banaspati

Borrowed from Old Javanese banaspati (“wood-devil; big tree”), from Sanskrit वनस्पति (vanaspati, “name of a gandharvī”).

• IPA^(key): [banasˈpati]
• Hyphenation: ba‧nas‧pa‧ti

banaspati (Balinese script ᬩᬦᬲ᭄ᬧᬢᬶ)

1. (mythology) a lord of demon

From Javanese ꦧꦤꦱ꧀ꦥꦠꦶ (banaspati, “fire-demon”) (compare Balinese banaspati (“a lord of demon”)), from Old Javanese banaspati (“wood-devil; big tree”), from Sanskrit वनस्पति (vanaspati, “name of a gandharvī”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /banasˈpati/ [ba.nasˈpa.t̪i]
• Rhymes: -ati
• Syllabification: ba‧nas‧pa‧ti

banaspati (plural banaspati-banaspati)

1. (mythology) a kind of evil spirit with flame shapes like a fireball that often hovering in the night
2. (architecture, archaeology) such ornaments, usually placed on fences, gates, or entrances to buildings and temples

• “banaspati” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

banaspati

1. romanization of ꦧꦤꦱ꧀ꦥꦠꦶ

Borrowed from Sanskrit वनस्पति (vanaspati, “name of a gandharvī”).

• IPA^(key): /banaspati/

banaspati

1. big tree
2. (mythology) wood-devil.

• Javanese: ꦧꦤꦱ꧀ꦥꦠꦶ (banaspati, “fire-demon”)
  • → Indonesian: banaspati
• → Balinese: ᬩᬦᬲ᭄ᬧᬢᬶ (banaspati, “a lord of demon”)