भिषज्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰišáȷ́ (physician, healer), from the root *bʰiš- (medicine, healing). Cognate with Avestan 𐬠𐬌𐬱𐬀𐬰- (bišaz-), Northern Kurdish bijişk (doctor), Persian پزشک (pezešk, doctor).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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भिषज् (bhiṣáj) stemm

  1. a healer, a physician
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.18.8:
      उत त्या दैव्या भिषजा शं नः करतो अश्विना ।
      युयुयातामितो रपो अप स्रिधः ॥
      uta tyā daivyā bhiṣajā śaṃ naḥ karato aśvinā.
      yuyuyātāmito rapo apa sridhaḥ.
      And may the Aśvins, the divine Pair of Physicians, send us health:
      May they remove iniquity and chase our foes.

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Root

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भिषज् (bhiṣaj)

  1. to heal, to cure

Derived terms

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