brahma-veda

brahma-veda

the Veda of the Brāhmans (as opp. to kshatra-veda q.v.) R. ;
knowledge of Brahmǎ W. ;
knowledge of the Vedas ib. ;
- pariṡishṭa n. N. of wk.;
- maya mf (ī)n. consisting of the Brahma-veda L.

bráhman

the sacred word (as opp. to vāc, the word of man), the Veda, a sacred text, a text orﾠ Mantra used as a spell (forming a distinct class from the ṛicas, sāmāni andﾠ yajūṉshi;
cf. brahma-veda) RV. AV. Br. Mn. Pur. ;
the Brāhmaṇa portion of the Veda Mn. IV, 100 ;
the sacred syllable Om Prab. Sch., (cf. Mn. II, 83);
religious orﾠ spiritual knowledge (opp. to religious observances andﾠ bodily mortification such as tapas etc.) AV. Br. Mn. R. ;
holy life (esp. continence, chastity;
cf. brahma-carya) Ṡak. I, 24/25 Ṡaṃk. Sarvad. ;
(exceptionally treated as m.) the Brahmǎ orﾠ one selfexistent impersonal Spirit., the one universal Soul
( orﾠ one divine essence andﾠ source from which all created things emanate orﾠ with which they are identified andﾠ to which they return),
the Self-existent, the Absolute, the Eternal (not generally an object of worship but rather of meditation andﾠ-knowledge;
alsoﾠ with jyéshṭha, prathama-já, svayóm-bhu, a-mūrta, para, paratara, parama, mahat, sanātana, ṡāṡvata;
andﾠ = paramâ̱tman, ātman, adhyātma, pradhāna, kshetra-jña, tattva) AV. ṠBr. Mn. MBh. etc.. (IW. 9, 83 etc..) ;
n. the class of men who are the repositories andﾠ communicators of sacred knowledge, the Brāhmanical caste as a body (rarely an individual Brāhman) AV. TS. VS. ṠBr. Mn. BhP. ;
food Naigh. II, 7 ;
wealth ib. 10 ;
final emancipation L. ;
m. ( brahmán), one who Prays, a devot orﾠ religious man, a Brāhman who is a knower of Vedic texts orﾠ spells, one versed in sacred knowledge RV. etc. etc.
<cf. Lat., flāmen>;
N. of Bṛihas-pati (as the priest of the gods) RV. X, 141, 3 ;
one of the 4 principal priests orﾠ Ṛitvijas (the other three being the Hotṛi, Adhvaryu andﾠ Udgātṛi;
the Brahman was the most learned of them andﾠ was required to know the 3 Vedas, to supervise the, sacrifice andﾠ to set right mistakes;
at a later period his functions were based especially on the Atharva-veda) RV. etc. etc.;
Brahmā. orﾠ the one impersonal universal Spirit. manifested as a personal Creator andﾠ as the first of the triad of personal gods (= prajā-pati q.v.;
he never appears to have become an object of general worship, though he has two temples in India seeﾠ RTL. 555 etc.. ;
his wife is Sarasvatī ib. 48) TBr. etc. etc.;
= brahmaṇaāyuḥ, a lifetime of Brahmā. Pañcar. ;
an inhabitant of Brahmā. 's heaven Jātakam. ;
the sun L. ;
N. of Ṡiva Prab. Sch. ;
the Veda (?) PārGṛ. ;
the intellect (= buddhi) Tattvas. ;
N. of a star, δ Aurigae, Sūryat.;
a partic. astron. Yoga L. ;
N. of the 9th Muhūrta L. ;
(with Jainas) a partic. Kalpa Dharmaṡ. ;
N. of the servant of the 10th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇi L. ;
of a magician Rājat.

