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बृबु (bRbu)

 
Capeller Eng
English
बृबु॑
m.
N.
 of a man.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
बृबु॑
m.
N.
 of a man (according to,
Sāy.
 ‘the carpenter of the Paṇis’),
RV.
 vi, 45, 31
Mn.
 x, 107.
Monier Williams 1872
English
बृबु बृबु, उस्, m., Ved., N. of a man,
(according to Sāy. he was the carpenter of the Paṇis.)
Macdonell
English
बृबु bṛbú,
m.
 N..
Vedic Reference
English
Bṛbu is mentioned in a hymn of the Rigveda, ^1 where he is
described as a most generous giver (sahasra-dātama), and as at
the head of the Paṇis. According to the Śāṅkhāyana Śrauta
Sūtra, ^2 Bharadvāja received gifts from Bṛbu Takṣan and
Prastoka Sārñjaya, a fact alluded to in the Mānava Dharma
Śāstra, ^3 where takṣan is treated as a descriptive attribute,
‘a carpenter.’ Apparently Bṛbu was a Paṇi, though the words
of the Rigveda^1 might be taken to mean that he was one who
had overthrown them entirely. If so, Paṇi must here certainly
mean a merchant in a good sense, Bṛbu being then a merchant
prince.^4 According to Weber, ^5 the name suggests connexion
with Babylon, but this conjecture must be regarded as
quite improbable. Hillebrandt^6 sensibly expresses no opinion
as to Bṛbu, while Brunnhofer's^7 attempt to recognize a
people named Τάσκοι, and to connect them with the
Vedic word takṣan, is valueless, especially considering the
fact that Takṣan is not found as an epithet of Bṛbu in the
Rigveda.
1) vi. 45, 31. 33.
2) xvi. 11, 11.
3) x. 107.
1) vi. 45, 31. 33.
4) Cf. Griffith, Hymns of the Rigveda,
1, 606, n.
5) Episches im vedischen Ritual, 28 et seq.
Proceedings of the Berlin Academy, 1898,
563, n. 1
Indische Studien, 17, 198.
The Bāveru Jātaka, on which stress is
laid in connexion with the Indian know-
ledge of Babylon, being of quite un-
known date, has no cogency as evidence
for any early period. Cf. Bühler, Indische
Palœographie, 17-19
Indische Studien, 3,
79 et seq.
Weber, Indian Literature 3
Rhys Davids, Buddhist India, 201 et seq.
6) Vedische Mythologie, 1, 93, 104, 107.
7) Iran und Turan, 127.
Cf. Ludwig, Translation of the Rig-
veda, 3, 275
Bṛhaddevatā, v. 108, 109,
with Macdonell's notes
Max Müller,
Sacred Books of the East, 32, 316.
Capeller
German
बृबु॑
m.
 Mannsname.
Grassman
German
bṛbú, m., Eigenname eines Mannes.
-ús {486, 31}.
-úm {486, 33}.
Stchoupak
French
बृबु-
m.
n.
 d'un charpentier (v. l. वृधु-).