anya bhṛt

 The Sanskrit compound anyabhṛt means “one who nourishes another,” and in traditional usage it specifically refers to a crow, believed to raise the cuckoo’s young.

Core meaning

• Anyabhṛt (अन्यभृत्) is a tatpuruṣa compound built from:
  • anya — “other” or “another”

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  • bhṛt — “one who nourishes / supports” (from √bhṛ “to bear, support”)
• Together, the compound means “nourishing another.”
• In Sanskrit lexicons, this term is glossed as a crow, because of the traditional belief that the crow incubates and raises the kokila (cuckoo) bird’s eggs

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Evidence from the supplied sources

• The Wisdom Library entry states:
  “Anyabhṛt (अन्यभृत्)… ‘nourishing another’, a crow (supposed to sit upon the eggs of the kokila).”

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• Multiple dictionary citations confirm the same meaning:
  • “A crow (lit. nourishing another, viz. the Kokila)”

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Related word: anya (अन्य)

Since the query includes “anya,” it is useful to note its meaning:

• anya means “other, different, another” in Sanskrit

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• It appears widely across Sanskrit literature with this sense.
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Summary

• anya bhṛt / anyabhṛt = “one who nourishes another.”
• Traditional lexical meaning = a crow, due to the belief that it raises the cuckoo’s eggs.