háya-grīva

N. of a form of Vishṇu (manifested accord. toﾠ one legend, in order to recover the Veda carried off by two Daityas called Madhu andﾠ Kaiṭabha) Pañcar. ;
of a Daitya ( alsoﾠ called brahma-veda-prahartṛi, as having carried off the Vedas at the dissolution of the universe caused by Brahma's sleep at the end of the past Kalpa;
in order to recover them, Vishṇu became incarnate as a Matsya orﾠ fish, andﾠ slew Haya-grīva) Hariv. Kathās. etc.;
of a Rākshasa R. ;
of a Tantra. deity Buddh. ;
of a Rājarshi MBh. ;
of a wicked king of the Videhas MBh. ;
of a Muni Cat. ;
of the supposed author of the Chāndogya Upanishad. andﾠ various other writers etc. ib. ;
(ā) f. N. of Durgā L. ;
(- va) - gadya andﾠ - daṇḍaka n. N. of Stotras;
- pañca-rātra n. - pañjara n. N. of wks.;
- prôkta mfn. proclaimed orﾠ taught by Haya Cat. ;
- ripu m. « enemy of Haya»
N. of Vishṇu L. ;
- vadha m. N. of a poem by Bhartṛi-meṇṭha Rājat. ;
- saṉhitā f. - sahasra-nāma-srotra n. - stotra n. N. of wks.;
- han m. « slayer of Haya»
N. of Vishṇu L. ;
- vopanishad f. N. of an Upanishad

veda

N. of certain celebrated works which constitute the basis of the first period of the Hindū religion (these works were primarily three, viz.
1. the Ṛig-veda,
2. the Yajur-veda
<of which there are, however, two divisions seeﾠ taittirīya-saṉhitā, vājasaneyi-saṉhitā>,
3. the Sāma-veda;
these three works are sometimes called collectively trayī,
« the triple Vidyā» orﾠ « threefold knowledge», but the Ṛig-veda is really the only original work of the three, andﾠ much the most ancient
<the oldest of its hymns being assigned by some who rely on certain astronomical calculations to a period between 4000 andﾠ 2500 B.C., before the settlement of the Āryans in India;
andﾠ by others who adopt a different reckoning to a period between 1400 andﾠ 1000 B.C., when the Āryans had settled down in the Panjāb>;
subsequently a fourth Veda was added, called the Atharva-veda, which was probably not completely accepted till after Manu, as his law-book often speaks of the three Vedas-calling them trayambrahmasanātanam, « the triple eternal Veda»,
but only once XI, 33 mentions the revelation made to Atharvan andﾠ Aṇgiras, without, however, calling it by the later name of Atharva-veda;
each of the four Vedas has two distinct parts,
viz. 1. Mantra, i.e. words of prayer andﾠ adoration often addressed either to fire orﾠ to some form of the sun orﾠ to some form of the air, sky, wind etc.,
andﾠ praying for health, wealth, long life, cattle, offspring, victory, andﾠ even forgiveness of sins, andﾠ 2. Brāhmaṇa, consisting of Vidhi andﾠ Artha-vāda,
i.e. directions for the detail of the ceremonies at which the Mantras were to be used andﾠ explanations of the legends etc. connected with the Mantras
< seeﾠ brāhmaṇa, vidhi>, both these portions being termed ṡruti, revelation orally communicated by the Deity, andﾠ heard but not composed orﾠ written down by men <cf. I. W. 24 etc.. >,
although it is certain that both Mantras andﾠ Brāhmaṇas were compositions spread over a considerable period, much of the latter being comparatively modern;
as the Vedas are properly three, so the Mantras are properly of three forms,
1. Ṛic, which are verses of praise in metre, andﾠ intended for loud recitation;
2. Yajus, which are in prose, andﾠ intended for recitation in a lower tone at sacrifices;
3. Sāman., which are in metre, andﾠ intended for chanting at the Soma orﾠ Moon-plant ceremonies, the Mantras of the fourth orﾠ Atharva-veda having no special name;
but it must be borne in mind that the Yajur andﾠ Sāma-veda hymns, especially the latter, besides their own Mantras, borrow largely from the Ṛig-veda;
the Yajur-veda andﾠ Sāma-veda being in fact not so much collections of prayers andﾠ hymns as special prayer- andﾠ hymn-books intended as manuals for the Adhvaryu andﾠ Udgātṛi priests respectively < seeﾠ yajur-veda, sāma-veda>;
the Atharva-veda, on the other hand, is, like the Ṛig-veda, a real collection of original hymns mixed up with incantations, borrowing little from the Ṛig andﾠ having no direct relation to sacrifices, but supposed by mere recitation to produce long life, to cure diseases, to effect the ruin of enemies etc.;
each of the four Vedas seems to have passed through numerous Ṡākhās orﾠ schools, giving rise to various recensions of the text, though the Ṛig-veda is only preserved in the Ṡākala recension, while a second recension, that of the Bhāshkalas, is only known by name;
a tradition makes Vyāsa the compiler andﾠ arranger of the Vedas in their present form:
they each have an Index orﾠ Anukramaṇī <q.v.>, the principal work of this kind being the general Index orﾠ Sarvânukramaṇī <q.v.>;
out of the Brāhmaṇa portion of the Veda grew two other departments of Vedic literature, sometimes included under the general name Veda,
viz. the strings of aphoristic rules, called Sūtras <q.v.>,
andﾠ the mystical treatises on the nature of God andﾠ the relation of soul andﾠ matter, called Upanishad. <q.v.>, which were appended to the Āraṇyakas <q.v.>, andﾠ became the real Veda of thinking Hindūs, leading to the Darṡanas orﾠ systems of philosophy;
in the later literature the name of « fifth Veda» is accorded to the Itihāsas orﾠ legendary epic poems andﾠ to the Purāṇas, andﾠ certain secondary Vedas orﾠ Upa-vedas <q.v.> are enumerated;
the Vedâṇgas orﾠ works serving as limbs < for preserving the integrity> of the Veda are explained under vedâ̱ṅga below:
the only other works included under the head of Veda being the Pariṡishṭas, which supply rules for the ritual omitted in the Sūtras;
in the Bṛihad-āraṇyaka Upanishad. the Vedas are represented as the breathings of Brahmā., while in some of the Purāṇas the four Vedas are said to have issued out of the four mouths of the four-faced Brahmā. andﾠ in the Vishṇu-Purāṇa the Veda andﾠ Vishṇu are identified) RTL. 7 etc.. IW. 5; 24 etc.. ;
N. of the number « four» VarBṛS. ; Srutabh.;
2) m. (fr. 3. vid) finding, obtaining, acquisition ( seeﾠ su-v-);
property, goods ĀṡvGṛ. ;
vedá

