भिषक्ति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From भिषज् (bhiṣáj), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰiš- (“medicine, healing”). See भिषज् (bhiṣáj) for cognates.

Pronunciation

Verb

भिषक्ति • (bhiṣákti) third-singular indicative (class 2, type P, root भिषज्)

  1. to heal, to cure
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.79.2:
      अभ्यूर्णोति यन्नग्नं भिषक्ति विश्वं यत्तुरम् ।
      प्रेमन्धः ख्यन्निः श्रोणो भूत् ॥
      abhyūrṇoti yannagnaṃ bhiṣakti viśvaṃ yatturam.
      premandhaḥ khyanniḥ śroṇo bhūt.
      [Soma] covers over all that is bare, he cures all that is sick;
      The blind man sees, the cripple walks.
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