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बाभ्रव्य (bAbhravya)

 
Capeller Eng
English
बाभ्रव्य
m.
 =
prec.
 ,
N.
 of
sev.
 men.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
बाभ्रव्य
m.
N.
 of various authors and teachers (also with कौशिक and पञ्चाल, and शाण्डिल॑
pl.
 ),
GṛS.
Hariv.
Cat.
 (cf.
Pāṇ.
 iv, 1, 106)
of other men,
Ratnāv.
MārkP.
Monier Williams 1872
English
बाभ्रव्य, अस्, m. a patronymic from Babhru
N. of a teacher.
Mahabharata
English
Bābhravya. § 717 (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 343, 13262 (…so 'ham evottare bhāge kramāksharavibhāgavit | Vāmādeśitamārgeṇa mat-prasādān mahātmanā | Pāñcālena kramaḥ prāptas tasmād bhūtāt sanātanāt | Bābhravya-gotraḥ sa babhau prathamaṃ krama-pāragaḥ | Nārāyaṇād varaṃ labdhvā prāpya yogam anuttamaṃ | kramaṃ praṇīya śikshāñ ca praṇayitvā sa Gālavaḥ).
पुराणम्
English
बाभ्रव्य / BĀBHRAVYA. An author of the ‘Science of Love’. śvetaketu was the first of the authors who had written on the Science of amour (kāma-śāstra). bābhravya made only a condensation of the work of śvetaketu.
Vedic Reference
English
Bābhravya, ‘descendant of Babhru, ’ is the patronymic of
Girija in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa (vii. 1), and of Śaṅkha in the
Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa (iii. 41, 1
iv. 17, 1).