Barhiyana, Barhiyāna, Barhin-yana: 4 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Barhiyāna (बर्हियान).—an epithet of Kārtikeya.

Derivable forms: barhiyānaḥ (बर्हियानः).

Barhiyāna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms barhin and yāna (यान). See also (synonyms): barhivāhana.

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

Barhiyāna (बर्हियान):—[=barhi-yāna] [from barhi > barha] m. ‘having a peacock for vehicle’, Name of Skanda, [Kāśī khaṇḍa, from the skanda-purāṇa]

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Barhiyana 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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