Brahmayu, Brahmāyu: 2 definitions
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Brahmayu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryBrahmāyu (ब्रह्मायु).—(s) (1) °yu, name of the purohita of Brah-madatta king of Benares, in the Dharmapālasya Jātaka (previous incarnation of the Buddha, and father of Dhar- mapāla 1): Mahāvastu ii.77.9 ff.; (2) name of the purohita of King Śaṅkha: Divyāvadāna 60.23 ff. (showing stem in °yus, as °yuṣe 61.6); (3) °yu (= Pali id.), name of a brahman who became a disciple of the Buddha: Karmavibhaṅga (and Karmavibhaṅgopadeśa) 157.5 (°yu- in [compound]).
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
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusBrahmāyu (ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಯು):—
1) [noun] the term of the office of Brahma.
2) [noun] (fig.) an abnormally long span of life.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Brahmayu Sutta, Brahmayuga, Brahmayuj, Brahmayupa, Brahmayus.
Full-text: Brahmayus, Brahmayu Sutta, Videhapura, Dharmapala, Mithila, Sanjaya.
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The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter IX - The Story of Dharmapāla < [Volume II]
Guide to Tipitaka (by U Ko Lay)
Part V - Brahmapa Vagga < [(b) Majjihma Pannasa Pali]
Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh (early history) (by Prakash Narayan)
Brahmanas and Brahmanas < [Chapter 4 - Social Process, Structures and Reformations]
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 2 - Note on Saraṇa-gamana (taking refuge) < [Chapter 37 - Story of King Ajātasattu]
Part 2 - Five Series of The Buddha’s Activities < [Chapter 29 - The Buddha’s Eleventh Vassa at Brahmin Village of Nāḷa]
The Treatise on the Marks of a Great Man < [Chapter 1 - The Jewel of the Buddha]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Buddhas of the present: Preliminary note (1) < [Part 7 - Seeing, hearing and understanding all the Buddhas of the present]
IV. How do we know that the Buddha is fearless? < [Part 1 - The four fearlessnesses of the Buddha according to the Abhidharma]
Appendix 8 - The tongue and cryptorchidie of the Buddha < [Chapter VIII - The Bodhisattvas]
Philosophy of language in the Five Nikayas (by K.T.S. Sarao)
2.5(c). Majjhima Nikāya (The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]