f. (of brāhm/a-q.v) the śakti- or personified energy of brahmā- (regarded as one of the 8 mātṛ-s or divine mothers of created beings;in they are said to attend skanda-)
ब्राह्मी 1 The personified female energy of Brahman. -2 Sarasvatī, the goddess of speech. -3 Speech; संस्कारो- पगतां ब्राह्मीं नानाशास्त्रोपबृंहिताम् Mb.1.1.19. -4 A tale or narrative. -5 A pious usage or custom, Vedic rituals; ब्राह्म्या संवर्तयामासू राङ्कवास्तरणावृताम् Rām.6.111.113. -6 N. of the constellation Rohiṇī. -7 N. of Durgā. -8 A woman married according to the Brāhma form of marriage. -9 The wife of a Brāhmaṇa. -1 A kind of medicinal plant; ब्राह्मी हिमा सरा तिक्ता लघुर्मेध्या च शीतला । कषाया मधुरा स्वादुपाकायुष्या रसायनी । स्वर्या स्मृतिपदा कुष्ठपाण्डु- मेहाश्रकासजित् ॥ Bhāva. P.; बभूव तेषां रजनी ब्राह्मीव प्रीतिवर्धिनी Mb.15.18.23. -11 A kind of brass. -12 N. of a river. -Comp. -कन्दः a species of bulbous plant. -पुत्रः the son of a Brāhmī, see above; दश पूर्वान् परान् वंश्यानात्मानं चैकविंशकम् । ब्राह्मीपुत्रः सुकृतकृन्मोचयेदेनसः पितॄन् ॥ Ms.3.37.
f. (of brâhma), female energy of Brahman; goddess of speech, Sarasvatî (Brahman's wife); speech; narrative; wife espoused according to the Brâhma form; N. of various plants; N. of a river: -putra, m. son of a woman married according to the Brâhma rite.
noun (feminine) (in music) name of a Mūrchanā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a female fish or frog (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of brass (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a religious practice (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a species of ant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a woman married according to the Brāhma rite (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Clerodendrum Siphonantus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Enhydra Hingcha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Herpestes monnieria H.B.K.
name of a river (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a work (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Durgā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Ruta Graveolens (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
speech or the goddess of speech (Sarasvatī) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the constellation Rohiṇi (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the wife of a Brāhman (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the śakti of Brahman (regarded as one of the 8 Mātṛs or divine mothers of created beings) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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