भैरवbhairavaa.(-वी f.) [भीरोरिदम् अण्]
- (-वी Feminine) भीरोरिदम् अण्
- Terrible, frightful, horrible, formidable; वेल्लद्भैरवरुण्डमुण्डनिकरैर्वीरो विधत्ते भुवम् Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)5.6.
- Miserable.
- Relating to Bhairava.
Derived forms and compounds
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-वः
- A form of Śiva (of which 8 kinds are enumerated).
- The sentiment of terror (भयानक).
- Fear, terror.
- Name of a musical mode (राग) calculated to excite emotions of fear or terror.
- A mountain.
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-वी
- A form of the goddess Durgā. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedचक्रम् a disc of the goddess भैरवी; प्रवृत्ते भैरवीचक्रे सर्वे वर्णा द्विजोत्तमाः । निवृत्ते भैरवीचक्रे सर्वे वर्णाः पृथक् पृथक् ॥ Utpattitantra.
- Name of a Rāgiṇī in the Hindu musical system.
- A girl of 12 or a young girl representing the goddess Durgā at the Durgā festival.
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-वम् Terror, horror.
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-ईशः an epithet of Viṣṇu (or Śiva ?); so भैरवतर्जकः.
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-यातना a sort of purificatory torment inflicted by Bhairava of Benares on those who die there, to make their spirits fit for absorption into the Supreme Spirit.
