents one of the proper nouns mentioned in the Kanchipuranam, which narrates the Shaivite Legends of Kanchipuram—an ancient and sacred district in Tamil Nadu (India). The Kanchipuranam (mentioning Bṛhaspati) reminds us that Kanchipuram represents an important seat of Hinduism where Vaishnavism and Shaivism have co-existed since ancient times.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति).—m (S) The name of the regent of the planet Jupiter, the Guru or preceptor of the gods. 2 The planet Jupiter. 3 Applied, appellatively, to an eloquent or a wise man, a Nestor or an Ulysses: also, or bōlūna bṛhaspati, to an insolent or a troublesome prater.

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

bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति).—m The planet Jupiter. App. ap- pellatively to an eloquent or a wise man.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति).—[bṛhataḥ vācaḥ patiḥ pāraskarādi°]

1) Name of the preceptor of the gods; सन्त्यन्येऽपि बृहस्पतिप्रभृतयः संभाविताः पञ्चषाः (santyanye'pi bṛhaspatiprabhṛtayaḥ saṃbhāvitāḥ pañcaṣāḥ) Bhartṛhari 1.34; (for the abduction of his wife Tārā by the moon, see under tārā and soma).

2) The planet Jupiter; बुधबृहस्पतियोगदृश्यः (budhabṛhaspatiyogadṛśyaḥ) R.18.76.

3) Name of the author of a Smṛti; Y.1.4.

Derivable forms: bṛhaspatiḥ (बृहस्पतिः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति).—(1) name of a king, descendant of Aśoka: Divyāvadāna 433.23 (written Vṛh°); (2) name of a yakṣa: Mahā-Māyūrī 10.

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

Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति).—[bṛh + as-pati], and bṛhaspati vṛhaspati, m. 1. A deity, originally The lord of prayer, [Daśakumāracarita] in Chr. 182, 12. 2. The regent of the planet Jupiter and preceptor of the gods, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 27. 3. The name of a saint and lawgiver, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 111.

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

Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति).—[masculine] [Name] of a god (the lord of prayer, later of wisdom and eloquence), the planet Jupiter; a man’s name.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—said to be the author of the Svapnādhyāya.

2) Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति):—a name of Rāyamukuṭa.

3) Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति):—son of Bhavadeva: Malamāsarahasya.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Bahassai.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Bṛhaspati (बृहस्पति) [Also spelled brahaspati]:—(nm) the name of the preceptor of gods according to Hindu mythology; the largest planet of the solar system- Jupiter; thursday; ~[vāra] thursday.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Bṛhaspati (ಬೃಹಸ್ಪತಿ):—

1) [noun] the preceptor of gods.

2) [noun] name of one of the thirty two smřtikāras, the writers of Hindu religious codes.

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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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