Brihaspativara, Bṛhaspativāra, Brihaspati-vara: 7 definitions
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Brihaspativara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 Bṛhaspativāra can be transliterated into English as Brhaspativara or Brihaspativara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
Source: Pure Bhakti: Arcana-dipika - 3rd EditionBṛhaspativāra (बृहस्पतिवार) or Guruvāra refers to “Thursday” and represents the first “day of the week” (vāra).—In accordance with the day of the week, one would utter, for example, bṛhaspati-vārānvitāyāṃ.
Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarybṛhaspativāra (बृहस्पतिवार).—m (S) pop. bṛhaspatavāra m The day of Jupiter, Thursday.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishbṛhaspativāra (बृहस्पतिवार).—m Thursday.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBṛhaspativāra (बृहस्पतिवार).—Thursday.
Derivable forms: bṛhaspativāraḥ (बृहस्पतिवारः).
Bṛhaspativāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bṛhaspati and vāra (वार). See also (synonyms): bṛhaspativāsara.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusBṛhaspativāra (ಬೃಹಸ್ಪತಿವಾರ):—[noun] the fifth day of the week; Thursday.
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)
Partial matches: Brihaspati, Vara.
Full-text: Vrihaspati, Bistaravara, Braspatavara, Brihavara, Brihaspativasara, Guruvara, Vara.
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