The Sanskrit terms Bahvāśin and Bahvāśī and Bahvāśi can be transliterated into English as Bahvasin or Bahvashin or Bahvasi or Bahvashi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Bahvāśi (बह्वाशि).—One of the hundred sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. It is mentioned in Mahābhārata, Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 28 that he was killed by Bhīmasena in the battle of Mahābhārata.

Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and places

Bahvāśī (बह्वाशी) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. I.108.11) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Bahvāśī) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Bahvāśī (बह्वाशी):—Intake of more quantity of food

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Bahvāśin (बह्वाशिन्) refers to “gluttonous persons”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 16) (“On the planets—graha-bhaktiyoga”), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “[...] Mars presides over citizens, farmers, chemists, firemen, soldiers, forest-men, citadels, chief towns, butchers, sinners, haughty men, kings, children, elephants, fops, infanticides, shepherds, red fruits, red flowers, corals, commanders of armies, jaggery, wine, cruel men, storehouses, Agnihotrins, metal mines, the Śākyas in red robes, the Buddhists, thieves, rogues, vindictive and gluttonous persons (bahvāśin). [...]”.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bahvāśin (बह्वाशिन्).—a. voracious, gluttonous, बह्वाशी स्वल्पसन्तुष्टः सुनिद्रो लघुचेतनः । प्रभुभक्तश्च शूरश्च ज्ञातव्याः षट् शुनो गुणाः (bahvāśī svalpasantuṣṭaḥ sunidro laghucetanaḥ | prabhubhaktaśca śūraśca jñātavyāḥ ṣaṭ śuno guṇāḥ) || Chāṇakya. -m. Name of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

Bahvāśin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bahu and āśin (आशिन्). See also (synonyms): bahyāśin.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bahvāśin (बह्वाशिन्).—mfn. (-śī-śinī-śi) Voracious, gluttonous. E. bahu much, āśin who eats.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bahvāśin (बह्वाशिन्).—[adjective] = [preceding], [abstract] śitva [neuter]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Bahvāśin (बह्वाशिन्):—[=bahv-āśin] [from bahv > bah] mfn. idem (-tva n.), [Cāṇakya]

2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of one of the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, [Mahābhārata]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bahvāśin (बह्वाशिन्):—[bahvā+śin] (śī-śinī-śi) a. Voracious, gluttonous, greedy.

[Sanskrit to German]

Bahvashin in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Bahvāśi (ಬಹ್ವಾಶಿ):—[noun] a person who or animal which greedily eats too much; a glutton or a gluttonous animal.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Ashin, Bahv, Bahu.

Full-text: Bahvashitva, Bahyashin, Bahvashis, Prabhubhakta, Shighracetana.

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