Encyclopedias & Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 741) brāhmī, f. (of brāhma q.v.) the Śakti or personified energy of Brahmā (regarded as one of the 8 Mātṛis or divine mothers of created beings; in, MBh. ix, 2655, they are said to attend Skanda), L.; speech or the goddess of speech (= Sarasvatī), MBh. i, 19; N. of Durgā, DevīP.; the wife of a Brāhman, W.; (in music) N. of a Mūrchanā, Saṃgīt.; a religious practice, pious usage (-myā ind. according to pious usage), R.; a woman married according to the Brāhma rite, Gaut.; Vishṇ. (cf. -putra), the constellation Rohiṇī, L.; a female fish or frog, W.; a species of ant, L.; N. of various plants (Clerodendrum Siphonantus, Ruta Graveolens, Enhydra Hingcha &c.), L.; a kind of brass, L.; N. of a river, Śatr.; (with saMhitā) N. of wk.
|