Brahmanapriya, Brāhmaṇapriya, Brahmana-priya: 4 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Brāhmaṇapriya (ब्राह्मणप्रिय).—Name of Viṣṇu.

Derivable forms: brāhmaṇapriyaḥ (ब्राह्मणप्रियः).

Brāhmaṇapriya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms brāhmaṇa and priya (प्रिय).

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

Brāhmaṇapriya (ब्राह्मणप्रिय).—[masculine] a friend of Brahmans.

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

Brāhmaṇapriya (ब्राह्मणप्रिय):—[=brāhmaṇa-priya] [from brāhmaṇa > brahman] m. a friend of Br° (said of Viṣṇu), [Viṣṇu-smṛti, viṣṇu-sūtra, vaiṣṇava-dharma-śāstra]

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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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