Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

bhrū भ्रू – eyebrow

substantive feminine

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive feminine
Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

bhrū́ ·f. brow (adj. --° bhru, bhrū & bhrūka, cf. also prec.).

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

bhrū bhrū, ūs, f. (said to be fr. rt. bhram), an eyebrow, the brow; [cf. agre-bh˚, su-bh˚, bhrau- veya; cf. also Zend brvat; Gr. ὀ-φρύ-ς; perhaps Lat. front(t)s = ὀφρυόεις; Old Germ. brāwa; Mod. Germ. braue; Angl. Sax. brœw; Engl. brow; Slav. brŭvĭ.]

Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

bhrū (viell. von bhram) UṆĀDIS. 2,68. f. Decl. P. 6,4,77. VOP. 3,80. fgg. Braue AK. 2,6,2,43. AK. 3,3,13,52. H. 579. adhì bhru̱voḥ kìrate re̱ṇumṛ̱ñjan ṚV. 4,38,7. bhru̱vi kesàrāṇi VS. 19,91. VS. 25,1. ŚAT. BR. 3,2,1,29. ŚAT. BR. 12,9,1,5. ŚAT. BR. 14,9,4,5. KĀTY. ŚR. 7,3,31. SUŚR. 1,17,12. SUŚR. 1,65,20. SUŚR. 1,115,9. SUŚR. 1,124,11. bhruvormadhyam Verz. d. Oxf. H. 103,a,30. HALĀY. 2,365. N. 17,5. bhrūmadhya VS. PRĀT. 1,30. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 50,11. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 149,b,38. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 349. bhruvorghrāṇasya yaḥ saṃdhiḥ WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 344. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 348. fg. bhrūcāturya Spr. 2081. bhruvau ca bhugnau (wohl bhugne zu lesen) Spr. 4036. bhedādbhruvoḥ (vgl. bhrūbheda) ŚĀK. 119. bhrūrasyāḥ kārmukāyate Spr. 427. bhrūcāpavallīṃ sumukhī yāvannayati vakratām Spr. 2082. bhrūcāpe nihitaḥ kaṭākṣaviśikhaḥ GĪT. 3,14. bhrūmaṇḍala BHĀG. P. 3,28,32. bhrūlatā MEGH. 48. cale bhrūlate Spr. 472. sabhrūlatākṣepakaṭākṣavīkṣaṇā VARĀH. BṚH. S. 12,9. DAŚAK._in_BENF. Chr. 190,15. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 88,a,21. mukhāni — nartitabhrūlatāni Spr. 665. unnamitaikabhrūlatamānanamasyāḥ ŚĀK. 63. visphuradbhrūviṭapena BHĀG. P. 3,2,18. Am Ende eines adj. comp.: vivartitabhrūḥ f. ŚĀK. 23. vāmabhruvām f. Spr. 546. asitabhruvaḥ f. ŚIŚ. 9,71. natabhrūḥ f. VIKR. 95. saṃnatabhruḥ m. (richtiger ˚bhrūḥ ed. Bomb.) MBH. 2,2164. utkṣiptabhruḥ m. (˚bhrūḥ ed. Bomb.) MBH. 3,11187. lambabhrūḥ m. MBH. 7,7895. mukhena valitabhruṇā KATHĀS. 17,128. bhaṅgurabhruṇi mukhe KATHĀS. 21,9. — Vgl. agrebhrū (viell. sich zuerst drehend), subhrū, bhrauveya.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

bhrū́ f. Braue. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. m. bhrū und bhru n. bhru.

Apte 1890 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

bhrū f. [bhram-ḍū Uṇ. 2. 68] Brow, eyebrow; kāṃtirbhruvorāyatalekhayoryā Ku. 1. 47; vivartitabhrūriyamadya śikṣate Ś. 1. 23. Comp. — kuṭiḥ -ṭī f. contraction or knitting of the eyebrows, a frown. ˚baṃdhaḥ, ˚racanā bending or knitting the eyebrows; ˚mukhaṃ a frowning face; bhrukuṭiṃ baṃdh or rac ‘to knit the eyebrows, to frown.’ — kṣepaḥ contraction of the eyebrows; bhrūkṣepamātrānumatapraveśāṃ Ku. 3. 60. — jāhaṃ the root of the eyebrow. — bhaṃgaḥ, -bhedaḥ contraction or knitting of the eyebrows, a frown; taraṃgabhrūbhaṃgā kṣubhitavihagaśreṇiraśanā V. 4. 28; sabhrūbhaṃgaṃ mukhamiva Me. 24; sabhrūbhaṃgaṃ ‘with a frown’. — bhedin a. frowning. — maṃḍalaṃ the arch of the eyebrow. — madhyaṃ the space between the eye-brows. — latā a creeper-like eyebrow, an arched or curving eyebrow. — vikāraḥ, -vikriyā, -vikṣepaḥ contraction of the eyebrows. — viceṣṭitaṃ, -vibhramaḥ, — vilāsaḥ graceful or playful movement of the eyebrows, amorous play of the brows; sabhrūvilāsamatha so' yamitīrayitvā Māl. 1. 25; Me. 16.

Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

bhrū f. Braue (adj. —˚ bhrū, bhra u. bhrūka, s. auch vor.).

Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine

Original text · French · substantive feminine

bhrū bhrū f. sourcil. Gr. ὀφρύς; angl. brow, frown; fr. froncer. bhrūkuṭi f. froncement de sourcils. bhrūkuṃsa m. acteur habillé en femme. bhrūkṣepa m. (kṣip) mouvement significatif des sourcils. bhrūkṣepālāpa m. (ā; lap) langage des yeux.

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