भद्र

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰadrás (“auspicious, fortunate, happy”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰn̥d-ró-s, from the root *bʰend- (“to be happy, glad”).[1][2] Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬠𐬀𐬜𐬭𐬀‎ (hubaδra, “fortunate”). Alternatively, Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰadrás has been connected to Proto-Germanic *batizô (“better”), from a Proto-Indo-European root *bʰed-.[3]

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɐd.ɾɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱɐd̪.ɾɐ/

भद्र • (bhadrá)

1. blessed, auspicious, fortunate, prosperous, happy
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 3.39.2:

     दिवश्चिदा पूर्व्या जायमाना वि जागृविर्विदथे शस्यमाना ।
     भद्रा वस्त्राण्यर्जुना वसाना सेयमस्मे सनजा पित्र्या धीः ॥

     divaścidā pūrvyā jāyamānā vi jāgṛvirvidathe śasyamānā .
     bhadrā vastrāṇyarjunā vasānā seyamasme sanajā pitryā dhīḥ .

     Born from the heaven e’en in the days aforetime, wakening, sting aloud in holy synod,
     Auspicious, clad in white and shining raiment, this is the ancient hymn of our forefathers.

2. good, gracious, friendly, kind
3. excellent, fair, beautiful, lovely, pleasant, dear

भद्र • (bhadrá) n

1. prosperity, happiness, health, welfare, good fortune

• भद्रकाली (bhadrakālī, “Bhadrakali”)
• भद्रपदा (bhadrapadā, “bhadrapada”)
• *भद्ल (bhadla)
  • ⇒ भल्ल (bhalla) (see there for further descendants)

• भन्दते (bhandate)
• भन्दिष्ठ (bhándiṣṭha)
• सुभद्र (subhadra)

• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: ਭੱਦਰ (bhaddar)
• Pali: bhadda

भद्र • (bhadrá) m

1. a sanctimonious hypocrite

भद्र • (bhadrá) m

1. (Hinduism) name of Shiva
2. name of one of the eight principal wives of Krishna

• Monier Williams (1899), “भद्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0745.