Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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ब्राध्नायन्य [ brādhnāyanya ] [ brādhnāyanya ] m. patr. fr. [ bradhna ] g. [ kuñjādi ] (f ( [ °yanī ] ) . ; m. pl. [ °yanāḥ ] Lit. Pāṇ. 5-3 , 113 Sch.)


ब्राह्म [ brāhma ] [ brāhma ] [ brāhmaṇa ] see p.741.


ब्रुव [ bruva ] [ bruva ] see col.2.


ब्रू [ brū ] [ brū ] Root cl. [2] P. Ā. ( Lit. Dhātup. xxiv , 35) [ brávīti ] , [ brūté ] ( only pr. stem ; the other forms are supplied by √ [ vac ] cf. Lit. Pāṇ. 2-4 , 53 ; [ brūmi ] for [ bravīmi ] Lit. R. ; Subj. [ brávas ] , [ °vat ] Lit. RV. ; Impv. [ brūhi ] , ep. also [ bravīhi ] , [ bruvadhvam ] ; [ brūtāt ] Lit. Pāṇ. 7-i , 35 Sch. ; impf. [ abruvam ] for [ abravam ] Lit. Up. Lit. MBh. ; pr.p. Ā. ep. [ bruvamāṇa ] for [ bruvāṇa ] ; Prec. 2. pl. [ brūyāsta ] Lit. Nal. xvii , 36 , prob. w.r. for [ brūyās tat ] ) , to speak , say , tell (either intrans. ; or with acc. of pers. or thing ; or with acc. of thing and acc. dat. gen. or loc. of person = to tell or relate anything to ; with two acc. also = declare or pronounce to be , call) Lit. RV. ; to speak about any person or thing (acc. with or without [ prati ] , or [ adhikṛtya ] ) Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. ; to proclaim , predict Lit. Var. ; to answer (either intrans. with [ punar ] or trans. with [ praśnam ] , " a question " ) Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. ; ( with [ anyathā ] ) to speak or decide or judge wrongly Lit. Mn. Lit. Pañcat. ; (Ā. , rarely P.) to call or profess one's self to be (nom. , rarely with [ iti ] ) Lit. RV. Lit. Br. Lit. MBh. ; (Ā.) to designate for one's self , choose Lit. AitBr. ; (Ā.) to be told by itself , tell itself (tell its tale) Lit. Pāṇ. 3-1 , 89 Vārtt. 1 Lit. Pat. ( cf. Zd. (mrū) . )


 ब्रुव [ bruva ] [ bruva ] m. f. n. calling one's self by a name without any real title to it

   being merely nominally (ifc. ; cf. [ kṣatriya- ] , [ dvija- ] , [ brāhmaṇa-bruva ] ) .


 ब्रुवाण [ bruvāṇa ] [ bruvāṇa ] m. f. n. speaking , telling , saying

  ifc. = prec. ( cf. [ brahma-br ] ) .


ब्रूस् [ brūs ] [ brūs ] Root (see [ vruḍ ] [ vrūs ] ).


ब्ली [ blī ] [ blī ] see √ [ vlī ] .


ब्लेष्क [ bleṣka ] [ bleṣka ] m. a snare , noose for catching Lit. Kāṭh.

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