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Definition of Brihaspati
1. Noun. Personification of the power of ritual devotion.
Definition of Brihaspati
1. Proper noun. (Hinduism) The name of the priest of the Gods. ¹
2. Proper noun. The planet Jupiter. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brihaspati
Literary usage of Brihaspati
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Six Systems of Indian Philosophy by Max E Muller, Friedrich Max Müller (1919)
"We can see this clearly in the case of the brihaspati-philosophy. it is equally
significant that it does occur in the later and more or less apocryphal ..."
2. Atharva-veda Saṁhitā by William Dwight Whitney, Charles Rockwell Lanman (1904)
"Who knows earth as brihaspati, fire as sanctity. 10. To him comes Indra's quality,
he becomes possessed of Indra's quality, — 11. ..."
3. The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to by Maurice Bloomfield (1908)
"... and kindred conceptions—Purusha, the world man—brihaspati, the Lord of
Devotion—Transcendental monotheistic conceptions: “Time,” “Love,” etc. ..."
4. Contributions to the Science of Mythology by Friedrich Max M�uller (1897)
"Lord of prayer, and instead of brihaspati we also find Vaia- spati, Lord of
speech (thus showing that b?*ih (word) must have had the same meaning as va&), ..."
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