ब्रू

{ brū }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

ब्रू    cl. 2. Ā. P. ( [Dhātup. xxiv, 35]) ब्र॑वीति, ब्रूते॑ (only pr. stem; the other forms are supplied by √ वच् cf. [Pāṇ. 2-4, 53]; ब्रूमि for ब्रवीमि, [R.]; Subj. ब्र॑वस्, °वत्, [RV.]; Impv. ब्रूहि, ep. also ब्रवीहि, ब्रुवध्वम्; ब्रूतात्, [Pāṇ. 7-1, 35] Sch.; impf. अब्रुवम् for अब्रवम्, [Up.]; [MBh.]; pr.p. Ā. ep. ब्रुवमाण for ब्रुवाण; Prec. 2. pl. ब्रूयास्त, [Nal. xvii, 36,] prob. w.r. for ब्रूयास् तत्),

to speak, say, tell (either intrans.; or with acc. of pers. or thing; or with acc. of thing and acc. dat. gen. or loc. of person = to tell or relate anything to; with two acc. also = declare or pronounce to be, call), [RV.] &c. &c.;

to speak about any person or thing ( acc. with or without प्रति, or अधिकृत्य), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.;

to proclaim, predict, [Var.];

to answer (either intrans. with पुनर् or trans. with प्रश्नम्, ‘a question’), [Mn.]; [MBh.];

(with अन्यथा) to speak or decide or judge wrongly, [Mn.]; [Pañcat.];

( Ā., rarely P.) to call or profess one's self to be ( nom., rarely with इति), [RV.]; [Br.]; [MBh.];

( Ā.) to designate for one's self, choose, [AitBr.];

( Ā.) to be told by itself, tell itself (tell its tale), [Pāṇ. 3-1, 89], Vārtt. 1, [Pat.]
ब्रू   [ cf. Zd. mrū.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ब्रू [brū]   2 U. (ब्रवीति, ब्रूते or आह; this root is defective in the non-conjugational tenses, its forms being made up from वच्).
   To say, tell, speak (with two acc.); तां ... ... ब्रूया एवम् [Me.13;] रामं यथास्थितं सर्वं भ्राता ब्रूते स्म विह्वलः [Bk.6.8;] or माणवकं धर्मं ब्रूते Sk.; किं त्वां प्रति ब्रूमहे [Bv.1.46.]
   To say or speak about, refer to (a person or thing); अहं तु शकुन्तलामधिकृत्य ब्रवीमि [Ś.2.]
   To declare, proclaim, publish, prove, indicate; ब्रुवते हि फलेन साधवो न तु कण्ठेन निजोपयोगिताम् [N.2.48;] स्तनयुगपरिणाहं मण्डलाभ्यां ब्रवीति [Ratn.2.12.]
   To name, call, designate; छन्दसि दक्षा ये कवयस्तन्मणिमध्यं ते ब्रुवते [Śrut.15.]
   To answer; ब्रूहि मे प्रश्नान्.
   To call or profess oneself to be. -With
   अति to insult, abuse; [Mb.3.]
   to argue, dispute; परस्परं केचिदुपाश्रयन्ति परस्परं केचिदतिब्रुवन्ति [Rām.5.61.17.] -अनु to say, speak, declare; अथ यदनुब्रूते तेन ऋषीणाम् [Bṛi. Up.1.4.16.]
-निस्   to explain, derive.
-प्र   to say, speak, tell; पापानुवासितं सीता रावणं प्राब्रबीद्वचः [Bk.8.85.]
-प्रति   to speak in reply; प्रत्यब्रवीच्चैनम् [R.2.42.]
   वि to say, speak.
   to speak falsely or wrongly; अब्रुवन् विब्रुवन् वापि नरो भवति किल्बिषी [Ms.8.13;] अब्रुवन् विब्रुवन्नज्ञो नरः किल्बिषमश्नुते [Bhāg.1.44.9.] भ

Shabda-Sagara

ब्रू (ञ) ब्रूञ्   r. 2nd cl. ( ब्रवीति or आह) To speak or tell: आह is option- ally substituted for this root before the firt five inflections of the present tense and वच in several other tenses.

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

   See : कथ्, कथय, वद्