Bhri, Bhṛ, Bhṝ, Bhrī: 9 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBhṛ (भृ).—1, 3 U. (bharati-te; bibharti-bibhṛte, babhāra-babhre, bibharāṃcakāra-cakre, abhārṣīt-abhṛta, bhariṣyati-te, bhartum, bhṛta; pass. bhriyate, desid. bibhariṣati-te or bubhūrṣati-te)
1) To fill; जठरं को न बिभर्ति केवलम् (jaṭharaṃ ko na bibharti kevalam) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.22.
2) To fill, pervade, fill with; अभार्षीद् ध्वनिना लोकान् (abhārṣīd dhvaninā lokān) Bhaṭṭikāvya 15.24.
3) To bear, support, uphold, bear up; धुरं धरित्र्या बिभरांबभूव (dhuraṃ dharitryā bibharāṃbabhūva) R.18.45; कूर्मो बिभर्ति धरणीं खलु पृष्ठकेन (kūrmo bibharti dharaṇīṃ khalu pṛṣṭhakena) Ch. P.5; Bhaṭṭikāvya 17.16.
4) To maintain, foster, cherish, protect, take care of, nourish; भरस्व पुत्रं दुष्यन्त (bharasva putraṃ duṣyanta) Bhāgavata 9.2.21; दरिद्रान् भर कौन्तेय मा प्रयच्छेश्वरे धनम् (daridrān bhara kaunteya mā prayaccheśvare dhanam) H.1.14.
5) To bear, have, possess; सिन्धोर्बभार सलिलं शयनीयलक्ष्मीम् (sindhorbabhāra salilaṃ śayanīyalakṣmīm) Kirātārjunīya 8.57; पिशुनजनं खलु बिभ्रति क्षितीन्द्राः (piśunajanaṃ khalu bibhrati kṣitīndrāḥ) Bv.1.74; वलित्रयं चारु बभार बाला (valitrayaṃ cāru babhāra bālā) Kumārasambhava 1.39; इन्दोर्दैन्यं त्वदनुसरणक्लिष्टकान्तेर्बिभर्ति (indordainyaṃ tvadanusaraṇakliṣṭakānterbibharti) Meghadūta 86; Ś.2.4.
6) To wear; बिभ्रज्जटामण्डलम् (bibhrajjaṭāmaṇḍalam) Ś.7.11;6.5; विवाहकौतुकं ललितं बिभ्रत एव (vivāhakautukaṃ lalitaṃ bibhrata eva) (tasya) R.8.1.;1.1; जटाश्च बिभृयान्नित्यम् (jaṭāśca bibhṛyānnityam) Manusmṛti 6.6.
7) To feel, experience, suffer, endure (joy, sorrow &c.); भावशुद्धिसहितैर्मुदं जनो नाटकैरिव बभार भोजनैः (bhāvaśuddhisahitairmudaṃ jano nāṭakairiva babhāra bhojanaiḥ) Śiśupālavadha 14.5; संत्रास- मबिभः शक्रः (saṃtrāsa- mabibhaḥ śakraḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 17.18; Ś.7.21.
8) To confer, bestow, give, produce; यौवने सदलंकाराः शोभां बिभ्रति सुभ्रवः (yauvane sadalaṃkārāḥ śobhāṃ bibhrati subhravaḥ) Subhāṣ.
9) To keep, hold, retain (as in memory).
1) To hire; Manusmṛti 11.62; Y.3.235.
11) To bring or carry.
12) To take away, transport.
13) Ved. To acquire, gain.
14) To balance, hold in equipoise (as a pair of scales). (garbhaṃ bhṛ to become pregnant, conceive; kṣitiṃ bhṛ to rule the earth; jaṭāṃ bhṛ to wear matted hair &c.).
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Bhṝ (भॄ).—9 P. (bhṛṇāti)
1) To bear, nourish, support, maintain.
2) To fry.
3) To blame, censure.
4) To bend, be crooked.
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Bhrī (भ्री).—9 P. (bhrīṇāti)
1) To fear.
2) To maintain (bharaṇe).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhṛ (भृ).—[(ñ) bhṛñ] r. 1st cl. (bharati-te) (ḍu, ñ) ḍubhṛñ r. 3rd cl. (vibhartti vibhṛte) 1. To nourish, to cherish, to foster, to maintain. 2. To fill. 3. To hold or support. 4. To suffer. 5. To confer. With sam, 1. To collect. 2. To prepare. 3. To nourish. 4. To produce.
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Bhṝ (भॄ).—r. 9th. cl. (bhṝṇāti) 1. To blame or censure. 2. To nourish, to maintain, to support. 3. To hold. 4. To fry.
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Bhrī (भ्री).—r. 9th cl. (bhrīṇāti bhriṇīte) 1. To fear. 2. To help. 3. To cherish, to maintain or support.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhṛ (भृ).—i. 1, and ii. 3, bibhṛ, [Parasmaipada.] [Ātmanepada.] 1. To bear, to hold, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 140;
— With the prep. ati ati, atibhṛta (rather bhṛta with ati), 1. Carefully protected. 2. Filled, [Kirātārjunīya] 5, 20.
