Bhasmabhuta, Bhasmabhūta, Bhasmībhūta, Bhasman-bhuta, Bhasmibhuta: 11 definitions

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In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

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Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Bhasmībhūta (भस्मीभूत) refers to “one who has been reduced to ashes” and is used to describe Kāma, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.21 (“Nārada instructs Pārvatī”).—Accordingly, as Nārada said to Brahmā: “O dear Brahmā, O disciple of Viṣṇu, of great intellect. O Creator of three worlds, this is a very wonderful story of the great soul Śiva that has been narrated. When Kāma had been reduced to ashes [i.e., bhasmībhūta] by the fire from the third eye of Śiva and when that fire had been deposited in the ocean what happened thereafter? What did Goddess Pārvatī, the daughter of the lord of mountains, do? O storehouse of mercy, please tell me now where she went along with her maids”.

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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.

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Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Google Books: Manusmṛti with the Manubhāṣya

Bhasmībhūta (भस्मीभूत) or Bhasmabhūta refers to “ash-like (Brāhmaṇas)” (i.e., ‘those devoid of learning and austerity’), according to the Manusmṛti chapter 3.97. Accordingly:—“Rites in honour of the gods and those in honour of the Pitṛs performed by ignorant men become lost, when they are presented by the givers, through folly, to ash-like [i.e., bhasmībhūta] Brāhmaṇas. [...]”.

Note: ‘Ash-like’—those who have become ashes are called ‘bhasmabhūta’. Or, the term ‘bhūta’ may mean similarity; hence the word ‘bhasmabhūta’ means ‘ash-like’; just as in the compound ‘kāṣṭhabhūta’.—This verse is quoted in Vīramitrodaya (Āhnika, p. 434), where ‘bhasmabhūteṣu’ is explained as ‘those devoid of learning and austerity’.

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Bhasmabhuta in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bhasmabhūta (भस्मभूत).—a. dead.

Bhasmabhūta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhasman and bhūta (भूत).

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

Bhasmībhūta (भस्मीभूत).—mfn.

(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) 1. Reduced to ashes. 2. Being mere ashes, i. E. being wholly worthless. E. bhaṣman, and bhūta become, cvi augment.

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

Bhasmabhūta (भस्मभूत).—[adjective] reduced to ashes.

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

Bhasmībhūta (भस्मीभूत).—[adjective] reduced to or being mere ashes.

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

Bhasmabhūta (भस्मभूत):—[=bhasma-bhūta] [from bhasma > bhas] mfn. become ashes, dead, [Rāmāyaṇa]

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

1) Bhasmībhūta (भस्मीभूत):—[=bhasmī-bhūta] [from bhasmī > bhas] mfn. become ashes, reduced to ashes, [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]

2) [v.s. ...] being mere ashes id est. wholly worthless, [Manu-smṛti iii, 97; iv, 188.]

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

Bhasmībhūta (भस्मीभूत):—[bhasmī-bhūta] (taḥ-tā-taṃ) a. Idem.

[Sanskrit to German]

Bhasmabhuta in German

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Hindi dictionary

[«previous next»] — Bhasmabhuta in Hindi glossary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Bhasmībhūta (भस्मीभूत) [Also spelled bhasmibhut]:—(a) burnt to ashes, completely burnt; ruined.

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