Brahmavivardhana, Brahman-vivardhana: 4 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Brahmavivardhana (ब्रह्मविवर्धन).—an epithet of Indra.

Derivable forms: brahmavivardhanaḥ (ब्रह्मविवर्धनः).

Brahmavivardhana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms brahman and vivardhana (विवर्धन).

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

Brahmavivardhana (ब्रह्मविवर्धन):—[=brahma-vivardhana] [from brahma > brahman] mfn. ‘increasing sacred knowledge’, Name of Viṣṇu, [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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