— With ā ā, To bring near, to bestow, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 99, 2 = [Rigveda.] v. 9, 7.
— With ni ni, nibhṛta, 1. Modest, humble; ºtam, humbly, [Pañcatantra] 162, 24. 2. Unmoved, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 8. 3. Hidden, [Pañcatantra] 46, 13; 193, 7. 4. ºtam adv. Hidden, [Pañcatantra] 105, 4; secretly, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 263. 5. ºtam, adv. with vi-dhā, To make hidden, to shut, [Pañcatantra] 186, 8. 6. Lonely, solitary, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 83; ºtam with kṛ, To dismiss all but one, [Hitopadeśa] 56, 19. Comp. A-, adj. immodest, bold, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 69. Su-, adj. very lonely. ºtam, adv. 1. secretly, [Hitopadeśa] 86, 6. 2. privately, [Hitopadeśa] 73, 16 (in a very low voice?).
— With pra pra, To offer,
— With sam sam, 1. To bring together, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 11, 13. 2. To accomplish, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] 85, 17; [distich] 157. 3. To nourish, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 52, 8. saṃbhṛta, 1. Collected, all, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 38. 2. Gained, got. 3. Composed, [Hitopadeśa] iv. [distich] 68. 4. Filled. 5. Nourished, [Hitopadeśa] iii. [distich] 125 (but cf. Böhtl. Ind. Spr. 3272). 6. Brought, put, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 44.
— Cf. [Latin] fero, [Gothic.] bairan; A. S. beran; [Gothic.] barnis; A. S. bearm; [Gothic.] barn; A. S. bearn; byrdhen; [Gothic.] briggan; A. S. bringan.
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Bhṝ (भॄ).—BhṚ10, ii. 9, bhṛṇā, bhṛṇī, [Parasmaipada.] 1. To blame. 2. To bear (cf. bhṛ). 3. To fry. 4. To bend, to be crooked.
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Bhrī (भ्री).—ii. 9, [Parasmaipada.] 1. To fear. 2. To bear, to nourish; cf. bhṛ and bhṛ10.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhṛ (भृ).—bibharti (bibharti), bharati, bharate (bharti), [participle] bhṛta bear (in all mgs), hold, carry, wear, keep (also in memory), contain, possess, have, maintain, support, nourish; hire, pay; convey, transport ([Middle] move on rapidly), take away ([Middle] for one’s self, obtain, win); procure, offer, present, bestow; experience, undergo ([with] ājñām obey); raise (the voice or a sound, [Middle] refl.); fill, load. [Desiderative] bubhūrṣati wish to keep or maintain. [Intensive] bharibhrat, barībharti bear hither and thither or repeatedly.
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Bhrī (भ्री).—bhrīṇāti hurt.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Bhṛ (भृ):—1. bhṛ [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxii, 1]) bharati, te;—[class] 3. [Ātmanepada] [Parasmaipada] ([xxv, 5]) bibharti (bibharti only, [Ṛg-veda iv, 50, 7]), bibhṛte;—[class] 2. [Parasmaipada] bharti, [Ṛg-veda i, 173, 6.] (p. [Parasmaipada] bibhrat, q.v.; [Ātmanepada] bibhrāṇa with act. meaning, [Raghuvaṃśa], bibhramāṇa with pass. m°, [Ṛg-veda]; [perfect tense] jabhāra, jabharat; jabhre, ajabhartana, [ib.]; babhāra, babhṛma, [Brāhmaṇa] etc.; p. babhrāṇa with pass. meaning, [Ṛg-veda]; bibharāmbabhūva, [Raghuvaṃśa], rām-āsa, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya]; [Aorist] abhār, [Ṛg-veda]; bhartam, bhṛtam, [Brāhmaṇa]; abhṛta [grammar]; abhārṣam [subjunctive] bharṣat, [Ṛg-veda]; abhāriṣam, [Atharva-veda]; Prec. bhriyāsam, yāt, [Brāhmaṇa]; [future] bhariṣyati cond. abhariṣyat, [Ṛg-veda]; bhartā, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]; [infinitive mood] bhartum, bhartave, bhartavai, [Vedic or Veda]; bharadhyai, [Ṛg-veda]; [indeclinable participle] -bhṛtya, [ib.] etc.),
—to bear, carry, convey, hold (‘on’ or ‘in’ [locative case]), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;
—to wear id est. let grow (hair, beard, nails), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;
—to balance, hold in equipoise (as a pair of scales), [Viṣṇu-smṛti, viṣṇu-sūtra, vaiṣṇava-dharma-śāstra];
—to bear id est. contain, possess, have, keep (also ‘keep in mind’), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;
—to support, maintain, cherish, foster, [ib.];
—to hire, pay, [Mahābhārata];
—to carry off or along ([Ātmanepada] bharate, ‘for one’s self’ id est. gain, obtain, or = ferri ‘to be borne along’), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda];
—to bring, offer, procure, grant, bestow, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;
—to endure, experience, suffer, undergo, [ib.];
—to lift up, raise (the voice or a sound; [Ātmanepada] bharate, also ‘to rise, be heard’), [Ṛg-veda];
—to fill (the stomach), [Pañcatantra];
— (with garbham) to conceive, become pregnant (cf. under √dhṛ), [Ṛg-veda];
— (with kṣitim) to take care of, rule, govern, [Rājataraṅgiṇī];
— (with, ājñām) to submit to, obey, [ib.];
— (with ūrjām) to exert, employ, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya] :—[Passive voice] bhriyate ([Epic] also ti; [Aorist] abhāri),
—to be borne etc., [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.:—[Causal] bhārayati ([Aorist] abībharat), to cause to bear etc.;
—to engage for hire, [Mahābhārata] :—[Desiderative] bubhūrṣati ([Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]), bibhariṣati ([Pāṇini 8-2, 49]), to wish to bear or support or maintain:
—[Intensive] baribharti (3. [plural] bhrati, [Ṛg-veda], where also 2. [dual number] jarbhṛtaḥ), barībharti ([Kāvya literature]), to bear repeatedly or continually, carry hither and thither.
