Barhaspatya, Bārhaspatya: 10 definitions
Introduction
Introduction:
Barhaspatya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, 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 EncyclopediaBārhaspatya (बार्हस्पत्य).—The Nītiśāstra of Brahmā. Bṛhaspati condensed and codified the laws of Ethics by Brahmā. This was compiled by Bṛhaspati. This book contains three thousand chapters. Mention is made about this Book in Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva, Chapter 59, Stanza 84.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexBārhaspatya (बार्हस्पत्य).—A division of the night.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 66. 44.
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.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Shodhganga: The Kavyamimamsa of RajasekharaBārhaṣpatya (बार्हष्पत्य) is the name of an important person (viz., an Ācārya or Kavi) mentioned in Rājaśekhara’s 10th-century Kāvyamīmāṃsā.—An Ācarya, who is known to be a follower of Bṛhaṣpati. In the Kāvyamīmāṃsā of Rājaśekhara only once time quoted Bārhaṣpatya’s opinion. However, Rājaśekhara does not agree about his views and established five vidyās.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
India history and geogprahy
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryBārhaspatya.—(IA 11), name of a reckoning. Note: bārhaspatya is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as 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 Dictionarybārhaspatya (बार्हस्पत्य).—n S (bṛhaspati The supposed author of this science.) Ethics or morals.
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 dictionaryBārhaspatya (बार्हस्पत्य).—a. [bṛhaspati-yak] Relating to Bṛhaspti.
-tyaḥ 1 A pupil of Bṛhaspati; Bhāg.11.23.2.
2) A follower of Bṛhaspati who taught the rankest form of materialism, a materialist.
3) An epithet of Agni.
4) An infidel, materialist.
-tyam 1 The constellation Puṣya.
2) Morality, ethics; the अर्थशास्त्र (arthaśāstra) of Bṛhaspati.
-tyāḥ Name of a school of the writers on the science of Government mentioned by Kauṭilya; Kau. A.1.15.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryBārhaspatya (बार्हस्पत्य).—mfn.
(-tyaḥ-tyā-tyaṃ) Relating to Brihaspati. m.
(-tyaḥ) 1. A pupil of him. 2. A materialist. n.
(-tyaṃ) The constellation Pushya.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryBārhaspatya (बार्हस्पत्य).—[adjective] = [preceding]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Barhaspatyajyotihshastra, Barhaspatyamahiman, Barhaspatyamana, Barhaspatyamuhurtavidhana, Barhaspatyasamhita, Barhaspatyashastra, Barhaspatyasutra, Barhaspatyasutratika, Barhaspatyatantra.
Ends with: Aindrabarhaspatya, Maitrabarhaspatya.
Full-text (+1): Barhaspatyasutra, Varhadratha, Varhadrathi, Varhaspata, Varhasatypa, Vala, Valaka, Barhaspatyamana, Variha, Varhina, Pushyasnana, Carvaka, Kanci, Vidyadharabhattopadhyaya, Keshava Dvivedi Bhattopadhyaya, Rudrabhattopadhyaya, Samvatsara, Suhotra, Masha, Muhurta.
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Sankhayana-grihya-sutra (by Hermann Oldenberg)
Satapatha Brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa I, adhyāya 9, brāhmaṇa 1 < [First Kāṇḍa]
Kāṇḍa V, adhyāya 2, brāhmaṇa 2 < [Fifth Kāṇḍa]
Kāṇḍa V, adhyāya 1, brāhmaṇa 5 < [Fifth Kāṇḍa]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 39 - Different Families and Groups in Dharmāraṇya < [Section 2 - Dharmāraṇya-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 21 - Gotras, Pravaras etc. of the Residents of Dharmāraṇya < [Section 2 - Dharmāraṇya-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 13 - The Story of Twenty-one Kalpas < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
The Gautami Mahatmya (by G. P. Bhatt)
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 236 - Characterization of Various Texts and Doctrines < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
Philosophy of Charaka-samhita (by Asokan. G)
Dialectical terms (20): Defective statement (vākyadoṣa) < [Chapter 7 - Logic and Dialectical Speculations]