Bhashya, Bhāṣya: 16 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Bhāṣya can be transliterated into English as Bhasya or Bhashya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Bhashy.
In Hinduism
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Bhāṣya (भाष्य).—A learned commentary on an original work, of recognised merit and scholarship, for which people have got a sense of sanctity in their mind; generally every Sūtra work of a branch of technical learning (or Śāstra) in Sanskrit has got a Bhāṣya written on it by a scholar of recognised merit. Out of the various Bhāṣya works of the kind given above, the Bhāṣya on the Vyākaraṇa sūtras of Pāṇini is called the Mahābhāṣya, on the nature of which possibly the following definition is based "सूत्रार्थो वर्ण्यते यत्र पदैः सूत्रानुकारिभिः । स्वपदानि च वर्ण्यन्ते भाष्यं भाष्यविदो विदुः । (sūtrārtho varṇyate yatra padaiḥ sūtrānukāribhiḥ | svapadāni ca varṇyante bhāṣyaṃ bhāṣyavido viduḥ |) " In books on Sanskrit Grammar the word भाष्य (bhāṣya) is used always for the Mahābhāṣya. The word भाष्य (bhāṣya) is sometimes used in the Mahābhāṣya of Patanjali (cf. उक्तो भावभेदो भाष्ये (ukto bhāvabhedo bhāṣye) III.3.19, IV.4.67) where the word may refer to a work like लघुभाष्य (laghubhāṣya) which Patañjali may have written, or may have got available to him as written by somebody else, before he wrote the Mahābhāṣya.
Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Bhāṣya (भाष्य) refers to “talking over, discussion”.—Commentary on a text or scripture.
Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
Biology (plants and animals)
Bhasya in Nepal is the name of a plant defined with Rumex nepalensis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Rheum delavayi Franch. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Flora of Tropical Africa (1909)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Beih. Bot. Centralbl. (1932)
· Journal of Phytogeography and Taxonomy (1999)
· Bulletin du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle (1895)
· Systema Vegetabilium, ed. 15
If you are looking for specific details regarding Bhasya, for example chemical composition, diet and recipes, extract dosage, side effects, health benefits, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
bhāṣya (भाष्य).—n S An exposition, commentary, gloss, scholium; particularly the explanation and application of a technical sutra: hence annotations or comments in general.
bhāṣya (भाष्य).—n An exposition, commentary; comments.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Bhāṣya (भाष्य).—[bhāṣ-ṇyat]
1) Speaking, talking.
2) Any work in the common or vernacular language.
3) Exposition, gloss, commentary; as in वेदभाष्य (vedabhāṣya).
4) Especially, a commentary which explains Sūtras or aphorisms word by word with comments of its own; (sūtrārtho varṇyate yatra padaiḥ sūtrānusāribhiḥ | svapadāni ca varṇyante bhāṣyaṃ bhāṣyavido viduḥ ||); संक्षिप्तस्याप्यतोऽस्यैव वाक्यस्यार्थगरीयसः । सुविस्तरतरा वाचो भाष्यभूता भवन्तु मे (saṃkṣiptasyāpyato'syaiva vākyasyārthagarīyasaḥ | suvistaratarā vāco bhāṣyabhūtā bhavantu me) Śiśupālavadha 2.24; फणिभाषितभाष्यफक्किका (phaṇibhāṣitabhāṣyaphakkikā) N.2.95.
5) Name of the great commentary of Patañjali on Pāṇini's Sūtras.
6) A sort of house.
Derivable forms: bhāṣyam (भाष्यम्).
Bhāṣya (भाष्य).—mfn. (ṣyaḥ-ṣyā-ṣyaṃ) To be said or spoken. n.
(-ṣyaṃ) 1. A commentary, but particularly the explanation and application of a technical Sutra or aphorism; hence applied to many of the annotations on the grammatical aphorisms of Panini, to comments on the Vedas, &c. 2. A sort of building. E. bhāṣ to speak, yat aff.
Bhāṣya (भाष्य).—[neuter] speech, talk; any work in the vulgar speech, [especially] explanatory work, commentary, also = mahābhāṣya q.v.
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Bhāsya (भास्य).—[adjective] to be (being) brought to light or made visible; [abstract] tva [neuter]
1) Bhāṣya (भाष्य):—[from bhāṣ] n. speaking, talking, [Suśruta]
2) [v.s. ...] any work in the common or vernacular speech, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā-prātiśākhya; Gṛhya-sūtra; Harivaṃśa]
3) [v.s. ...] an explanatory work, exposition, explanation, commentary ([especially] on technical Sūtras), [Mahābhārata; Varāha-mihira] etc.
4) [v.s. ...] Name of Patañjali’s [commentator or commentary] on the Sūtras of Pāṇini (cf. mahā-bhāṣya)
5) [v.s. ...] of the 4th [chapter] of the [Bhaviṣya-purāṇa, khaṇḍa 1 & 2: bhaviṣya-purāṇa & bhaviṣyottara-purāṇa]
6) [v.s. ...] a sort of house or building, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) Bhāsya (भास्य):—[from bhās] mfn. ([from] [Causal]) to be made visible, to be brought to light (-tva n.), [Vedāntasāra]
Bhāṣya (भाष्य):—(ṣyaṃ) 1. n. A commentary on technical terms; a building. a. That may be said or spoken.