4) m. N. of a pupil of Āyoda MBh. ;
(ā) f. N. of a river VP. ;
5) feeling, perception ṠBr. ;
= vṛitta (v.l. vitta) L. (cf. 2. veda)
- वेदकर्तृ
- वेदकविस्वामिन्
- वेदकार
- वेदकारणकारण
- वेदकुम्भ
- वेदकुशल
- वेदकौलेयक
- वेदगत
- वेदगर्भ
- वेदगर्व
- वेदगाथ
- वेदगाम्भीर्य
- वेदग्न्प्त
- वेदगुप्ति
- वेदगुह्य
- वेदघोष
- वेदचक्षुस्
- वेदजननी
- वेदज्ञ
- वेदतत्त्व
- वेदतत्त्वार्थ
- वेदतात्पर्य
- वेदतैजस
- वेदत्रय
- वेदत्रयी
- वेदत्व
- वेददक्षिणा
- वेददर्शन
- वेददर्शिन्
- वेददल
- वेददान
- वेददीप
- वेददीपिका
- वेददृष्ट
- वेदधर
- वेदधर्म
- वेदधारण
- वेदध्वनि
- वेदनाद
- वेदनिघण्टु
- वेदनिधि
- वेदनिन्दक
- वेदनिन्दा
- वेदनिन्दिन्
- वेदनिर्घोष
- वेदपठितृ
- वेदपथ
- वेदपथिन्
- वेदपददर्पण
- वेदपदस्तव
- वेदपाठ
- वेदपाठक
- वेदपाठिन्
- वेदपादरामायण
- वेदपादशिवस्तोत्र
- वेदपादस्तव
- वेदपादस्तोत्र
- वेदपारग
- वेदपारायणविधि
- वेदपुण्य
- वेदपुरुष
- वेदप्रकाश
- वेदप्रदान
- वेदप्रपद्
- वेदप्रवाद
- वेदप्लाविन्
- वेदफल
- वेदबाहु
- वेदबाह्य
- वेदबीज
- वेदब्रह्मचर्य
- वेदब्राह्मण
- वेदभाग
- वेदभाष्य
- वेदमन्त्र
- वेदमय
- वेदमातृ
- वेदमातृका
- वेदमालि
- वेदमाहात्म्य
- वेदमित्र
- वेदमुख
- वेदमुण्ड
- वेदमूर्ति
- वेदमूल
- वेदयज्ञ
- वेदरक्षण
- वेदरहस्य
- वेदरात
- वेदराशि
- वेदलक्षण
- वेदलक्षणसूत्रवृत्ति
- वेदवचन
- वेदवत्
- वेदवदन
- वेदवाक्य
- वेदवाद
- वेदवादिन्
- वेदवास
- वेदवाह
- वेदवाहन
- वेदवाह्य
- वेदविक्रयिन्
- वेदविचार
- वेदवित्त्व
- वेदविद्
- वेदविद्या
- वेदविद्वस्
- वेदविप्लावक
- वेदविलासिनी
- वेदविहित
- वेदवृत्त
- वेदवृद्ध
- वेदवेदाङ्ग
- वेदवैनाशिका
- वेदव्यास
- वेदव्रत
- वेदव्रतिन्
- वेदशब्द
- वेदशाखा
- वेदशास्त्र
- वेदशिर
- वेदशिरस्
- वेदशीर्ष
- वेदश्रवस्
- वेदश्री
- वेदश्रुत
- वेदश्रुति
- वेदसंस्थित
- वेदसंहिता
- वेदसंन्यास
- वेदसंन्यासिक
- वेदसंन्यासिन्
- वेदसमर्थन
- वेदसमाप्ति
- वेदसम्मत
- वेदसम्मित
- वेदसार
- वेदसूक्तभाष्य
- वेदसूत्र
- वेदस्तुति
- वेदस्पर्श
- वेदस्मृता
- वेदस्मृति
- वेदस्मृती
- वेदस्वामिन्
- वेदहीन

