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Where does “ब्रह्म-भोज” come from?

ब्रह्म-भोज (Hindi) comes from Hindi ब्रह्म, from Sanskrit ब्रह्मन्, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerǵʰ- — to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain.

ब्रह्म-भोज (Hindi): the ritual of feeding Brahmans

Definitions

  1. the ritual of feeding Brahmans

Ancestry of “ब्रह्म-भोज”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiब्रह्मBrahma
2Sanskritब्रह्मन्pious effusion or utterance, outpouring of the...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰerǵʰ-to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain
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