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Results for भास्वत्

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. भास्वत्bhāsvata.Bright, shining, luminous, resplendent; भास्वन्ति रत्नानि महौषधीश्च पृथूपदिष्टां दुदुहुर्धरित्रीम् Ku.1.2…
    1. Bright, shining, luminous, resplendent; भास्वन्ति रत्नानि महौषधीश्च पृथूपदिष्टां दुदुहुर्धरित्रीम् Ku.1.2; 6.6. -Masculine
    2. The sun; भास्वानुदेष्यति हसिष्यति चक्रवालम् Subhāṣ; R.16.44.
    3. Light, lustre, splendour.
    4. A hero.
    5. Vedic Dawn.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -ती The city of the sun.

    In the Gita10·11

    नाशयाम्यात्मभावस्थो ज्ञानदीपेन भास्वता ॥

    nāśayāmyātmabhāvastho jñānadīpena bhāsvatā. — Out of compassion for them, I, lodged in their self, lift the blazing lamp of knowledge and destroy the darkness which is born of the ignorance. 10·11
    • भास्वताbhāsvatālnst. singular of the masculine form of the present participial adjective bhāsvat (blazing).

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. भास्वत्bhāsvat[bhấs-vat] a. (-î) shining, luminous, radiant; m. sun.

    [bhấs-vat] adjective (-î) shining, luminous, radiant; masculine sun.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. भास्वत्bhāsvatmfn. (भ्/आस् .) luminous, splendid, shining RV. &c.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (भ्/आस् .) luminous, splendid, shining fg-veda etc.
    2. masculine gender the sun, light, brightness Ka1v. Katha1s. etc.
    3. masculine gender a hero Lexicographers
  2. प्रभास्वत्prabhāsvat(Hariv.) mfn. shining forth, shining brightly, brilliant.

    (Hariv.) masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective shining forth, shining brightly, brilliant.

  3. प्राणभास्वत्prāṇabhāsvatm. "l life-light" (?), the ocean L.

    masculine gender "l life-light" (?), the ocean Lexicographers