Bhāṣya (भाष्य):—(wie eben) n. [Amarakoṣa 3, 6, 3, 31.]
1) das Reden, Sprechen [Suśruta 1, 237, 15. 2, 477, 20.] [VĀGBH. 1, 7, 57.] —
2) ein Schriftwerk in gewöhnlicher Sprache [Prātiśākhya zur Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 1, 19.] gārgyau [Weber’s Verzeichniss 92, 4.] [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 3, 4, 4.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 4, 10.] vedabhāṣyārthakovida [Harivaṃśa 8007.] —
3) Erklärungsschrift, Commentar, insbes. zu einem Sūtra [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 254.] [Mahābhārata 2, 453] (vgl. [Harivaṃśa 14079]). sarvabhāṣyavidāṃ varāḥ [1312. 13,4303.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 15,1.] [Śiśupālavadha 2,24.] [Lassen’s Anthologie (II) 87,16.] [Oxforder Handschriften 258,b,18.] bhāṣyaṃ cātra gauḍapādakṛtam [GAUḌAP.] zu [SĀṂKHYAK. 69.] skandhasvāmi [ROSEN] zu [Ṛgveda 2, 1, 3.] bhāṣyadvayavārttike [Oxforder Handschriften 257,b,14.] bhāṣyasya vārttikam [255,b,17. 104,a,9.] Insbes. Patañjali’s Commentar zu den Sūtra des Pāṇini (s. mahā) [SVĀMIN im Śabdakalpadruma] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 635.] [Scholiast] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 2, 32 (Th. II).] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 757.] [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 2, 23 u.s.w.] —
4) eine Art Haus (gṛhaviśeṣa) [Śabdakalpadruma] nach der [MĀDHAVĪ] bei [MATHUREŚA].
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Bhāsya (भास्य):—(von caus. von 2. bhās) adj. was zur Erscheinung gebracht werden muss: putrādiśūnyaparyantasya jaḍasya caitanyabhāsyatvena [Vedānta lecture No. 90.] bhāsyasūtra Titel eines Abschnittes im Kātantra, den [AUFRECHT] [Oxforder Handschriften 169,a,22] durch praecepta de formarum grammaticarum significatione wiedergiebt.
Bhāṣya (भाष्य):—n. —
1) das Reden , Sprechen. —
2) ein Werk in gewöhnlicher Sprache. —
3) Erklärungsschrift , Commentar ; insbes. zu einem Sūtra. —
4) Titel — a) von Patañjali’s Commentar zu den Sūtra des Pāṇini. — b) des 4ten Abschnitts im Bhaviṣyapurāṇa [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 2,1,23,10.] —
5) *eine Art Haus.
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Bhāsya (भास्य):—Adj. zur Erscheinung — , zur Erkenntniss gebracht werdend. Nom.abstr. tva n. [273,6.]
Bhāṣya (भाष्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Bhāsa.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Bhāṣya (भाष्य) [Also spelled bhashy]:—(nm) commentary; annotation; ~[kāra] commentator.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Bhāṣya (ಭಾಷ್ಯ):—
1) [noun] a detailed explanatory work or commentary on a literary work (esp. the religious ones as Veda, Upanishads, technical treatises, etc.).
2) [noun] (gen.) convincing explanation.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Bhāṣya (भाष्य):—n. commentary; interpretation; exposition; adj. worth-speaking;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: The, The, Te, Bhashya.
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Prasthanatrayi Swaminarayan Bhashyam (Study) (by Sadhu Gyanananddas)
6. Prasthānatrayī-Svāminarāyana-Bhāṣya < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
6. Conclusion < [Chapter 3 - Analysis on the Basis of Metaphysics]
Srikara Bhashya (commentary) (by C. Hayavadana Rao)
Part 1 - Introduction (name and manuscript of the Srikara-bhashya)
Part 12 - Commentators on Brahma-Sutras mentioned by Bhaskara
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 7 - The Vaiśeṣika and Nyāya Literature < [Chapter VIII - The Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika Philosophy]
Part 5 - Vedānta and Śaṅkara (788-820 A.D.) < [Chapter X - The Śaṅkara School Of Vedānta]
Part 4 - The Doctrine of Causal Connection of early Buddhism < [Chapter V - Buddhist Philosophy]
An Incarnation of Sankaracharya < [January - March 1973]
Some Thoughts on the Veda and its Study < [January – March, 1978]
Reviews < [April 1957]
Yoga-sutra with Bhashya Vivarana (study) (by Susmi Sabu)
Yoga in the Upanishad Bhashyas < [Chapter 3 - The Authorship Problem of Patanjala-yogasutra-bhashya-vivarana]
Sankara as the author of the Bhashya-vivarana < [Chapter 3 - The Authorship Problem of Patanjala-yogasutra-bhashya-vivarana]
Yoga as samadhi: its etymology and meaning < [Chapter 4 - Textual Examination of the Text]
Tarkabhasa of Kesava Misra (study) (by Nimisha Sarma)
4. Nyaya-Vaisesika Philosophy (Introduction) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
4. Valid Knowledge (pramana) < [Chapter 3 - Epistemology in Indian Philosophy]
1. The Four Pramanas (i) Perception or Pratyaksa < [Chapter 4 - Purvabhaga of Tarkabhasa: Contents]
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