Brihahpati, Bṛhaḥpati, Brihas-pati: 1 definition
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Brihahpati 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.
The Sanskrit term Bṛhaḥpati can be transliterated into English as Brhahpati or Brihahpati, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Bṛhaḥpati (बृहःपति):—[=bṛhas-pati] [from bṛṃh] m. (also written vṛh-p; [from] 3. bṛh pati; cf. brahmaṇas-pati) ‘lord of prayer or devotion’ Name of a deity (in whom Piety and Religion are personified; he is the chief offerer of prayers and sacrifices, and therefore represented as the type of the priestly order, and the Purohita of the gods with whom he intercedes for men; in later times he is the god of wisdom and eloquence, to whom various works are ascribed; he is also regarded as son of Aṅgiras, husband of Tārā and father of Kaca, and sometimes identified with Vyāsa; in astronomy he is the regent of Jupiter and often identified with that planet), [Ṛg-veda] etc., etc. (cf. [Religious Thought and Life in India 215])
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a prince (great-grandson of Aśoka), [Buddhist literature]
3) [v.s. ...] of a king of Kaśmīra, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]
4) [v.s. ...] of the author of a law-book, [Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams 203; 302]
5) [v.s. ...] of a philosopher, [ib. 120]
6) [v.s. ...] of other authors (also with miśra and ācārya cf. above), [Catalogue(s)]
7) [v.s. ...] (with āṅgirasa cf. above) Name of the author of [Ṛg-veda x, 71; 72; Anukramaṇikā]
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: Pati.
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The Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 38 - Vaivasvata Manvantara: the Mārīca creation < [Section 2 - Anuṣaṅga-pāda]
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 37 - Rāma’s Abstaining from the Performance of Rājasūya < [Section 1 - Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa (section on creation)]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 3 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)