Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

bhāsa भास – light; brightness

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine

light; brightness

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

bhāsá ·m. light, brightness; a cert. bird of prey (f. bhāsī their mother), a man's name.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Bhāsa, as, m. (sometimes written bhāṣa), light, lustre, brightness; shining, (at the end of a comp., e. g. candra-bhāsa, shining as the moon); im- pression made on the mind, fancy; a vulture; a cock; a sort of bird described as a water-fowl; = śakunta; = kukkuṭa; = nīla-pakṣaḥ pakṣī; a cow-shed, cattle-fold (= goṣṭha); N. of a Sāman (also am, n.); of a man; of a dramatic poet; of a son of a minister of king Candra-prabha; of a Dā- nava; of a mountain; (ī), f. the mother of the Bhāsas or vultures; N. of a daughter of Prādhā.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective

bhāsa adj. von bhāsa 2〉 PAT. a. a. O. 4,88,a.

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

bhāsa 1〉 m. = bhās Licht, Glanz H. an. 2,585. MED. s. 6. VIŚVA_im_ŚKDR. bhāsaiḥ prabhākarasthānamiva yadbhāti bhāsuram (puram) KATHĀS. 35,21. am Ende eines adj. comp.: śirastrāṇaṃ cārkasamānabhāsam MBH. 7,74. candranakṣatrabhāsaiśca vadanaiḥ MBH. 8,2889. padma˚ (padmanābha die neuere Ausg.) von Viṣṇu HARIV. 14119. — 2〉 m. ein best. Raubvogel, = vihagaviśeṣa MED. = śakunta AK. 3,4,14,60. H. 1338. H. an. HALĀY. 2,92. = gṛdhra H. an. VIŚVA. = kukkuṭa ders. = nīlapakṣaḥ pakṣī Schol. zu MBH. 1,5277. — ADBH. BR. 6,8_in_Ind. St. 1,40. śyenabhāsau M. 11,135. YĀJÑ. 1,127. YĀJÑ. 3,272. MBH. 1,5277. fg. MBH. 6,62. fg. MBH. 12,1315. HARIV. 3390 (bhāṣa in der älteren Ausg.). R. 4,58,30. SUŚR. 1,24,7. SUŚR. 1,75,1. SUŚR. 1,108,3. SUŚR. 1,202,13. VĀGBH. 1,6,50. BHĀG. P. 3,10,23. BHĀG. P. 5,24,6. BHĀG. P. 8,10,10. PAÑCAT. 157,3. Verz. d. B. H. No. 897. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 86,b,37 (bhāṣa). Hierher wohl auch bhāsavilāsasaṃvāda ebend. 354,a,32. Verz. d. B. H. 193,13. bhāsī f. die Urmutter der Bhāsa ist eine Tochter der Tāmrā MBH. 1,2620. fg. HARIV. 222. fg. R. 3,20,18. fg. VP. 148. MĀRK. P. 104. MĀRK. P. 8. — 3〉 m. Kuhstall, Kuhhürde (goṣṭha) VIŚVA. — 4〉 m. oxyt. N. eines Sāman TBR. 1,2,4,3. n. Ind. St. 3,227,b. AIT. BR. 4,19. PAÑCAV. BR. 14,11,14. LĀṬY. 4,7,1. LĀṬY. 6,12,5. ĀŚV. ŚR. 8,6. — 5〉 m. N. pr. eines Mannes RĀJA-TAR. 8,1431. RĀJA-TAR. 8,1476. RĀJA-TAR. 8,1480. RĀJA-TAR. 8,1482 u. s. w. eines dramatischen Dichters (vgl. bhāsaka) HALL in der Einl. zu VĀSAV. 14. VĀSAV. 20. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 124,a,42. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 124,b,18. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 142,a,14. bhāsayatyapi bhāsādau kavivarge jagattrayīm . ke na yānti nibanddhāraḥ kālidāsasya dāsatām .. SARASVATĪKAṆṬHĀBH. ebend. 511,c. N. pr. eines Sohnes eines Ministers des Königs Candrapabha (so ist auch u. prabhāsa zu verbessern) KATHĀS. 44,25. KATHĀS. 44,143. KATHĀS. 45,379 (bāsa gedr.). N. pr. eines Dānava KATHĀS. 47,25. — 6〉 m. N. pr. eines Berges MBH. 14,1174. — 7〉 f. ī a〉 die Urmutter der Bhāsa s. u. bhāsa 2. — b〉 N. pr. einer Tochter der Prādhā MBH. 1,2554. — 8〉 n. s. u. 4. — Vgl. candra˚, pūṣabhāsā˚, bṛhadbhāsa.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective

2. *bhāsa Adj. von 1. bhāsa 1〉b〉.

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1. bhāsá — 1〉 m. — a〉 Licht, Glanz. — b〉 ein best. Raubvogel ĀPAST. — c〉 N. pr. — α〉 verschiedener Männer PRASANNAR. 8,2. — β〉 eines Berges. — 2〉 m. (nur TBR.) und n. Name eines Sāman. ˚nidhana LĀṬY. 7,6,19. — 3〉 f. bhāsī — a〉 die Urmutter der Vögel Bhāsa, eine Tochter der Tāmrā. — b〉 N. pr. einer Tochter der Prādhā.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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bhāsaḥ [bhās-bhāve ghañ] 1 Brightness, light, lustre. 2 Fancy. 3 A ([Page 0816-b]) cock. 4 A vulture. 5 A cowshed (goṣṭha). 6 N. of a poet; bhāso hāsaḥ kavikulaguruḥ kālidāso vilāsaḥ P. R. 1. 22; M. 1.

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

bhāsa Mentioned by Bāṇa and Kālidāsa as their predecessor. Flourished before the 7th century.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

bhāsá m. Licht, Glanz; Art Vogel. f. bhāsī die Urmutter dieser Vögel.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

MAN 1 occurrence
Rudra-Kṣetra-Mantra 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

  • MAN RK 4 Segment 8

    Attested form: bhāsa Grammar of the segment: tatpuruṣa-compound lokative

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