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bhramaḥ

bhram cl. 1. P. ( Dhātup. xx, 20 ) bhramati ( ep. also te) and cl. 4. P. ( xxvi, 96 ), bhrāmyati or bhramyati ( Pot. bhramyāt, PārGṛ. ; pf. babhrāma, 3. pl. babhramuḥ or bhremuḥ, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; fut. bhramitā Gr. ; bhramiṣyati, MBh. ; aor. abhramīt, ib. ; inf. bhramitum or bhrāntum, MBh. ; Kāv.

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What it meant — Monier-Williams

bhram cl. 1. P. ( Dhātup. xx, 20 ) bhramati ( ep. also te) and cl. 4. P. ( xxvi, 96 ), bhrāmyati or bhramyati ( Pot. bhramyāt, PārGṛ. ; pf. babhrāma, 3. pl. babhramuḥ or bhremuḥ, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; fut. bhramitā Gr. ; bhramiṣyati, MBh. ; aor. abhramīt, ib. ; inf. bhramitum or bhrāntum, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; ind.p. bhramitvā, bhrāntvā, bhrāmya or bhramya, ib. ), to wander or roam about, rove, ramble (with deśam, to wander through or over a country; with bhikṣām, go about begging), MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to fly about (as bees), Kāv. ; Var. ; to roll about (as the eyes), Kāvyād. ; to wag (as the tongue), ŚārṅgP. ; to quiver (as the fetus in the womb), BhP. ; to move to and fro or unsteadily, flicker, flutter, reel, totter, ŚBr. ; Kālid. ; Pur. ; to move round, circulate, revolve (as stars), MBh. ; Hariv. ; Sūryas. ; to spread, be current (as news), Daś. ; to waver, be perplexed, doubt, err, Bhag. ; Pur. ; Siddh. : Pass. aor. abhrāmi ( impers. , with te, ‘you have wandered or roamed about’), R. : Caus. bhrāmayati or bhramayati ( mc. also te; aor. abibhramat: Pass. bhrāmyate or bhramyate), to cause to wander or roam, drive or move about, agitate, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; (with paṭaham or haghoṣaṇām), to move a drum about, proclaim by beat of drum, Kathās. ; to cause to move or turn round or revolve, swing, brandish, Up. ; MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to drive through ( acc. ) in a chariot, Cat. ; to disarrange, Kauś. ; to cause to err, confuse, Hariv. ; MārkP. ; to move or roam about ( aor. abibhramat ; B. ababhramat), R. : Desid. bibhramiṣati Gr. : Intens. bambhramīti, bambhramyate (also with pass. meaning) and bambhrānti (only Gr. ), to roam about repeatedly or frequently, wander through, circumambulate, Hariv. ; Var. ; Śatr.

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  • Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. bhram (vol. 2, scan p. 303; entry #2580).

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