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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. भस्मन्bhasmann.Ashes; (कल्पते) ध्रुवं चिताभस्म- रजो विशुद्धये Ku.5.79.

    [भस्-मनिन्]

    1. Ashes; (कल्पते) ध्रुवं चिताभस्म- रजो विशुद्धये Ku.5.79.
    2. Sacred ashes (smeared on the body); महादेवोऽथ तद्भस्म मनोभवशरीरजम् । आदाय सर्व- गात्रेषु भूतिलेपं तदाकरोत् ॥ Kālikā Parasmaipada (भस्मनि हु 'to sacrifice in ashes', id est, that is to do a useless work).

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अग्निः morbid appetite from rapid digestion of food.

    • -अवशेष Adjective remaining in the form of ashes; भस्मावशेषं मदनं चकार Ku.3.72; Ś.3.3.

    • -अङ्गः a kind of pigeon. (-ङ्गम्) a kind of gem (Marâthî पेरोज).

    • -आह्वयः camphor.

    • -उद्धूलनम्, -गुण्ठनम् smearing the body with ashes; भस्मोद्धूलन भद्रमस्तु भवते K. Parasmaipada1.

    • -कारः a washerman.

    • -कूटः a heap of ashes.

    • -गर्भः Dalbergia Ongeinensis (Marâthî तिवस).

    • -गन्धा, -गन्धिका, -गन्धिनी a kind of perfume.

    • -गात्रः Name of the god of love.

    • -चयः a heap of ashes.

    • -तूलम्

      1. frost, snow.
      2. a shower of dust.
      3. a number of villages.
    • -प्रियः an epithet of Śiva.

    • -भूत Adjective dead.

    • -मेहः a sort of gravel.

    • -रोगः a kind of disease; Compare भस्माग्नि.

    • -लेपनम् smearing the body with ashes.

    • -विधिः any rite performed with ashes.

    • -वेधकः camphor.

    • -शर्करः (probably) potash.

    • -शायिन् Masculine Name of Śiva.

    • -सूत -करणम् calcining of quicksilver.

    • -स्नानम् purification by ashes.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. भस्मन्bhasman[bhás-man] a. eating, devouring (RV.); n. [that which is devoured by fire], ashes.

    [bhás-man] adjective eating, devouring (Rig-veda); neuter [that which is devoured by fire], ashes.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. भस्मन्bhasmanmfn. chewing, devouring, consuming, pulverizing RV. v, 19, 5; x, 115, 2
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective chewing, devouring, consuming, pulverizing fg-veda v, 19, 5; x, 115, 2
    2. neuter gender (also plural) "what is pulverized a or calcined by fire", ashes AV. etc. (युष्माभिर् भस्म भक्षयितव्यम्, "you shall have ashes to eat" id est "you shall get nothing" Hit.; 649399 that the rest of a word is to be suppliedमनि-हुत . masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective "sacrificed in a ashes" id est "useless" Pa1n2. 2-1, 47 Scholiast or Commentator)
    3. neuter gender sacred ashes (smeared on the body; confer, compare भस्म-धारण).
    4. etc. see a reference to some preceeding word (not necessarily in the same page).
  2. अभ्रकभस्मन्abhrakabhasmann. calx of talc L.

    neuter gender calx of talc Lexicographers

  3. कृष्णभस्मन्kṛṣṇabhasmann. sulphate of mercury L.

    neuter gender sulphate of mercury Lexicographers

  4. पीतभस्मन्pītabhasmanm. a partic. preparation of quicksilver L.

    masculine gender a particular preparation of quicksilver Lexicographers

  5. प्रवालभस्मन्pravālabhasmann. calx of coral MW.

    neuter gender calx of coral MW.

  6. रसभस्मन्rasabhasmann. calx or oxide of mercury W.

    neuter gender calx or oxide of mercury W.

  7. विभस्मन्vibhasmanmfn. free from ashes or dust

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective free from ashes or dust

  8. शङ्खभस्मन्śaṅkhabhasmann. the ashes of a burnt shell L.

    neuter gender the ashes of a burnt shell Lexicographers