Bhratridatta, Bhrātṛdatta, Bhratri-datta: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Bhrātṛdatta can be transliterated into English as Bhratrdatta or Bhratridatta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBhrātṛdatta (भ्रातृदत्त).—property given by a brother to a sister at the time of her marriage; मातृकं भ्रातृदत्तं वा स्तेना स्याद्यदि तं हरेत् (mātṛkaṃ bhrātṛdattaṃ vā stenā syādyadi taṃ haret) Manusmṛti 9.92.
Derivable forms: bhrātṛdattam (भ्रातृदत्तम्).
Bhrātṛdatta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhrātṛ and datta (दत्त).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhrātṛdatta (भ्रातृदत्त).—[adjective] given by a brother.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Bhrātṛdatta (भ्रातृदत्त):—[=bhrātṛ-datta] [from bhrātṛ-tva > bhrātṛ] a mfn. given by a brother
2) [v.s. ...] b n. anything given by a b° to a sister on her marriage, [Manu-smṛti ix, 92.]
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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Partial matches: Bhratri, Datta.
Full-text: Piratirutattam.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
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