Etymology

Hiranyagarbha

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Today it means: A name of Brahma, so called because he was born from a golden egg (Manu Smṛti 1.9). Full definition →

Sanskrit हिरण्य
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  1. Sanskrit · borrowed fromहिरण्य“gold”
  2. English todayHiranyagarbha

From Sanskrit हिरण्य (hiraṇya, “gold”) + गर्भ (garbha, “child, offspring”).

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