2) cf. [Zend] bar; [Greek] φέρω; [Latin] fero; [Slavonic or Slavonian] brati; [Gothic] baíran; [German] beran, ge-bären; [English] bear.
3) Bhṝ (भॄ):—[class] 9. [Parasmaipada] bhṛṇāti, to bear;
—to blame;
—to fry;
—to be crooked, [Dhātupāṭha xxxi, 21.]
4) Bhrī (भ्री):—[class] 9. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxxi, 34]) bhrī ṇāti or bhriṇāti (only pr. 3. [plural] bhrīṇanti, [Ṛg-veda ii, 28, 7]; [grammar] also [perfect tense] bibhrāya; [future] bhretā, bhreṣyati [Aorist] abhraiṣīt),
—to injure, hurt ([Sāyaṇa] -√hiṃs, [Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska] ‘to be angry’ cf. bhṛṇīya; [grammar] ‘to fear’ or ‘to bear’) :—[Causal] bhrāyayati [grammar]:—[Desiderative] bibhrīṣati, [ib.] :—[Intensive] bebhrīyate, bebhrayīti, bebhreti, [ib.]
5) Bhṛ (भृ):—[from bhrū] 2. bhṛ (1. See p. 764, col. 3), in [compound] for bhrū.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Bhṛ (भृ):—(ña) bharati, te 1. c. (li, ña, ḍu) bibhartti bhṛte 3. c. To nourish; to fill; to support; to hold.
2) Bhṝ (भॄ):—(ga) bhṝṇāti 9. a. To blame or censure; to nourish; to hold; to fry.
3) Bhrī (भ्री):—(ga, ña) bhrīṇāti, te 9. c. To fear; to hold, to cherish, to support.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Bhṛ (भृ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Bhara.
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Starts with (+267): Bhri-ga, Bhrid, Bhrig, Bhrigala, Bhrigamatrika, Bhrigatvaka, Bhrigava, Bhrigavana, Bhrigin, Bhrigu, Bhrigubharatasamvada, Bhrigubharatasavada, Bhrigubhava, Bhrigubhumi, Bhrigudasa, Bhrigudeva, Bhrigudevata, Bhrigudvaha, Bhrigugita, Bhriguharitaki.
Ends with (+7): Abbhri, Abhibhri, Abhiprabhri, Abhr, Abhri, Adhyabhri, Adhyudbhri, Anabhri, Anubhri, Apabhri, Atibhri, Avabhri, Babhri, Kambhri, Nirbhri, Paribhri, Paryabhri, Prabhri, Pratibhri, Sabhri.
Full-text (+268): Bhara, Bhrikuti, Avabhritha, Bharutaka, Kumsa, Bharadhyai, Bhrikumsha, Sambhara, Babhri, Bhurni, Udarambhari, Samabhri, Bharanda, Sambhriti, Abharana, Bhritaka, Apabharani, Abhiprabhri, Bharman, Bhri-ga.
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Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa VIII, adhyāya 1, brāhmaṇa 4 < [Eight Kāṇḍa]
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The Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 22 - Description of the divine luminaries (jyotis / jyotiṣa) < [Section 2 - Anuṣaṅga-pāda]
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
Critical comments by Bhānuji Dīkṣita on certain derivations of Kṣīrasvāmin < [Chapter 6 - Grammatical Aspects]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 31 - The Manifestation of Bhairava < [Section 1 - Pūrvārdha]
Chapter 29 - Gaṅgā-Sahasranāma (A Thousand Names of Gaṅgā) < [Section 1 - Pūrvārdha]
The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter XXIII - The story of Rāhula < [Volume III]