# बृहत्
## Hindi
### Alternative forms

* वृहत् (vŕhat), वृहत (vŕhat), बृहत (bŕhat)

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit बृहत् (bṛhat). Doublet of बुलंद (buland).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /bɾɪ.ɦət̪/, [bɾɪ.ɦɐt̪]

### Adjective

बृहत् • (bŕhat) (indeclinable)
* (literary, in compounds) large, great, big; mighty, strong
** 2006, Harendra Prasad Sinha, भारतीय दर्शन की रूपरेखा [Outline of Indian Philosophy]‎, Motilal Banarsidass, →ISBN, page 155, →ISBN:शरीर के आकार में अन्तर होने के कारण आत्मा के भी भिन्न-भिन्न आकार हो जाते हैं। हाथी में निवास करने वाली आत्मा का रूप बृहत् है।śarīr ke ākār mẽ antar hone ke kāraṇ ātmā ke bhī bhinn-bhinn ākār ho jāte ha͠i. hāthī mẽ nivās karne vālī ātmā kā rūp bŕhat hai.Due to the difference in the size of the body, the soul also has varying shapes. The form of the soul residing in the elephant is large.

### References

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बृहत्”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3542
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बृहत्”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 744

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* वृहत् (vṛhat) — later variant

### Alternative scripts

* বৃহত্ (Assamese script)
* ᬩᬺᬳᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
* বৃহত্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰤𑰴𑰮𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀩𑀾𑀳𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ဗၖဟတ် (Burmese script)
* બૃહત્ (Gujarati script)
* ਬ੍ਰਹਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌬𑍃𑌹𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦧꦽꦲꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂥𑃂𑂯𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಬೃಹತ್ (Kannada script)
* ព្ឫហត៑ (Khmer script)
* ພ຺ຣິຫຕ຺ (Lao script)
* ബൃഹത് (Malayalam script)
* ᠪᡵᡳᡥᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘤𑘵𑘮𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠷᠢᠾᠠᢐ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧄𑧖𑧎𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐧𑐺𑐴𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
* ବୃହତ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢨꢺꢲꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆧𑆸𑆲𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖤𑖴𑖮𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
* බෘහත් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩲𑩙𑪂𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚠𑚩𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
* ப்³ரிஹத் (Tamil script)
* బృహత్ (Telugu script)
* พฺฤหตฺ (Thai script)
* བྲྀ་ཧ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒥𑒵𑒯𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨠𑨼𑨉𑨱𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰr̥ȷ́ʰáns, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (“high, lofty”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬠𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬧𐬙 (bər$^ə$zaṇt), Persian بلند (boland). The Sanskrit root is बृह् (bṛh, “to be thick, grow great or strong, increase, expand”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /br̩.ɦɐ́t/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈbr̩.ɦɐt̪/

### Adjective

बृहत् • (bṛhát) stem (comparative बर्हीयस्, superlative बर्हिष्ठ)
* large, great, big, bulky, lofty; long, tall; mighty, strong
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.52.9:बृ॒हत्स्व श्च॑न्द्र॒मम॑व॒द्यदु॒क्थ्य१॒॑मकृ॑ण्वत भि॒यसा॒ रोह॑णं दि॒वः । यन्मानु॑षप्रधना॒ इन्द्र॑मू॒तयः॒ स्व॑र्नृ॒षाचो॑ म॒रुतोऽम॑द॒न्ननु॑ ॥bṛhátsvá ścandramámavadyádukthyàmákṛṇvata bhiyásā róhaṇaṃ diváḥ. yánmā́nuṣapradhanā índramūtáyaḥ svàrnṛṣā́co marútóʼmadannánu.In fear they raised the lofty self-resplendent hymn, praise giving and effectual, leading up to heaven. When Indra's helpers fighting for the good of men, the Maruts, faithful to mankind, joyed in the light.
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.27.7:पिप॑र्तु नो॒ अदि॑ती॒ राज॑पु॒त्राति॒ द्वेषां॑स्यर्य॒मा सु॒गेभिः॑ । बृ॒हन्मि॒त्रस्य॒ वरु॑णस्य॒ शर्मोप॑ स्याम पुरु॒वीरा॒ अरि॑ष्टाः ॥pípartu no áditī rā́japutrā́ti dvéṣāṃsyaryamā́ sugébhiḥ. bṛhánmitrásya váruṇasya śármópa syāma puruvī́rā áriṣṭāḥ.Mother of Kings, may Aditi transport us, by fair paths Aryaman, beyond all hatred. May we uninjured, girt by many heroes, win Varuna's and Mitra's high protection.
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.108.9:अ॒भि द्यु॒म्नं बृ॒हद्यश॒ इष॑स्पते दिदी॒हि दे॑व देव॒युः । वि कोशं॑ मध्य॒मं यु॑व ॥abhí dyumnáṃ bṛhádyáśa íṣaspate didīhí deva devayúḥ. ví kóśaṃ madhyamáṃ yuva.Make great glory shine on us, thou Lord of strengthening food, God, as the Friend of Gods: Unclose the fount of middle air.
** c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 5.12.10.1:एवं कृशं स्थूलमणुर्बृहद्यदसच्च सज्जीवमजीवमन्यत् ।evaṃ kṛśaṃ sthūlamaṇurbṛhadyadasacca sajjīvamajīvamanyat.Thus, [all] that is skinny, fat, tiny, big is untrue and other true living things are lifeless.
** c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 6.53.22:काञ्चनाङ्गदकेयूरो निष्काभरणभूषितः । कुम्भकर्णो बृहत्कर्णः सुहुतोऽग्निरिवाबभौ ॥kāñcanāṅgadakeyūro niṣkābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ. kumbhakarṇo bṛhatkarṇaḥ suhutoʼgnirivābabhau.Kumbhakarna with long ears, adorned with golden armlets and bracelets worn on his upper arms along with ornament for his breast, shone like fire, well-fed with oblations.
* clear, loud, high (as sound)

#### Derived terms

* बृहदारण्यक (bṛhadāraṇyaka)

#### Descendants

* Dhivehi: ބޮޑު (boḍu)
* → Hindi: बृहत् (bŕhat), वृहत् (vŕhat), वृहत (vŕhat), बृहत (bŕhat)

### Noun

बृहत् • (bṛhát) stem, n
* height
* sky, heaven

#### Declension
### Adverb

बृहत् • (bṛhat)
* greatly, much, highly
* mightily
* aloud, loudly

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “बृहत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 735.
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “bṛhat”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “बृहत्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1171
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “बृहत्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 197
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “br̥hánt”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 527