Brahmaputra, Brahman-putra: 8 definitions
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Brahmaputra (ब्रह्मपुत्र) refers to a “son of Brahmā ”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.8.—Accordingly, as Himavat said to Sage Nārada:—“O sage Nārada, of good knowledge, O lord, foremost among the sons of Brahmā [i.e., brahmaputra-vara], you are omniscient. You are sympathetic. You are engaged in rendering help to others. Please read the horoscope of my daughter and tell me about her good and bad fortune. Whose beloved wife will my fortunate daughter be?”.
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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Brahmaputra (ब्रह्मपुत्र).—
1) a son of Brahman.
2) Name of a (male) river which rises in the eastern extremity of the Himālaya and falls with the Ganges into the Bay of Bengal. (-trā) 1 a kind of vegetable poison.
2) See ब्रह्मपुत्रः (brahmaputraḥ) (2).
-trī an epithet of the river Sarasvatī.
Derivable forms: brahmaputraḥ (ब्रह्मपुत्रः).
Brahmaputra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms brahman and putra (पुत्र).
Brahmaputra (ब्रह्मपुत्र).—[masculine] a son of a Brahman or of the god Brahman.
1) Brahmaputra (ब्रह्मपुत्र):—[=brahma-putra] [from brahma > brahman] m. the son of a priest or Brāhman, [Ṛg-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
2) [v.s. ...] a son of Brahmā (as Sanat-kumāra, Vasiṣṭha etc.), [Harivaṃśa; Rāmāyaṇa; Purāṇa] (-tā f.)
3) [v.s. ...] a kind of vegetable poison, [Bhāvaprakāśa]
4) [v.s. ...] Name of a river (rising on the Tibet side of the Himālaya and falling with the Ganges into the Bay of Bengal), [Catalogue(s)]
5) [v.s. ...] of a lake, [ib.]
6) [v.s. ...] of a place of pilgrimage ([probably] the source of the Brahma-putra river), [Horace H. Wilson]
7) [v.s. ...] of a sacred district, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Brahmaputra (ब्रह्मपुत्र):—[brahma-putra] (traḥ) 1. m. A sort of poison; name of a river place of pilgrimage. f. The river Saraswatī.
Brahmaputra (ब्रह्मपुत्र):—(2. brahman + putra)
1) m. a) oxyt. Priestersohn, Brahmanensohn [Ṛgveda 2, 43, 2.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 11, 4, 1, 2. 9.] [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 2, 18.] — b) ein Sohn Brahman's [PAÑCAR. 1, 13, 33.] Sanatkumāra [4, 4, 2.] manu [Harivaṃśa 12450.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 94, 11.] vasiṣṭha [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 65, 22.] nārada [Viṣṇupurāṇa] in [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 6, 92.] [PAÑCAR. 1, 7, 6. 71.] — c) Nomen proprium eines Flusses [Medinīkoṣa r. 286.] [Oxforder Handschriften No. 158.] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde I, 64. 555], Name eines Sees [Oxforder Handschriften 148,b,14. 149,b,1.] eines heiligen Gebietes (kṣetra) [Medinīkoṣa] — d) ein best. vegetabilisches Gift [Amarakoṣa 1, 2, 1, 11.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1196.] [Halāyudha 3, 24.] Vgl. [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 110] : tvaṃ viṣa brahmaṇaḥ putraḥ satyadharme vyavasthitaḥ . —
2) f. ī a) Beiname des Flusses Sarasvati (vgl. brahmanadī) [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1085.] — b) eine best. essbare Wurzel, = vārāhī [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]
Brahmaputra (ब्रह्मपुत्र):——
1) m. — a) Priestersohn , Brahmanensohn , — b) ein Sohn des Gottes Brahman. — c) ein best. vegetabilisches Gift [Materia medica of the Hindus 98.] [Bhāvaprakāśa 1,27.] — d) Nomen proprium — α) eines Flusses. — β) eines Sees. — γ) eines heiligen Gebietes. —
2) f. ī — a) Yamswurzel [Rājan 7,85.] — b) Beiname des Flusses Sarasvatī.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Brahmaputra (ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಪುತ್ರ):—
1) [noun] a river flowing from south west Tibet through north east India and joining the Gaṃgā River in Bangladesh (approx. 2900 km).
2) [noun] a kind of deadly poison.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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