Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

bhrānti भ्रान्ति – error; confusion

substantive feminine

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AYI dictionary substantive feminine

error; confusion

Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

bhrānti ·f. roaming, wandering; moving round (--°), revolution; tottering, wavering, confusion, perplexity, uncertainty, doubt, error.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

Bhrānti, is, f. the act or state of wandering about, roaming, going round, flying about, turning round, revolution, whirling, rolling, a whirl or rapid rotary motion; confusion, perplexity, delirium [cf. mati- bh˚]; error, going astray, mistake, delusion, false idea or supposition, wrong notion (e. g. padma- bhrāntyā, under the false idea of [its being] a lotus; bhrāhmaṇa-bhrānti, the error of supposing [those works to be] Brāhmaṇas); unsteadiness; doubt, un- certainty.

Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

bhrānti (wie eben) f. 1〉 das Umherfliegen u. s. w., Unstätigkeit; = anavasthiti H. an. 2,182. = bhramaṇa MED. t. 39. fg. mānasasya Spr. 1756. vidyudbhrānti das Zucken der Blitze VARĀH. BṚH. S. 27,7. mahāvātāhṛtabhrāntimeghamālā das Fliegen —, Treiben der Wolken KĀM. NĪTIS. 3,11. — 2〉 Drehung, Umdrehung H. 1519. cakra˚ VIKR. 4. — 3〉 Verwirrung: citta˚ KĀŚ._zu_P. 2,3,51. — 4〉 Ungewissheit, Unsicherheit, Zweifel HALĀY. 4,6. KATHĀS. 45,55. KULL._zu_M. 8,187. kiṃ te vaktraṃ caladalakacitaṃ kiṃ vā padmaṃ bhramaravilasitam . ityevaṃ me janayati manasi bhrāntiṃ kānte parisarasarasi .. Ind. St. 8,375. — 5〉 Wahn, Irrthum AK. 1,1,4,13. H. 1374. H. an. MED. MṚCCH. 119,20. KATHĀS. 17,112. KATHĀS. 26,80. Spr. 585. Spr. 636. Spr. 2671. BHĀG. P. 4,19,25. PAÑCAR. 2,1,47. PAÑCAR. 2,3,59. MĀRK. P. 85,32. NĪLAK. 15. NĪLAK. 253. YOGAS. 1,30. BĀLAB. 8. Schol. bei WILSON, SĀṂKHYAK. S. 75. KUVALAY. 22,b. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 208,b,7. ˚jñāna NĪLAK. 165. NĪLAK. 253. ˚nāśana Beiw. Śivaʼs ŚIV. brāhmaṇa˚ der Irrthum, es seien Brāhmaṇa, KUMĀRILA_bei_MÜLLER, SL. 182. Spr. 822. Spr. 1741. KĀVYĀD. 3,8. KATHĀS. 42,123. RĀJA-TAR. 4,327 (parihāsaharibhrāntyā zu lesen). UTTARARĀMAC. 22,4. PAÑCAT. 50,10. KULL._zu_M. 7,83. M. 8,264. — Vgl. khabhrānti, mati˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

bhrānti f. — 1〉 das Umherwandeln, Umherirren (Spr. 4026, v. l.), das Sichhinundherbewegen, Treiben (der Wolken), Zucken (des Blitzes), das Taumeln (Chr. 294,27). — 2〉 Drehung, Umdrehung. — 3〉 am [Page4-290-a] Ende eines Comp. das Umkreisen Chr. 311,10. — 4〉 Verwirrung. — 5〉 Ungewissheit, Unsicherheit, Zweifel Chr. 291,22. — 6〉 Irrthum, Wahn. sukha˚ der Irrthum, dass es Freuden gebe Chr. 172,25.

Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

bhrānti f. das Umherstreichen, Umkreisen (—˚), Schwanken, Taumeln, Zucken; Drehung, Verwirrung, Ungewissheit, Zweifel, Irrtum, Wahn, falsche Annahme von (—˚).

Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine

Original text · French · substantive feminine

bhrānti bhrānti f. (bhram; sfx. ti) action d'errer; au fig. erreur. Rotation, tournoiement; branle. bhrāntihara m. (hṛ) conseiller [qui ôte l'erreur].

Occurrences in source texts (6)

GoS 1 occurrence
GoS 67–73: Examining Obstacles 1 occurrence

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HP 1 occurrence
HP 1.1-1.3: Opening 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4 occurrences
SiSa 1.35-1.44: Täuschungs-Gleichnisse 4 occurrences

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