As a deity name
Name 668 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
ब्रह्मी · adj
वेद संबंधी — Śabdasāgara
ब्रह्मी · noun · masculine
विष्णु — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "ब्रह्मी" is ब्रह्म + -ई: ब्रह्म means "Brahman (concept of Hinduism)", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "ब्रह्मी" is ब्रह्म + -ई: ब्रह्म means "Brahman (concept of Hinduism)", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "ब्रह्मी" is ब्रह्म + -ई: ब्रह्म means "Brahman (concept of Hinduism)", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a kind of fish, Macrognathus Pancalus (commonly called Pancal)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "brahmī" is the nominative of "brahmin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
1. brahmī f. holy, devout (?), RV. ix, 33, 5 (Sāy. = brāhmaṇa-prerita)
a kind of fish, Macrognathus Pancalus (commonly called Pancal), L.
a kind of vegetable, L.
Clerodendrum Siphonantus, L.
2. brahmī in comp. for ˚ma or ˚man.
brahmin mfn. belonging or relating to Brahmă or Brahmā, TĀr.
‘possessing sacred knowledge’, N. of Viṣṇu, MBh.
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