Brihadaranya, Bṛhadāraṇya, Brihat-aranya: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Bṛhadāraṇya can be transliterated into English as Brhadaranya or Brihadaranya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBṛhadāraṇya (बृहदारण्य).—Name of a celebrated Upaniṣad, forming the last six chapters of the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa.
Derivable forms: bṛhadāraṇyam (बृहदारण्यम्).
Bṛhadāraṇya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bṛhat and āraṇya (आरण्य). See also (synonyms): bṛhadāraṇyaka.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryBṛhadāraṇya (बृहदारण्य):—[=bṛhad-āraṇya] [from bṛhad > bṛṃh] (also āraṇyak n. kopaniṣad f.) n. Name of a celebrated Upaniṣad forming the last 5 Prapāṭhakas or last 6 Adhyāyas of the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa
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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: Brihad, Brihat, Aranya.
Starts with: Brihadaranyaka, Brihadaranyakabhashya, Brihadaranyakabhashyatika, Brihadaranyakabhashyavarttika, Brihadaranyakashruti, Brihadaranyakavarttikasara, Brihadaranyakavishayanirnaya, Brihadaranyakaviveka, Brihadaranyakavyakhya, Brihadaranyakopanishad, Brihadaranyakopanishadvarttika, Brihadaranyakopanishatkhandartha.
Full-text: Pirakataraniyam, Brihadaranyaka.
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