brāhma


relating to sacred knowledge, prescribed by the Veda, scriptural Mn. II, 150 etc.. ;
sacred to the Veda (with orﾠ scil. tīrtha n. the part of the hand situated at the root of the thumb), II, 59 etc.. ;
relating orﾠ belonging to the Brāhmans orﾠ the sacerdotal class peculiar orﾠ favourable to orﾠ consisting of Brāhmans Brahmanical Mn. MBh. etc. (with nidhi m. money bestowed on the sacerdotal class Mn. VII, 89);
belonging to an inhabitant of Brahmā. 's world Jātakam. ;
m. (with orﾠ scil. vivāha) N. of a form of marriage (in which the bride is bestowed on the bridegroom without requiring anything from him) Mn. III, 21 etc.. ;
N. of a man (son of Kṛishṇa andﾠ father of Mahêṡvara) Cat. ;
patr. of Nārada L. ;
of Kavi MBh. ;
of Ūrdhva-nābhan andﾠ Raksho-han RAnukr. ;
(ī) f. seeﾠ brāhmī;
n. sacred study, study of the Veda BhP. ;
(with orﾠ scil. tīrtha) seeﾠ above
- ब्राह्मकारिका
- ब्राह्मकृतेय
- ब्राह्मगुप्त
- ब्राह्मदण्ड
- ब्राह्मदत्तायन
- ब्राह्मदेय
- ब्राह्मपर्वन्
- ब्राह्मपलाश
- ब्राह्मपिङ्गा
- ब्राह्मपुराण
- ब्राह्मपुष्पि
- ब्राह्मप्रजापत्य
- ब्राह्ममुहूर्त
- ब्राह्मराति
- ब्राह्मलौकिक
- ब्राह्मविवाह
- ब्राह्मसिद्धान्त

brahma-cārín

m. a young Brāhman who is a student of the Veda (under a preceptor) orﾠ who practises chastity, a young Brāhman before marriage (in the first period of his life) AV. Mn. MBh. etc. (cf. āṡrama andﾠ IW. 192 etc.. RTL. 84 etc.. ;
the N. Brahma-cārin is alsoﾠ given to older unmarried Brāhmans, esp. if versed in the Veda, andﾠ by the Tantras. to any person whose chief virtue is continence);
N. of a Gandharva MBh. ;
of Skanda L. ;
of Ṡiva Ṡivag. ;
( iṇī) f. N. of Durgā DevīP. ;
a woman who observes the vow of chastity W. ;
Clerodendrum Siphonantus L. (v.l. - raṇī);
Thespesia Populneoides L. ;
= karuṇī L. ;
- ri-vāsa m. the living of a Brahma-cārin, (in the house of his religious teacher) Āpast. ;
- ri-vāsín mfn. living as a Brahma-cārin etc. TS.

brahma-sūtra

a Sūtra work treating of the knowledge of Brahmǎ (esp. the aphorisms of the Vedânta philosophy ascribed to Bādarāyaṇa orﾠ Vyāsa, alsoﾠ called bādarāyaṇa- orﾠ vedâ̱nta- orﾠ vyāsa- orﾠ ṡārīraka-sūtra, andﾠ uttara- orﾠ brahma-mīmāṉsā);
- ṛiju-vyākhyā f. - kārikā f. - candrikā f. - tantra-dīpikā f. - tātparya n. N. of wks.;
- pada n. the word orﾠ statement of a Brahma-sūtra Bhag. Hariv. ;
mf (ā orﾠ ī)n. consisting of such a word orﾠ statement Hariv. ;
- pradīpa m. - bhāshya n. (- shya-dīpikā f. - vārttika n.
- sāra, m.), - laghu-vārttika n.
- vṛitti f. ( andﾠ - ti-vārttika n.), - saṉgati f.
-trâ̱dvaita-vṛitti f. -trâ̱nubhāshya n. ( andﾠ - shyapradīpa m.
- vivaraṇa n.), -trâ̱nuvyâ̱khyāna n. -trâ̱rtha-prakāṡikā f.
-trâ̱rtha-maṇi-māla f. - trôpanyāsa m. ( andﾠ - sa-vṛitti f.)
N. of various Comms. on the Brahma-sūtra, andﾠ Comms. on them

brahma-vat

like the Veda Āpast. ;
mfn. possessing Brahmǎ orﾠ sacred knowledge TUp. MBh.

brahma-kāṇḍa

N. of wk. ( orﾠ ch. of a wk.) of Bhartṛi-hari Sarvad.

brahma-deya

(with vidhi) m. marriage of this kind Hariv. ;
n. instruction in the Veda orﾠ sacred knowledge (yâ̱nnsaṉtāna, mfn. one in whose family Vedic teachings;
is hereditary Gaut. Vishṇ. Mn. V, 183, v.l. -yâ̱tma-saṉtāna, « the son of a woman married according to the Brāhma rite» ;
cf. ātma-s->);
gift to Brāhmans Divyâ̱v.

brahma-palāṡa

brahma-mīmāṉsā

N. of the Vedânta philosophy treating of the one self-existent Spirit. IW. 98 etc.. (cf. - sūtra)

brahma-vādín

- di-tva n. MBh.);
one who asserts that all things are to be identified with Brahmǎ, a Vedântin Ṡaṃk.

brahmâ̱ñjali

- kṛita mfn. one who has joined the hands hands in token of homage to the Veda ib., 70 ĀṡvGṛ. etc..

veda-garbha

m. N. of Brahmā. ( alsoﾠ transferred to Vishṇu) BhP. ;
a Brāhman L. ;
N. of a Brāhman Kshitîṡ. (v.l. - garva);
of a treatise on the sacred syllable Om Cat. ;
(ā) f. N. of the Sarasvatī BhP. ;
- bha-rāṡi m. N. of a man Inscr. ;
- bhāpurī-māhātmya orﾠ - bhā-māhātmya n. N. of wk.

veda-dīpikā

vedâ̱dhideva

brahma-ghosha

the sacred word orﾠ text, the Veda Uttarar.