भृगु bhṛgu

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

Name of one of the ten Mahārshis or primeval sages, presumed author of the Bhṛgusaṃhitā (ancient work of predictive astrology).
Name of Śiv.

Usual translation

  1. Bragu

Origin of the definition

S بهرگ भृगु bhr̤igu, s.m. Table land, level summit of a mountain; declivity, slope, cliff, precipice; — name of one of the ten Mahārshis or primeval sages: name of Jamadagni; also of Śiva; name of the descendants of Bhr̤igu: — bhr̤igu-bansī, s.m. Name of a tribe of Rājpūts descended from Bhr̤igu: — bhr̤igu-latā, s.m. The mark made by Kr̤ishṇa on his own breast to shew the place where Bhr̤igu kicked him: — bhr̤igu-nāth, s.m. An epithet of Paraśurām.

भृगु ऋषि. Bhrigu was a rishi in Hinduism. He was one of the seven great sages, the Saptarshis. He was the first compiler of predictive astrology, wrote full-life predictions and compiled them together as Bhrigu Samhita. As Bhrigu rishi was known for his future predictions and the birth charts, sometimes Brahma baba used to call Shiv Baba as Bhrigu rishi.

Created
Wednesday 6 December 2023
Updated
Wednesday 6 December 2023