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बाभ्रव (bAbhrava)

 
Capeller Eng
English
बा॑भ्रव
m.
patr. from बभ्रु॑.
Apte
English
बाभ्रव [bābhrava],
a.
Belonging or relating to बभ्रु.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
बा॑भ्रव mf(ई)n. belonging or relating to Babhru,
PañcavBr.
बा॑भ्रव
m.
patr.
fr.
ब॑भ्रु,
ŚBr.
(cf.
Pāṇ.
iv, 1, 106)
बा॑भ्रव
n.
N.
of various Sāmans, ĀrṣBr.
Monier Williams 1872
English
बाभ्रव बाभ्रव, अस्, ई, अम् (fr. बभ्रु),
belonging or relating to Babhru
(अस्), m. a patro-
nymic from Babhru
(ई), f. an epithet of Durgā
(the wife of Babhru, i. e. Śiva).
Macdonell
English
बाभ्रव bābhrav-a,
m.
pat. descendant of 🞄Babhru
-ya,
m.
id.
N. of a various men.
Vedic Reference
English
Bābhrava, ‘descendant of Babhru, is the patronymic of
Vatsanapāt in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad.^1 In the legend
of Śunaḥśepa^2 the Kāpileyas and the Bābhravas are enumerated
as the descendants of Śunaḥśepa under his adoptive name of
Devarāta Vaiśvāmitra. A Sāman, or Chant, of Babhru is
mentioned in the Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa.^3
1) ii. 5, 22
iv. 5, 28 (Mādhyaṃdina
= ii. 6, 3
iv. 6, 3 Kāṇva).
2) Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, vii. 17. The
Śāṅkhāyana version omits the words.
3) xv. 3, 12.
Capeller
German
बा॑भ्रव u. ब्राभ्रव्य
m.
patr. Mannsnamen.
Stchoupak
French
बाभ्रव-
m.
patron. des descendants de Babhru
-य-
m.
n.
de
divers personnages, dont un ministre dans Ratnāvalī.