भ्रान्ति

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʱɾɑːn.t̪iː/,

भ्रान्ति • (bhrānti) f

1. alternative form of भ्रांति (bhrānti)

From the root भ्रम् (bhram, “to wander, roam; waver, doubt”) +‎ -ति (-ti)

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɾɑːn.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱɾɑːn̪.t̪i/

भ्रान्ति • (bhrānti) stem, f

1. wandering or roaming about, moving to and fro, driving (of clouds), quivering (of lightning), staggering, reeling
2. turning round, rolling (of wheels)
3. moving round, circumambulating
   • Ratnāvalī
4. perplexity, confusion, delusion, doubt, error, false opinion, false impression of, mistaking something for, supposing anything to be or to exist
   • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 10.58.10:

     न ते ऽस्ति स्वपरभ्रान्तिर् विश्वस्य सुहृद् आत्मनः ।
     तथापि स्मरतां शश्वत् क्लेशान् हंसि हृदि स्थितः ॥

     na te ʼsti svaparabhrāntir viśvasya suhṛd ātmanaḥ.
     tathāpi smaratāṃ śaśvat kleśān haṃsi hṛdi sthitaḥ.

     You are the well-wisher of the world's soul, you do not have the “us” and “them” delusion.
     Then too, you continuously destroy the hardships of those who are remembering you and reside in their heart.

• Prakrit: 𑀪𑀁𑀢𑀺 (bhaṃti)
• → Hindi: भ्रांति (bhrānti)
• → Tamil: பிராந்தி (pirānti)

• Monier Williams (1899) “भ्रान्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 770, column 1.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “bhrānti”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “भ्रान्ति”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1216
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhrānti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 552