ब्रह्मा मुख वंशावली brahmā mukh vaṅśhāvalī

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 15919	On this site
c	ch
ś	śh
ṣ	ṣh
r̥	r̥i

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 · g.n. · f.

Earlier definition

Definition

The oral line of Brahmā.

Usual translation

mouth-born creation of Brahma

Origin of the definition

ब्रह्मा brahmā (sanskrit)

(Hinduism) Brahmā or the Supreme Being regarded as a person, the first deity of the Hindū triad and the Creator of the World.
(Bābā) The first human being in which the Supreme Being descends to give the knowledge allowing us to free ourselves from our bonds of karma.

ब्रह्मा मुख वंशावली ब्राह्मण brahmā mukh vaṅśāvalī brāhmaṇ. The mouth born progeny of Brahma, Brahmins.

मुख mukh (sanskrit)

The mouth, beak, snout, muzzle.
Face, countenance.
Front, fore-part.
Opening, aperture, entrance, exit.
Commencement.

वंशावली vaṅśhāvalī (sanskrit)

Line of a family, pedigree, genealogy, genealogical tree.