As a deity name
Name 982 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a kind of large ichneumon
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "babhrave" is the dative of "babhru" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
babhru mf(u, or ū)n. (according to Uṇ. i, 23 fr. √ bhṛ) deep-brown, reddish-brown, tawny, RV. &c. &c.
bald-headed, L.
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