बृबु

यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः

Monier-Williams

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

बृबु m. N. of a man (according to Sa1y. " the carpenter of the पणिs ") RV. vi , 45 , 31 Mn. x , 107.

Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

Bṛbu is mentioned in a hymn of the Rigveda, where he is described as a most generous giver (sahasra-dātama), and as at the head of the Paṇis. According to the Śāṅkhāyana Śrauta Sūtra, Bharadvāja received gifts from Bṛbu Takṣan and Prastoka Sārñjaya, a fact alluded to in the Mānava Dharma Śāstra, where takṣan is treated as a descriptive attribute, ‘a carpenter.’ Apparently Bṛbu was a Paṇi, though the words of the Rigveda might be taken to mean that he was one who had overthrown them entirely. If so, Paṇi must here certainly mean a merchant in a good sense, Bṛbu being then a merchant prince. According to Weber, the name suggests connexion with Babylon, but this conjecture must be regarded as quite improbable. Hillebrandt sensibly expresses no opinion as to Bṛbu, while Brunnhofer's attempt to recognize a people named , and to connect them with the Vedic word takṣan, is valueless, especially considering the fact that Takṣan is not found as an epithet of Bṛbu in the Rigveda.