bharaṇa

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[apte] a. (ṇī f.) [bhṛ-lyu-lyuṭ vā] Bearing, maintaining, supporting, nourishing. --ṇaṃ 1 The act of nourish- ing, maintaining or supporting; R. 1. 24; Ś. 7. 33. --2 (a) The act of bear- ing or carrying. (b) Wearing, put- ting on. --3 Bringing or procuring. --4 Nutriment. --5 Hire, wages. --ṇaḥ The constellation Bharaṇī.

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Appears in 26 texts

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a. (ṇī f.) [bhṛ-lyu-lyuṭ vā] Bearing, maintaining, supporting, nourishing. --ṇaṃ 1 The act of nourish- ing, maintaining or supporting; R. 1. 24; Ś. 7. 33. --2 (a) The act of bear-...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

53

Texts Appeared In

20

DCS: not small; not low or vulgar

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 21 39.6%
2. Nāradasmṛti 6 11.3%
3. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5 9.4%
4. Garuḍapurāṇa 3 5.7%
5. Kūrmapurāṇa 2 3.8%

Concordance (Sample)

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: bharaṇa

  kuṭumbabharaṇākalpo mandabhāgyo vṛthodyamaḥ

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: bharaṇa

  evaṃ svabharaṇākalpaṃ tatkalatrādayas tathā

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: bharaṇe

  evaṃ kuṭumbabharaṇe vyāpṛtātmājitendriyaḥ