Bhresha, Bhreṣa: 8 definitions

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Bhresha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Bhreṣa can be transliterated into English as Bhresa or Bhresha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bhreṣa (भ्रेष).—

1) Moving, motion.

2) Tottering, wavering, slipping.

3) Deviation, swerving, aberration.

4) Deviation from rectitude, trespass, sin.

5) Loss, deprivation; क्रतुभ्रेषस्त्वत्तः क्रतुफलविधानव्यसनिनः (kratubhreṣastvattaḥ kratuphalavidhānavyasaninaḥ) Śiva-mahimna 21.

Derivable forms: bhreṣaḥ (भ्रेषः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhreśa (भ्रेश).—m.

(-śaḥ) 1. Going. 2. Loss. 3. Deviation.

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Bhreṣa (भ्रेष).—m.

(-ṣaḥ) 1. Deviation from rectitude, declining or falling from virtue, &c. 2. Going, proceeding. 3. Loss. E. bhreṣ to go, aff. ghañ .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhreṣa (भ्रेष).—m. 1. Deviation from rectitude (cf. bhraṃśa). 2. Loss. 3. Going.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhreṣa (भ्रेष).—[masculine] tottering, going astray, trespass; loss. !!

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

1) Bhreṣa (भ्रेष):—[from bhreṣ] m. tottering, slipping, going astray or amiss, failure, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa; ???]

2) [v.s. ...] loss, deprivation, [Yājñavalkya]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhreṣa (भ्रेष):—(ṣaḥ) 1. m. Deviation from rectitude; going; loss.

[Sanskrit to German]

Bhresha 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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