Brahmakurca, Brahmakūrca, Brahman-kurca: 5 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBrahmakūrca (ब्रह्मकूर्च).—a kind of penance; अहोरात्रोषितो भूत्वा पौर्णमास्यां विशेषतः । पञ्चगव्यं पिबेत् प्रातर्ब्रह्मकूर्चमिति स्मृतम् (ahorātroṣito bhūtvā paurṇamāsyāṃ viśeṣataḥ | pañcagavyaṃ pibet prātarbrahmakūrcamiti smṛtam) ||.
Derivable forms: brahmakūrcam (ब्रह्मकूर्चम्).
Brahmakūrca is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms brahman and kūrca (कूर्च).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryBrahmakūrca (ब्रह्मकूर्च).—[neuter] a kind of penance.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryBrahmakūrca (ब्रह्मकूर्च):—[=brahma-kūrca] [from brahma > brahman] n. a [particular] kind of penance (in which the 5 products of the cow are eaten; cf. pañcagavya), [Catalogue(s)]
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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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Partial matches: Brahman, Kurca, Brahma.
Starts with: Brahmakurcavidhi.
Full-text: Brahmakurcavidhi.
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