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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

bhēṃ (भें).—n (bhaya S) Fear, dread, painful apprehension of evil. Pr. śēṃ tōṃ bhēṃ hajāra tōṃ bājāra lākha tōṃ kākha. 2 Ground for fear; danger, risk, hazard, jeopardy. bhēnēṃ (often bhēṇēṃ) or, by contraction, bhēna From, with, or by the fear of; by the influence of the apprehension of; occurs much in popular phraseology. Ex. sarvā bhēnēṃ jāvēṃ paṇa prārabdhā bhēnēṃ kōṭhēṃ jāvēṃ Wemay flee from all fears, dreads, and terrors, but from the fear of Destiny, ah! whither can we flee? rōgābhēna kāṃhīṃ gōḍa lāgata nāhīṃ; dēṇyābhēna malā kāṃhīṃ sucata nāhīṃ; paikyābhēna buddhi pālaṭatī; pōṭābhēna, tōṇḍābhēna &c. Pr. gōḍa gārā asatyā tara kōlhyābhēnēṃ na uratyā.

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

bhēṃ (भें).—n Fear, dread. Danger. bhēna-nēṃ From the fear of.

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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.

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Starts with: Bhembhala, Bhembhalida, Bhemde-khursani, Bhemde-kuro, Bhempura, Bhemsuda, Bhemsura, Bhemta, Bhemtana, Bhendi.

Ends with: Adavem Ubhem, Adavemubhem, Lembhem, Lombhem, Padataubhem, Ubhem.

Full-text: Alambem, Bhekada, Bhempura, Bhenkata, Bhekuda, Bhemsuda, Bhyata, Bhyasura, Bhedada, Bhemsura, Bhenjuda, Bhedaranem, Kolambem.

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The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)

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