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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vibrū (विब्रू).—2 U.

1) To say, speak.

2) To speak of or about.

3) To speak falsely or wrongly; अब्रुवन् विब्रुवन् वापि नरो भवति किल्बिषी (abruvan vibruvan vāpi naro bhavati kilbiṣī) Manusmṛti 8.13.

4) To explain, expound, interpret; न विब्रूयान्नृपो धर्मं चिकीर्षन् हितमात्मनः (na vibrūyānnṛpo dharmaṃ cikīrṣan hitamātmanaḥ) Ms. 8.39.

5) To quarrel, dispute, contend about.

6) To disagree with, contradict.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vibrū (विब्रू).—speak out, utter, state, explain, answer a question; declare falsely; contradict, disagree; [Middle] dispute, contend.

Vibrū is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and brū (ब्रू).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vibrū (विब्रू):—[=vi-√brū] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -bravīti, -brūte, to speak out, express one’s self, state, depose, declare, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to explain, propound, teach, [Ṛg-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa] etc.;

—to interpret, decide (a law), [Manu-smṛti viii, 390];

—to answer (a question), [Āpastamba; Mahābhārata];

—to make a false statement, [Manu-smṛti viii, 13; 194];

—to be at variance, disagree, [Kathāsaritsāgara];

—to dispute, contend about, [Ṛg-veda vi, 25, 4.]

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Bru, Vi.

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