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brahmaputra

m. the son of a priest or Brahman

brahmaputra

m. a son of brahmā- (as sanat-kumāra-, vasiṣṭha- etc.)

( brahmaputratā -tā- f.)

brahmaputra

m. a kind of vegetable poison

brahmaputra

m. Name of a river (rising on the Tibet side of the himālaya- and falling with the Ganges into the Bay of Bengal)

brahmaputra

m. of a lake

brahmaputra

m. of a place of pilgrimage (prob. the source of the brahma-putra- river)

brahmaputra

m. of a sacred district

brahmaputratā

f. brahmaputra

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lohita	लोहित a. (-लोहिता or लोहिनी f.) [रुह्-इतन् रस्य लः Uṇ.3.95] 1 Red, red-coloured; स्रस्तांसावतिमात्रलोहिततलौ बाहू घटोत्क्षेपणात् Ś.1.29; Ku.3.29; मुहुश्चलत्पल्लवलोहिनीभि- रुच्चैः शिखाभिः शिखिनो$वलीढाः Ki.16.53; शुक्लानि कृष्णान्यथ लोहितानि Bhāg.11.23.44 (लोहित is attributed to राजस). -2 Copper, made of copper. -तः 1 The red colour. -2 The planet Mars. -3 A serpent. -4 A kind of deer. -5 N. of the river Brahmaputra. -6 A kind of rice. -7 A particular disease of the eyelids. -8 A kind of precious stone. -ता N. of one of the seven tongues of fire. -तम् 1 Copper. -2 Blood; अप्सु लोहितं च रेतश्च निधीयते Bṛi. Up.3.2.13; त्वग्भेदकः शतं दण्ड्यो लोहितस्य च दर्शकः Ms.8.284. -3 Saffron. -4 Battle. -5 Red sanders. -6 A kind of sandal; तौ लोहितस्य प्रियदर्शनस्य सदोचितावुत्तम- चन्दनस्य Rām.3.63.8. -7 An imperfect form of a rainbow. -8 A kind of agallochum. -Comp. -अक्षः 1 a red die. -2 a kind of snake. -3 the (Indian) cuckoo. -4 an eipthet of Viṣṇu. (-क्षम्) 1 the armpit, thigh-joint; hip. -अङ्गः 1 the काम्पिल्ल tree. -2 the planet Mars; ब्रह्मराशिं समावृत्य लोहिताङ्गो व्यवस्थितः Mb.6.3.18. -अयस् n. copper. -अर्मन् n. a red swelling in the whites of the eyes. -अशोकः a variety of Aśoka (having red flowers). -अश्वः fire. -आननः an ichneumon. -आर्द्र a. dripping with blood. -ईक्षण a. red-eyed. -उद a. having red or blood-red water. -कल्माष a. red-spotted. -कृष्ण a. dark-red. -क्षयः loss of blood. -ग्रीवः an epithet of Agni. -चन्दनम् saffron. -पित्तिन् subject to hemorrhage. -पुष्पकः the granate tree. -मृत्तिका red chalk. -शतपत्रम् a red lotus-flower. -शवल a. dappled with red. -स्मृतिः N. of a law-book.

lohityaḥ	लोहित्यः 1 A kind of rice. -2 N. of the river Brahmaputra; see लौहित्य.

lauhityaḥ	लौहित्यः [लोहितस्य भावः ष्यञ् स्वार्थे ष्यञ् वा] N. of a river, the Brahmaputra; चकम्पे तीर्णलौहित्ये तस्मिन् प्राग्- ज्योतिषेश्वरः R.4.81 (where Malli. says :- तीर्णा लौहित्या नाम नदी येन but quotes no authority). -त्यम् Redness.

Macdonell Search

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lauhitya	m. pat. (fr. lohita), N. of a river, Brahmaputra; n. redness.

Vedic Index of
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brahmaputra	In a few passages is used in the sense of a ‘ priest’s son.’

Bloomfield Vedic
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brahmaputra	iva savaneṣu śaṃsasi RV.2.43.2b; ApMB.1.13.10b; HG.1.16.18b.

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brahmaputra	noun (masculine) a kind of vegetable poison (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a son of Brahmā (as Sanatkumāra) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of a lake (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of a place of pilgrimage (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of a river (rising on the Tibet side of the Himālaya and falling with the Ganges into the Bay of Bengal) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of a sacred district (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) the son of a priest or Brāhman (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 15962/72933

Wordnet Search

"brahmaputra" has 3 results.


brahmaputra	viṣam, garam, garaḥ, garalam, garadam, bhūgaram, jīvanāghātam, jaṅgulam, jāṅgulam, halāgalam, halāhalaḥ, hālāhālam, pālahalam, halahalam, hāhalam, hāhalaḥ, kālakūṭam, kālakūṭaḥ, kalākulam, kākolam, kākolaḥ, saurāṣṭrikam, dāradaḥ, pradīpanaḥ, brahmaputraḥ, śauktikeyaḥ, vatsanābhaḥ, dhūlakam, nidaḥ, kṣyeḍaḥ saḥ padārthaḥ yasya prāśanena jīvaḥ vyākulo bhavati mriyate vā। samudramanthanāt prāptaṃ viṣaṃ śivena pītam।
brahmaputra	brahmaputraḥ bhāratasya ekaḥ nadaḥ yaḥ mānasarovarāt prabhūya himālayasya pūrvasyāṃ diśi bhārate praviśati। brahmaputraḥ baṅgālasya ākhāte patati।
brahmaputra	brahmaputraḥ viṣabhedaḥ। brahmaputraḥ ghātakaḥ bhavati।

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