Brahmavarcasin, Brahman-varcasin: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBrahmavarcasin (ब्रह्मवर्चसिन्).—a. holy or sanctified by spiritual pre-eminence, holy; अपृथग्धीरुपा- सीत ब्रह्मवर्चस्व्यकल्मषः (apṛthagdhīrupā- sīta brahmavarcasvyakalmaṣaḥ) Bhāgavata 11.17.32. (-m.) an eminent or holy Brāhmaṇa; ब्रह्मवर्चस्विनः पुत्रा जायन्ते शिष्टसंमताः (brahmavarcasvinaḥ putrā jāyante śiṣṭasaṃmatāḥ) Ms. 3.39.
Brahmavarcasin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms brahman and varcasin (वर्चसिन्). See also (synonyms): brahmavarcasvin.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryBrahmavarcasin (ब्रह्मवर्चसिन्):—[=brahma-varcasin] [from brahma-varcasa > brahma > brahman] mfn. eminent in sacred knowledge, holy ([Comparative degree] si-tara), [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Atharva-veda; Brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata]
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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, Varcasin, Brahma.
Ends with: Abrahmavarcasin.
Full-text: Brahmavarcasvin, Abrahmavarcasin.
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Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa XIII, adhyāya 1, brāhmaṇa 9 < [Thirteenth Kāṇḍa]
Kāṇḍa II, adhyāya 1, brāhmaṇa 3 < [Second Kāṇḍa]
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