Brahmagupta, Brahman-gupta: 9 definitions
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In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Brahmagupta (ब्रह्मगुप्त) is another name for the Vidyādhara Bhīma, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 46. Accordingly, as Sumeru said to Maya and Sūryaprabha: “... there is a Vidyādhara of the name of Bhīma, and Brahmā loved his wife at will; from this connection he sprang. Since he sprang from Brahmā in a secret way, he is called Brahmagupta. Hence he speaks in a style characteristic of his birth”.
In chapter 48, Brahmagupta is depicted as a great warrior (mahāratha) who fought on Śrutaśarman’s side in the war against Sūryaprabha, Accordingly: “... while Indra was saying this [to sage Nārada], fourteen great warriors came to assist the general Dāmodara: [Brahmagupta and others]. And those fifteen heroes, joined with Dāmodara, fighting in front of the line, kept off the followers of Sūryaprabha”.
The story of Brahmagupta was narrated by the Vidyādhara king Vajraprabha to prince Naravāhanadatta in order to relate how “Sūryaprabha, being a man, obtain of old time the sovereignty over the Vidyādharas”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Brahmagupta, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Brahmagupta (ब्रह्मगुप्त) is the name of a Buddha under whom Śākyamuni (or Gautama, ‘the historical Buddha’) acquired merit along the first through nine bhūmis, according to the Mahāvastu. There are in total ten bhūmis representing the ten stages of the Bodhisattva’s path towards enlightenment.
Brahmagupta is but one among the 500 Buddhas enumerated in the Mahāvastu during a conversation between Mahākātyāyana and Mahākāśyapa, both principle disciples of Gautama Buddha. The Mahāvastu is an important text of the Lokottaravāda school of buddhism, dating from the 2nd century BCE.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Brahmagupta (ब्रह्मगुप्त).—Name of an astronomer born in 598. A. D.
Derivable forms: brahmaguptaḥ (ब्रह्मगुप्तः).
Brahmagupta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms brahman and gupta (गुप्त).
Brahmagupta (ब्रह्मगुप्त).—name of a former Buddha: Mahāvastu i.137.4.
Brahmagupta (ब्रह्मगुप्त).—[masculine] a man’s name.
Brahmagupta (ब्रह्मगुप्त) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—son of Jiṣṇu, composed the Brahmasphuṭasiddhānta in 628 under king Vyāghramukha of the Cāpavaṃśa. Quoted by Bhaṭṭotpala on Bṛhajjātaka Oxf. 329^a: Khaṇḍakhādya. Paitāmahībhāṣya.
1) Brahmagupta (ब्रह्मगुप्त):—[=brahma-gupta] [from brahma > brahman] m. Name of a son of Brahmā (by the wife of the Vidyā-dhara Bhīma), [Kathāsaritsāgara]
2) [v.s. ...] of an astronomer (son of Jiṣṇu and author of the Brahma-sphuṭa-siddhānta, born A.D, 598), [Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams 176]
3) [v.s. ...] of a chief of the Bhakta sect, [Catalogue(s)]
4) [v.s. ...] of a Trigarta-ṣaṣṭha, [Kāraṇḍa-vyūha on Pāṇini 5-3, 1 16] ([varia lectio] brāhma-g)
5) [v.s. ...] [plural] Name of a race, [ib.]
6) Brāhmagupta (ब्राह्मगुप्त):—[=brāhma-gupta] [from brāhma > brahman] m. [plural] ([from] brahma-gupta) Name of a race, [Kāraṇḍa-vyūha on Pāṇini 5-3, 116] ([varia lectio] brahma-g)
Brahmagupta (ब्रह्मगुप्त):—[(brahman + gupta)] m. Nomen proprium eines Sohnes Brahman's, den er mit der Frau des Vidyādhara Bhīma zeugte, [Kathāsaritsāgara 46, 61. 64. 48, 17.] eines Astronomen, der [?598 Nalopākhyāna Chr.] geboren wurde, [WEBER, Jyotiṣa 9.] [Oxforder Handschriften 329,a] [?(No. 780). Mémoire géographique, Mém. sur l'Inde 337. Bibliothecae sanskritae 507. Weber’s Indische Studien.2,251. Siddhāntaśiromaṇi.9,17. 11,5 (S. 209).] eines Hauptes der Secte Bhakta [Oxforder Handschriften 248,a,17] und Name eines Trigartaṣaṣṭha Kār. zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 3, 116] (v. l. brāhmagupta) . pl. Bez. eines Stammes ebend.
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Brāhmagupta (ब्राह्मगुप्त):—(von brahmagupta) m. pl. Name eines Stammes Kār. zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 3, 116] (v. l. brahma) .
Brahmagupta (ब्रह्मगुप्त):—m. Nomen proprium —
1) eines Sohnes des Brahman. —
2) eines Astronomen und verschiedener anderer Männer. —
3) Pl. eines Stammes.
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Brāhmagupta (ब्राह्मगुप्त):—m. Pl. Nomen proprium eines Stammes.
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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