भीष्म

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভীষ্ম (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬷᬱ᭄ᬫ (Balinese script)
• ভীষ্ম (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰱𑰬𑰿𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀻𑀱𑁆𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• ဘီၑ္မ (Burmese script)
• ભીષ્મ (Gujarati script)
• ਭੀਸ਼੍ਮ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑍀𑌷𑍍𑌮 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦷꦰ꧀ꦩ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂲𑂭𑂹𑂧 (Kaithi script)
• ಭೀಷ್ಮ (Kannada script)
• ភីឞ្ម (Khmer script)
• ຠີຩ຺ມ (Lao script)
• ഭീഷ്മ (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᡳᡳᢢᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘲𑘬𑘿𑘦 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠢᠢᢔᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑧓𑧌𑧠𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐷𑐲𑑂𑐩 (Newa script)
• ଭୀଷ୍ମ (Odia script)
• ꢩꢷꢰ꣄ꢪ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆵𑆰𑇀𑆩 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖱𑖬𑖿𑖦 (Siddham script)
• භීෂ‍්ම (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩑𑩛𑪀 𑪙𑩴 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚯𑚶𑚢 (Takri script)
• பீ⁴ஷ்ம (Tamil script)
• భీష్మ (Telugu script)
• ภีษฺม (Thai script)
• བྷཱི་ཥྨ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒲𑒭𑓂𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨁𑨊𑨯𑩇𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From भी (bhī).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱiːʂ.mɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱiːʂ.mɐ/

Adjective

भीष्म • (bhīṣma) stem

1. terrible, horrible, dreadful, frightening

Noun

भीष्म • (bhīṣma) stem, n

1. horror, horribleness

Proper noun

भीष्म • (bhīṣma) stem, m

1. Bhishma : Name of a son of Shantanu and Ganga (in the great war of the Mahabharata he took the side of the sons of Dhritarashtra against the sons of Pandu, and was renowned for his continence, wisdom, bravery, and fidelity)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of भीष्म (bhīṣma)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भीष्मः bhīṣmaḥ	भीष्मौ / भीष्मा¹ bhīṣmau / bhīṣmā¹	भीष्माः / भीष्मासः¹ bhīṣmāḥ / bhīṣmāsaḥ¹
Vocative	भीष्म bhīṣma	भीष्मौ / भीष्मा¹ bhīṣmau / bhīṣmā¹	भीष्माः / भीष्मासः¹ bhīṣmāḥ / bhīṣmāsaḥ¹
Accusative	भीष्मम् bhīṣmam	भीष्मौ / भीष्मा¹ bhīṣmau / bhīṣmā¹	भीष्मान् bhīṣmān
Instrumental	भीष्मेण bhīṣmeṇa	भीष्माभ्याम् bhīṣmābhyām	भीष्मैः / भीष्मेभिः¹ bhīṣmaiḥ / bhīṣmebhiḥ¹
Dative	भीष्माय bhīṣmāya	भीष्माभ्याम् bhīṣmābhyām	भीष्मेभ्यः bhīṣmebhyaḥ
Ablative	भीष्मात् bhīṣmāt	भीष्माभ्याम् bhīṣmābhyām	भीष्मेभ्यः bhīṣmebhyaḥ
Genitive	भीष्मस्य bhīṣmasya	भीष्मयोः bhīṣmayoḥ	भीष्माणाम् bhīṣmāṇām
Locative	भीष्मे bhīṣme	भीष्मयोः bhīṣmayoḥ	भीष्मेषु bhīṣmeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “भीष्म”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0758.