भ्रातृद्वितीया

Sanskrit

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɾɑː.tr̩d.ʋi.tiː.jɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱɾɑː.t̪r̩d̪.ʋiˈt̪iː.jɑː/

Noun

भ्रातृद्वितीया • (bhrātṛdvitīyā) stem, ?

1. the second day of the bright half of Kartika (when sisters invite their brothers to their houses and entertain them, who in their turn give them presents)

References

Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “भ्रातृ”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan