The Sanskrit term Bradhnāśva can be transliterated into English as Bradhnasva or Bradhnashva, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Bradhnāśva (ब्रध्नाश्व).—A king. Agastya once approached this King to request him for some wealth. (See the word Agastya).

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Bradhnaśva (ब्रध्नश्व):—[from bradhna] m. Name of a prince, [Mahābhārata] ([wrong reading] for bradhnāśva or vadhry-aśva?)

[Sanskrit to German]

Bradhnashva 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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Full-text: Vadhryashva, Trasadasyu.

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