Bhasmavedhaka, Bhasman-vedhaka: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bhasmavedhaka (भस्मवेधक).—camphor.

Derivable forms: bhasmavedhakaḥ (भस्मवेधकः).

Bhasmavedhaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhasman and vedhaka (वेधक).

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

Bhasmavedhaka (भस्मवेधक).—m.

(-kaḥ) Camphor. E. bhasman ashes, and vedhaka distresser; whiter than ashes.

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

Bhasmavedhaka (भस्मवेधक):—[=bhasma-vedhaka] [from bhasma > bhas] m. camphor, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Bhasmavedhaka (भस्मवेधक):—[bhasma-vedhaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. Camphor.

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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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