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Brih, Bṛh: 6 definitions

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Brih 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 Bṛh can be transliterated into English as Brh or Brih, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bṛh (बृह्).�1, 6 P. (barhati, ṛhپ)

1) To grow, increase, expand.

2) To roar. -With उद� (ud) 1. to lift, raise; उद्बबर्ह शर� नीलस्तस्� गात्रगतं तद� (udbabarha śara� nīlastasya gtragata� tad) Rm.4.23.17; Mahbhrata (Bombay) 1.197.32; उद्बबहात्मनश्चैव मन� सदसदात्मकम� (udbabahtmanaścaiva mana� sadasadtmakam) Manusmṛti 1.14; Bhaṭṭikvya 14.18.

-ni to destroy, remove; कृतः कृतार्थोऽस्म� निबर्हितांहस� (kṛta� kṛtrtho'smi nibarhitṃhas) Śiśuplavadha 1.29.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bṛh (बृह्).—[ṛha] r. 1st cl. (barhati) To grow, to increase: see ṛha .

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bṛh (बृह्).�1. (ṛh), ṛhپ (ṛhati), [participle] ṛḍ (ṛḍ) pluck, tear out.

tear off, root out. ud & samud draw forth. ni throw down; [Causative] the same, destroy, annihilate. pra tear out or off, snatch away; tear asunder, destroy; [Middle] = upapra [Middle] draw towards one’s self, attract. vi rend asunder, break up, split, destroy, remove. sam rend asunder, draw out (together).

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Bṛh (बृह्).�2. ṛhپ (only ṛhԳ q.v.) & ṛṃ󲹳پ, ṛṃate; [Causative] ṛṃayati, te, [participle] ṛṃ󾱳ٲ (q.v.) make great or big, strengthen, augment, further.

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Bṛh (बृह्).�3. (ṛh) ṛṃ󲹳پ (ṛṃ󲹳پ), [participle] ṛṃ󾱳ٲ (q.v.) roar.

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Bṛh (बृह्).�4. v. ṛh貹پ.

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

1) Bṛh (बृह्):�1. ṛh or ṛh, [class] 6. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhtupṭha xxviii, 57]) ṛhپ;�ṛhati ([perfect tense] babarha, vavarha; [future] ṣyپ, ṣyپ; varḍh, varhit; [Aorist] ī, ṛkṣa; [indeclinable participle] vriḍhv, varhitv, ṛhya, barham, varham; [Vedic or Veda] [infinitive mood] ṛhas:—[Passive voice] ṛhyate ; [Aorist] varhi),

—to tear, pluck, root up (without a [preposition] only with ū, [Taittirīya-saṃhit; Āpastamba]) :—[Causal] barhayati (See ni-√ṛh) :—[Desiderative] ṛkṣaپ, ṣaپ ڲ:‰ڱԳٱԲ īḍh, varīṛhyate, [ib.]

2) 2. ṛh or ṛṃ [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhtupṭha xvii, 85]) ṛṃ󲹳پ (also te, [Śatapatha-brhmaṇa] and ṛhپ, [Atharva-veda]; [perfect tense] babarha, [Atharva-veda; Apte’s The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary] p. baṛhṇa, [Ṛg-veda]),

2) —to be thick, grow great or strong, increase (the finite verb only with a [preposition]) :

2) —[Causal] ṛṃayati, te (also written ), to make big or fat or strong, increase, expand, further, promote, [Mahbhrata; Kathsaritsgara; Purṇa; Suśruta];�barhayati See sam-√ṛh:‰ڱԳٱԲ barṛhat, barṛhi See upa-√ṛh.

3) [from ṛṃ] 3. ṛh prayer. See ṛhas-pati.

4) 4. ṛh or ṛṃ (also written ṛh or ṛṃh). [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhtupṭha xvii, 85]) ṛn󲹳پ (or barhati; 3. [plural] [perfect tense] [Ātmanepada] baṛṃire, [Śiśupla-vadha xvii, 31]),

—to roar, bellow, trumpet (said of an elephant), [Mahbhrata; Harivaṃśa] etc.;

� also [class] 10. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhtupṭha xxxiii, 95]) to speak;

—to shine.

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