Bhratrivya, Bhrātṛvya: 10 definitions
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Bhratrivya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.
The Sanskrit term Bhrātṛvya can be transliterated into English as Bhratrvya or Bhratrivya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarybhrātṛvya (भ्रातृव्य).—m S A brother's son.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishbhrātṛvya (भ्रातृव्य).—m A brother's son.
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 dictionaryBhrātṛvya (भ्रातृव्य).—[bhrātuḥ putraḥ vyat]
1) A brother's son, nephew.
2) An enemy, adversary; आत्मना परास्य द्विषन् भ्रातृव्या भवति (ātmanā parāsya dviṣan bhrātṛvyā bhavati) Bṛ. Up.1.3.7; तस्माद्भयं नो भूयिष्ठं भ्रातृव्याच्च वृकोदरात् (tasmādbhayaṃ no bhūyiṣṭhaṃ bhrātṛvyācca vṛkodarāt) Mb.7.24.18.
Derivable forms: bhrātṛvyaḥ (भ्रातृव्यः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhrātṛvya (भ्रातृव्य).—m.
(-vyaḥ) 1. A brother’s son. 2. An enemy. E. bhrātṛ a brother, vya aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhrātṛvya (भ्रातृव्य).—[bhrātṛ + vya], m. 1. A brother’s son. 2. An enemy.
— Cf. [Latin] fratrūelis.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhrātṛvya (भ्रातृव्य).—[masculine] a father’s brother’s son; nephew, cousin; rival, adversary, enemy.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Bhrātṛvya (भ्रातृव्य):—[from bhrātṛ] m. a father’s brother’s son, cousin, [Atharva-veda; Rājataraṅgiṇī]
2) [v.s. ...] (mostly with a-priya, dviṣat etc.) a hostile cousin, rival, adversary, enemy, [Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa; Rāmāyaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] n. (with indrasya) Name of a Sāman, [Ārṣeya-brāhmaṇa]
[Sanskrit to German] (Deutsch Wörterbuch)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchBhrātṛvya (भ्रातृव्य):—(wie eben) m.
1) (Vaters-) Bruderssohn, Vetter [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 144] (perisp.). [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 24, 148.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 543.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 498.] [Halāyudha 2, 351.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 5, 22, 12.] bhrātṛvyā me.sabandhavaḥ [10, 3, 9.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 8, 2842.] —
2) der feindliche Vetter (gewöhnlich mit einem Beiw., z. B. apriya, dviṣant), Nebenbuhler, Gegner [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 145.] [Amarakoṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Halāyudha 2, 301.] bhrātṛvyā hi dvividhā dviṣanto dviṣantaśca [Scholiast] zu [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 5, 2, 1.] apriyo.bhrātṛvyaḥ [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 8, 10, 18. 33. 10, 6, 1. 15, 1, 8.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 1, 17.] taṃ praharati dviṣate bhrātṛvyāya vadham [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 3, 7.] dviṣanpāpmā bhrā (vgl. [Patañjali] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1,] [145) 39. 2, 31. 4, 1. 8, 26.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 3, 5, 9, 2. 5. 1, 9, 4.] āpo.vā a.nerbhrātṛvyāḥ [6, 2, 1.] [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 1, 2, 6, 7.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1, 1, 1, 21. 2, 1, 7. 6, 1, 2. 10, 6, 2, 10. 11, 1, 3, 6. 14, 4, 1, 8. 5, 2, 1.] [TAITT. Upakośā 3, 10, 4.] ati śriyā bhrātṛvyaṃ ricyate [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 12, 13, 2.] bhrātṛvyāyānṛtaṃ vadet [Kāṭhaka-Recension 27, 8.] janman [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1, 6, 4, 18.] devatya [2, 3, 2, 6.] loka [4, 3, 2, 6.] bahu [Kāṭhaka-Recension 10, 7.] a [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 4, 2.] katham ahaṃ bhrātṛvyavadbhrātuḥ kuryāṃ karma vigarhitam [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 113, 4.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 11, 17.]
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Ends with: Abhratrivya, Vibhratrivya.
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