Bhur, Bhūr: 5 definitions

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Bhūr (भूर्).—ind.

1) One of the three Vyāhṛtis.

2) The lowest of the seven lower worlds.

3) A spiritual son of Brahman.

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bhur (भुर्).—bhurati bhurate quiver, jerk, struggle, stir, flash. [Intensive] jarbhurīti = [Simple]

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Bhūr (भूर्).—([indeclinable]) earth.

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

1) Bhur (भुर्):—([probably] a secondary form of √bhri not in [Dhātupāṭha]), [Ātmanepada] [Parasmaipada] bhurati, te, to move rapidly or convulsively, stir, palpitate, quiver, struggle (in swimming), [Ṛg-veda] :—[Intensive] jarbhurīti (p. jarbhurat, rāṇa), to flicker (as fire), [ib.] (cf. [Greek] φύρω, πορφύρω; [Latin] furere.)

2) Bhūr (भूर्):—[from bhū] ind. ([originally] = bhūs [nominative case] [vocative case] of 2. bhū) one of the 3 Vyāhṛtis (q.v.), ‘the earth’ (the first of the 7 upper worlds; cf. bhuvas), [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā] etc. etc.

3) [v.s. ...] hell, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] = next, [Harivaṃśa]

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

Bhur (भुर्):—

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Bhūr (भूर्):—urspr. = bhūs, nom. von 2. bhū Erde, mit Erweichung des Nominativzeichens, gilt als eine der drei vyāhṛti (s. d.) für ein indecl. und wird in der That auch so gebraucht, gaṇa svarādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 1, 37.] bhūrbhuvaḥ svastribhuvanam [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 4, 1.] brahmāṇḍametatsuṣiraṃ tatredaṃ bhūrbhuvādikam [Sūryasiddhānta 12, 29.] bhūrbhuvādikaṃ trailokyam [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 18, 26.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8, 24, 32.] bhūr ist die erste der sieben nach oben sich erhebenden Welten [Vedānta lecture No. 70.] bhūrādayastathā lokāḥ [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 61, 2.] = rasātala Hölle [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1525.] als geistiger Sohn Brahman's gefasst [Harivaṃśa 11500.] — Vgl. bhūrloka .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Bhur (भुर्):—, bhurati , te rasche und kurze Bewegungen machen , zappeln , zucken. — Intens. ( jarbhurīti , jarbhurat , jarbhurāṇa) dass. und züngeln (vom Feuer). — Mit pari Intens. umherzucken (von Licht). — Mit sam Intens. in schneller Bewegung sein.

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Bhūr (भूर्):—Indecl. (ursprünglich Nomin. von 2. bhū) —

1) in der Formel bhūrbhuvaḥ svaḥ ([Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 3,5,37]) als Erde gefasst. Bei der Annahme von 14 Welten nimmt bhūr die erste Stelle unter den 7 aufsteigenden Welten ein. —

2) *Hölle.

3) wird als ein geistiger Sohn Brahman’s gefasst.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung
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