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ब्रह्मसरस् (brahmasaras)

 
Capeller Eng
English
ब्रह्मसरस्
n.
 Brahman's lake,
N.
 of a holy
bathing-place.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
ब्रह्म—सरस्
n.
 ‘Brahmā's lake’,
N.
 of a very sacred bathing-place,
MBh.
Mahabharata
English
Brahmasaras, a tīrtha. § 370 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 84, 8063 (there Brahmán had raised a yūpa).--§ 377 (Dhaumyatīrthak.): III, 87, 8304 (in the east).--§ 380 (Tīrthayātrāp.): At B., with holy peaks and resorted to by ṛshis, Agastya had come to Vaivasvata
Dharmarāja (i.e. Yama) himself had dwelt there
there all the rivers take their rise (samudbhedaḥ) and Mahādeva is always present
there the Pāṇḍavas performed cāturmāsya sacrifices together with the great ṛshiyajña (v. BR.). There is the Akshayavaṭa (“the imperishable banian”), the imperishable sacrificial platform of the gods, where the merit acquired is imperishable. Here they fasted with concentrated souls, and brahmans by hundred came and performed the cāturmāsya sacrifice and talked about various sacred subjects, and the learned and pious Śamatha, who lived in celibacy (kaumāraṃ vratam āshṭhitaḥ), told them of Gaya Āmūrtarayasa: III, 95, 8520.--§ 595 (Shoḍacarāj., v. Gaya): VII, 66, 2353.--§ 735 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 25, 1726 (on Gaṅgā, the results of bathing there), 1744 (Dharmāraṇyopaśobhitaṃ).--§ 751b (Śapathavidhi): XIII, 74, 4553.
पुराणम्
English
ब्रह्मसरस् / BRAHMASARAS. A holy place in dharmāraṇya. If a man fasts in this holy place for one night, he would reach the world of brahmā. In this holy place there is a peg driven down by brahmā himself. One who walks round this peg will attain the fruits of performing a vājapeya yajña (a drinking sacrifice). There is another holy bath of the name brahmasaras in gayā. (M.B. anuśāsana parva, Chapter 25, Stanza 89).
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
ब्र(व्र)ह्मसरस्
न०
 तीर्थभेदे तत्कथा भा० व० ८१ अ० दृश्या ।
Capeller
German
ब्रह्मसरस्
n.
 Brahman's See (N. eines
heiligen Badeplatzes).