As a deity name
Name 713 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 475 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
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
fr. bṛkat N. of a partic. metre of 36 (orig. 8 + 8 + 12 + 8) syllables or (later) any metre containing 36 syllables (ifc. ˚tīka ), &c.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "bṛhatyai" is the dative of "bṛhatī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "bṛhatyai" is the dative of "bṛhat" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
bṛhatī (tī), f. See s.v.
bṛhatī f. fr. bṛkat N. of a partic. metre of 36 (orig. 8 + 8 + 12 + 8) syllables or (later) any metre containing 36 syllables (ifc. ˚tīka mfn.), RV.; RPrāt.; AV.; Br. &c.
bṛhat mf(atī)n. (in later language usually written vṛhat) lofty, high, tall, great, large, wide, vast, abundant, compact, solid, massy, strong, mighty, RV. &c. &c.
full-grown, old, RV.
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