Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. Professing or pretend- ing to be, calling oneself by a name to which he has no real title (at the end of comp.), as in brāhmaṇabruva, kṣatriyabruva &c.
Dictionary meanings for bruva from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. Professing or pretend- ing to be, calling oneself by a name to which he has no real title (at the end of comp.), as in brāhmaṇabruva, kṣatriyabruva &c.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
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