Where does “ब्रह्माण्ड” come from?
ब्रह्माण्ड (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit ब्रह्म, from Sanskrit ब्रह्मन्, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerǵʰ- — to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain.
ब्रह्माण्ड (Sanskrit): world, cosmos, universe; Lord Brahma's egg;...
Definitions
- world, cosmos, universe; Lord Brahma's egg;...
Ancestry of “ब्रह्माण्ड”, step by step
ब्रह्माण्ड traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Sanskrit ब्रह्म
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | ब्रह्म | priest |
| 2 | Sanskrit | ब्रह्मन् | pious effusion or utterance, outpouring of the... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerǵʰ- | to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain |
via Sanskrit अण्ड
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | अण्ड | egg; testicle; scrotum |