bhairava

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[apte] a. (vī f.) [bhīroridaṃ aṇ] 1 Terrible, frightful, horrible, formi- dable; U. 5. 6. --2 Miserable. --2 Relating to Bhairava. --vaḥ 1 A form of Śiva (of which 8 kinds are enumerated). --2 The sentiment of terror (bhayānaka). --3 Fear, terror. --4 N. of a musical mode (rāga) calculated to excite emotions of fear or terror. --vī 1 A form of the goddess Durgā. --2 N. of a Rāgiṇī in the Hindu musical system. --3 A girl of...

[mw] mf (A and I) n. (fr. bhīru) frightful, terrible, horrible, formidable (153009.1 am ind.) MBh.; R. &c 767,1 152990 mf (A and I) n. relating to Bhairava bhairava Cat. 767,1 152991 m. N. of a form of S3iva śiva (cf RTL. 85;) Prab.; Ra1jat.; Pur. (in the latter 8 Bh Bhairava bhairava 's are enumerated, viz. mahā-, saṃhāra-, asitāṅga-, ruru- kāla-, krodha-, tāmracūḍa-, or kapāla-, candracūḍa- or rudra-bh; sometimes other...

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a. (vī f.) [bhīroridaṃ aṇ] 1 Terrible, frightful, horrible, formi- dable; U. 5. 6. --2 Miserable. --2 Relating to Bhairava. --vaḥ 1 A form of Śiva (of which 8 kinds are...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

ADJ

Total Occurrences

328

Texts Appeared In

46

DCS: name of a daughter of Devaka | Monier-Williams: = BErava-tantra below.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 57 17.4%
2. Ānandakanda 52 15.9%
3. Tantrāloka 43 13.1%
4. Kūrmapurāṇa 21 6.4%
5. Kālikāpurāṇa 20 6.1%

Concordance (Sample)

• Spandakārikānirṇaya surface: bhairavaḥ

  udyamo bhairavaḥ

• Spandakārikānirṇaya surface: bhairava

  iti śivasūtrapratipāditena sarvabhedopasaṃhārātmanā nijaujovṛttisphāraṇarūpeṇa p

• Spandakārikānirṇaya surface: bhairavam

  yadā priye parikṣīṇaṃ tadā tadbhairavaṃ vapuḥ