Brahmahoratra, Brāhmāhorātra, Brahma-ahoratra: 4 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Brāhmāhorātra (ब्राह्माहोरात्र).—a day and night of Brahman (a period of 2 Kalpas of mortals).

Derivable forms: brāhmāhorātraḥ (ब्राह्माहोरात्रः).

Brāhmāhorātra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms brāhma and ahorātra (अहोरात्र).

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

Brāhmāhorātra (ब्राह्माहोरात्र).—m. (-tra) A day and night of Brahma, a period of two thousand ages of the gods or two Kalpas of mortals. E. brāhmaṇa relating to Brahma, ahan a day and rātri a night.

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

Brāhmāhorātra (ब्राह्माहोरात्र):—[=brāhmāho-rātra] [from brāhma > brahman] m. a day and night of Brahmā (a period of 2000 ages of the gods or 2 Kalpasof mortals), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. [Manu-smṛti i, 72])

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

Brāhmāhorātra (ब्राह्माहोरात्र):—[brāhmā+ho-rātra] < [brāhmāho-rātra] (traḥ) 1. m. A day and night of Brahmā; 2000 ages of the gods; two Kalpas of mortals.

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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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