भस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ভস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဘသ် (Burmese script)
• ભસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਭਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಭಸ್ (Kannada script)
• ភស៑ (Khmer script)
• ຠສ຺ (Lao script)
• ഭസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଭସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢩꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• භස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• ப⁴ஸ் (Tamil script)
• భస్ (Telugu script)
• ภสฺ (Thai script)
• བྷ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰes- (“to rub, grind”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱɐs̪/

Root

भस् • (bhas)

1. to chew, to devour

Noun

भस् • (bhas) stem, ? (locative bhasi)

1. (only in locative) ashes

Related terms

• भस्मन् (bhasman)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “भस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 750, column 1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 109