[bṛhataḥ vācaḥ patiḥ pāraskarā- diº] 1 N. of the preceptor of the gods; (for the abduction of his wife Tārā by the moon, see under tārā to soma.)

2 The planet Jupiter; budhabṛha- spatiyogadṛśyaḥ R. 18. 76.

3 N. of the author of a Smṛti; Y. 1. 4. Comp. purohitaḥ an epithet of In- dra. vāraḥ, -vāsaraḥ Thursday.