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Brahmavati, 󳾲ī: 5 definitions

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Brahmavati means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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.

In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Brahmavati in Theravada glossary
: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

A brahminee, the mother of Metteyya Buddha. Vsm.434; DhSA.415; Dvy.60; Anagatavamsa, vs. 96.

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Brahmavati in Sanskrit glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

󳾲ī (ब्रह्मवती).—name of a city: Ѳ-ūī 31. See also Brah- māvatī (1).

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屹ī (ब्रह्मावती).�(1) (= Pali 󳾲ī) name of the mother of Maitreya: پ屹Բ 60.24 (so mss., ed. em. Brahma°); (2) name of a pond near Benares: پ屹Բ 514.11; (3) name of the gotra of the nakṣatra Abhijit: پ屹Բ 640.24 (°tī-gotreṇa).

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

1) 屹ī (ब्रह्मावती):—[=] [from brahma > brahman] f. Name of a woman, [پ屹Բ]

2) [v.s. ...] of a lotus pond, [ib.]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Pali-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Brahmavati in Pali glossary
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

brahmavatī (ဗြဟ္မဝတ�) [(thī) (ထ�)]�
ڲٲ+ī
ဗļȶĹęĬ�+ဤ]

[Pali to Burmese]

: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)

󳾲ī�

(Burmese text): ဗြဟ္မာတီမည်သေ� မိန်းမ။

(Auto-Translation): A woman named Brahmati.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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