As a deity name
Name 562 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
बृहस्पति · noun · masculine
एक प्रसिद्ध वैदिक देवता जो अंगिरस के पुत्र ओर देवताओं चके गुरु माने जाते हैं · सौर जगत् का पाँचवाँ ग्रह जो सूर्य से ४४,३०,॰॰,॰॰० मील की दूरी पर है और जिसका परिभ्रमण काल लगभग ४३३३ दिन हे । इसका व्यास ९३००० मील है — Śabdasāgara
बृहस्पति · br̤ihaspati · s.m.
The regent of the planet Jupiter and preceptor of the gods; (in Astron.) the planet Jupiter (syn. mushtarī); Thursday — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 150
बृहस्पति · masculine
Brihaspati, the Guru and priest of the Devas.; Jupiter
बृहस्पतिवार · masculine
Thursday
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi बृहस्पति — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit बृहस्पति (bṛhaspati).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
bṛhas-pati m. (also written vṛh˚-p˚; fr. 3. bṛh + pati; cf. brahmaṇas-pati) ‘lord of prayer or devotion’, N. of a deity (in whom Piety and Religion are personified; he is the chief offerer of prayers and sacrifices, and therefore represented as the type of the priestly order, and the Purohita of the gods with whom he intercedes for men; in later times he is the god of wisdom and eloquence, to whom various works are ascribed; he is also regarded as son of Aṅgiras, husband of Tārā and father of Kaca, and sometimes identified with Vyāsa; in astronomy he is the regent of Jupiter and often identified with that planet), RV. &c., &c. (cf. RTL. 215)
N. of a prince (great-grandson of Aśoka), Buddh.
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- Sanskrit बृहस् (bṛhas) Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Indo-Iranian *pátiš Sanskrit पति (pati) Sanskrit बृहस्पति (bṛhaspati) Sanskrit वर (vara)der.? Sanskrit वार (vāra) Ancient Greek ἡμέρα Διός (hēméra Diós)sl. Sanskrit बृहस्पतिवार (bṛ…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘lord of prayer or devotion’, N. of a deity (in whom Piety and Religion are personified; he is the chief offerer of prayers and sacrifices, and therefore represented as the type of…
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bṛhas-pati m. (also written vṛh˚-p˚; fr. 3. bṛh + pati; cf. brahmaṇas-pati) ‘lord of prayer or devotion’, N. of a deity (in whom Piety and Religion are personified; he is the chief offerer of prayers and sacrifices, and therefore represented as the type of the priestly order, and the Purohita of the gods with whom he intercedes for men; in later times he is the god of wisdom and eloquence, to whom various works are ascribed; he is also regarded as son of Aṅgiras, husband of Tārā and father of Kaca, and sometimes identified with Vyāsa; in astronomy he is the regent of Jupiter and often identified with that planet), RV. &c., &c. (cf. RTL. 215)
N. of a prince (great-grandson of Aśoka), Buddh.
of a king of Kaśmīra, Rājat.
of the author of a law-book, IW. 203; 302
of a philosopher, ib. 120
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