Bhasmakara, Bhasmakāra, Bhasman-kara: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bhasmakāra (भस्मकार).—a washerman.

Derivable forms: bhasmakāraḥ (भस्मकारः).

Bhasmakāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhasman and kāra (कार).

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

Bhasmakāra (भस्मकार).—m.

(-raḥ) A washerman. E. bhasman ashes, and kāra agent; using the ashes of wood in place of soap or ley.

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

Bhasmakāra (भस्मकार):—[=bhasma-kāra] [from bhasma > bhas] m. ‘making id est. using ashes’, a washerman, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Bhasmakāra (भस्मकार):—[bhasma-kāra] (raḥ) 1. m. A washerman.

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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.

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