भास्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভাস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬵᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ভাস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰯𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀸𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဘာသ် (Burmese script)
• ભાસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਭਾਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑌾𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦴꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂰𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಭಾಸ್ (Kannada script)
• ភាស៑ (Khmer script)
• ຠາສ຺ (Lao script)
• ഭാസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘰𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠠᢗᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑧑𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐵𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଭାସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢩꢵꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆳𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖯𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• භාස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩛𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚭𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• ப⁴ாஸ் (Tamil script)
• భాస్ (Telugu script)
• ภาสฺ (Thai script)
• བྷཱ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒰𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨊𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰáHas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰáHas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os, from *bʰeh₂- (“shine”). Cognate with Ancient Greek φάος (pháos, “radiance, light”) (whence English photo-, phosphorus), and possibly Latin (iu)bar, Old English basu (“purple”).

Pronunciation

• (Early Rigvedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɐ́.ɐs̪/

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɑ́ːs/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /bʱɑːs̪/

Noun

भास् • (bhā́s) stem, n or f (metrically bháas)

1. light, lustre
2. radiance, effulgence
3. glory, brilliance

Declension

Neuter root-stem declension of भास् (bhā́s)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भाः bhā́ḥ	भासी bhāsī́	भांसि bhā́ṃsi
Vocative	भाः bhā́ḥ	भासी bhā́sī	भांसि bhā́ṃsi
Accusative	भाः bhā́ḥ	भासी bhāsī́	भांसि bhā́ṃsi
Instrumental	भासा bhāsā́	भाद्भ्याम् bhādbhyā́m	भाद्भिः bhādbhíḥ
Dative	भासे bhāsé	भाद्भ्याम् bhādbhyā́m	भाद्भ्यः bhādbhyáḥ
Ablative	भासः bhāsáḥ	भाद्भ्याम् bhādbhyā́m	भाद्भ्यः bhādbhyáḥ
Genitive	भासः bhāsáḥ	भासोः bhāsóḥ	भासाम् bhāsā́m
Locative	भासि bhāsí	भासोः bhāsóḥ	भाःसु bhāḥsú

Feminine root-stem declension of भास् (bhā́s)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भाः bhā́ḥ	भासौ / भासा¹ bhā́sau / bhā́sā¹	भासः bhā́saḥ
Vocative	भाः bhā́ḥ	भासौ / भासा¹ bhā́sau / bhā́sā¹	भासः bhā́saḥ
Accusative	भासम् bhā́sam	भासौ / भासा¹ bhā́sau / bhā́sā¹	भासः bhā́saḥ
Instrumental	भासा bhāsā́	भाद्भ्याम् bhādbhyā́m	भाद्भिः bhādbhíḥ
Dative	भासे bhāsé	भाद्भ्याम् bhādbhyā́m	भाद्भ्यः bhādbhyáḥ
Ablative	भासः bhāsáḥ	भाद्भ्याम् bhādbhyā́m	भाद्भ्यः bhādbhyáḥ
Genitive	भासः bhāsáḥ	भासोः bhāsóḥ	भासाम् bhāsā́m
Locative	भासि bhāsí	भासोः bhāsóḥ	भाःसु bhāḥsú
Notes	¹Vedic

The ins./dat./abl. dual and plural are unattested and are declined above like मास् (mās). They might also have been भाभ्याम् (bhābhyā́m), etc.

Derived terms

• भास्कर (bhāskara, “sun”, literally “maker of light”)
• भास्वर (bhāsvara, “incandescent”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “भास्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 756/1.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “bhās”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.