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-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.ɐs/
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /bʱɑ́ːs/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /bʱɑːs̪/
Noun
भास् • (bhā́s) stem, n or f (metrically bháas)
- light, lustre, radiance, effulgence
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.4.6:
- आ सूर्यो॒ न भा॑नु॒मद्भि॑र॒र्कैरग्ने॑ त॒तन्थ॒ रोद॑सी॒ वि भा॒सा ।
चि॒त्रो न॑य॒त्परि॒ तमां॑स्य॒क्तः शो॒चिषा॒ पत्म॑न्नौशि॒जो न दीय॑न् ॥- ā́ sū́ryo ná bhānumádbhirarkaírágne tatántha ródasī ví bhāsā́.
citró nayatpári támāṃsyaktáḥ śocíṣā pátmannauśijó ná dī́yan. - Like Sūrya with his fulgent rays, O Agni, you overspread both the worlds with splendour.
Decked with bright colour he dispels the darkness, like Auśija, with clear flame swiftly flying.
- ā́ sū́ryo ná bhānumádbhirarkaírágne tatántha ródasī ví bhāsā́.
- आ सूर्यो॒ न भा॑नु॒मद्भि॑र॒र्कैरग्ने॑ त॒तन्थ॒ रोद॑सी॒ वि भा॒सा ।
- glory, brilliance
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | भाः (bhā́ḥ) | भासी (bhāsī́) | 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) |
| vocative | भाः (bhā́ḥ) | भासी (bhā́sī) | भांसि (bhā́ṃsi) |
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | भाः (bhā́ḥ) | भासौ (bhā́sau) भासा¹ (bhā́sā¹) |
भासः (bhā́saḥ) |
| accusative | भासम् (bhā́sam) | भासौ (bhā́sau) भासा¹ (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) |
| vocative | भाः (bhā́ḥ) | भासौ (bhā́sau) भासा¹ (bhā́sā¹) |
भासः (bhā́saḥ) |
- 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
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “भास्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 756/1.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “bhās”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.