Dharmabhratri, Dharmabhrātṛ, Dharma-bhratri: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Dharmabhrātṛ can be transliterated into English as Dharmabhratr or Dharmabhratri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDharmabhrātṛ (धर्मभ्रातृ).—m.
1) a fellow religious student, a spiritual brother.
2) any one regarded as a brother from discharging the same religious duties. वानप्रस्थयतिब्रह्मचारिणां रिक्थभागिनः । क्रमेणाचार्यसच्छिष्य- धर्मभ्रात्रेकतीर्थिनः (vānaprasthayatibrahmacāriṇāṃ rikthabhāginaḥ | krameṇācāryasacchiṣya- dharmabhrātrekatīrthinaḥ) || Y.2.137.
Dharmabhrātṛ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dharma and bhrātṛ (भ्रातृ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDharmabhrātṛ (धर्मभ्रातृ).—m.
(-tā) A fellow religious student. E. dharma, and bhrātṛ a brother. dharmataḥ kṛto bhrātā .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryDharmabhrātṛ (धर्मभ्रातृ).—m. an associate dwelling in the same religious retreat, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 2, 137.
Dharmabhrātṛ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dharma and bhrātṛ (भ्रातृ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDharmabhrātṛ (धर्मभ्रातृ):—[=dharma-bhrātṛ] [from dharma > dhara] m. a brother in respect of religion or piety, [Yājñavalkya] (cf. -bhaginī).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDharmabhrātṛ (धर्मभ्रातृ):—[dharma-bhrātṛ] (tā) 4. m. Fellow-student.
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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