Babhrudhatu, Babhrudhātu, Babhru-dhatu: 4 definitions

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[«previous next»] — Babhrudhatu in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Babhrudhātu (बभ्रुधातु).—

1) gold.

2) red chalk (gaurika), a kind of ochre.

Derivable forms: babhrudhātuḥ (बभ्रुधातुः).

Babhrudhātu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms babhru and dhātu (धातु).

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

Babhrudhātu (बभ्रुधातु):—[=babhru-dhātu] [from babhru] m. red ochre, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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Babhrudhatu 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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