Vrihat, Vṛhat: 5 definitions
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Vrihat means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. 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 Vṛhat can be transliterated into English as Vrhat or Vrihat, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVṛhat (वृहत्).—See बृह्, बृहत् (bṛh, bṛhat) and बृहतिका (bṛhatikā).
See also (synonyms): vṛh, vṛhatikā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛhat (वृहत्).—mfn. (-han-hatī-hat) 1. Great, large. 2. Great, much. f. (-hatī) 1. A small kind of egg-plant, (Solanum melongena.) 2. A kind of prickly nightshade, (Solanum hirsutum.) 3. A large lute. 4. A form of metre, the stanza of which consists of thirty-six syllables. 5. A mantle, a wrapper. 6. A reservoir, a place containing water. 7. Speech. E. vṛh to grow or increase, Unadi aff. ati, with the effect of the participial aff. śatṛ .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛhat (वृहत्):—See bṛhat under √2. bṛh.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVṛhat (वृहत्):—[(n-tī-t) a.] Large, great. f. Egg plant; large lute; mantle; reservoir; speech; a metre.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryVṛhat (वृहत्):—(a) large, big; great; ~[d] an allomorph of [vṛhat] appearing as the first member in compound words.
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Starts with (+3): Brihatcuncu, Vrihat shivapujaprayoga, Vrihata, Vrihati, Vrihatika, Vrihatipati, Vrihatka, Vrihatkalashaka, Vrihatkanda, Vrihatkasha, Vrihatkaya, Vrihatkshatra, Vrihatkukshi, Vrihatpada, Vrihatpatali, Vrihatphala, Vrihatpushpa, Vrihatpushpi, Vrihattara, Vrihattaratamyastotra.
Ends with: Vivrihat.
Full-text (+23): Brihat, Vrihadhakka, Vrihadgola, Vrihadadyuti, Vrihattrina, Vrih, Vrihannivesha, Vrihacchalka, Vrihadbhattarika, Vrihajjana, Vrihatpatali, Vrihaccharira, Vrihatkaya, Vrihatika, Vrihattvac, Vrihatka, Vrihaddhala, Vrihat shivapujaprayoga, Vrihadravi, Vrihatpushpa.
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Search found 8 books and stories containing Vrihat, Vṛhat, Vrhat; (plurals include: Vrihats, Vṛhats, Vrhats). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
6. The Naradīya Purāṇa < [Preface]
Chapter V - Account of the Seven religions of Patala, below the earth < [Book II]
Chapter XIX - Dynasty of Puru < [Book IV]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 1.130.9 < [Sukta 130]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section CCXIX < [Markandeya-Samasya Parva]
Section XXXIV (Bhagavad Gita Chapter X) < [Bhagavat-Gita Parva]
Section CCCXXXVII < [Mokshadharma Parva]
Sushruta Samhita, volume 4: Cikitsasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 3: Metals, Gems and other substances (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
The Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King (A Life of Buddha) (by Samuel Beal)
Varga 12. Visit To Arāḍa Udrarāma < [Kiouen III]
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