Contents

 

bhram, “wander”

bhraṃś, bhraś

bhram

bhrāj

Present

I. bhramati etc. ŚB1. ? B.+, -te etc. E.+

IV. bhrāmyati etc. B.+

Future

Simple Future: bhramiṣyati C

Periphrastic Future: bhramitā

Aorist

√-Ao: bhramyāt S.; abhrāmi E

RAo: abibhramat E

-iṣ-Ao: abhramīt

Perfect

babhrāma babhramus etc. E.+, bhrematus -mus C

Causative

bhrāmayati etc. E.+,-te C. (bhrāmyate U.+); bhramayati etc. S.+ (bhramyate C.)

Desiderative

bibhramiṣa-

Intensive

bambhramīti etc. C.,-myate etc. C

Verbal Nouns

PPP: bhrāṃta E.+; Inf: bhramitum C., bhrāṃtum C.; 1Abs: bhramitvā E., bhrāṃtvā C.; 2Abs: bhramya C.,-bhrāmya C.;-bhrāmam C

Derivatives

bhṛmá V.

 

bhramá V.+

 

bhrami C.

 

bhrāmaka C.

 

bhṛmí RV.

 

-bhramin C.

 

bhrāṃti C.

 

bhrāmin C.

 

bhṛ́mi RV.

 

bhramaṇa E.+

 

bhrāma C.

 

bhrāmaṇa C.

 

bhṛ́ṅga ? AV.+

 

bhramaṇīya C.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meanings

bhramati v (bhramate), bhrāmyati, PPP bhrānta (q.v.) roam, wander, stroll; go through, perambulate (A); fly about, flutter; move round, rotate; stagger about, waver, go astray, be perplexed or mistaken. Caus. bhramayati & bhrāmayati (te) cause to roam etc., whirl round, swing, roll; cause to err, perplex, embarrass, confuse; PPP bhramita falsely taken for or confounded with (– )*. bambhramīti 1 & bambhraṃmyate wander about or through, the latter also w. pass. mg.

 

ud start up, rise. Caus. whirl around, swing, rouse, agitate, trouble, disturb.

pari wander about, roam, turn round. Caus. move to and fro, shake, stir.

pra roam, wander through, permeate.

vi wander about or through, move to and fro (trans. & intrans.), stagger, tumble, waver, be perplexed or agitated.

sam wander, rove, be perplexed or bewildered.

Cf. udbhrānta, vibhrānta, saṃbhrānta.