Bhasura, Bhāsura: 20 definitions
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Bhasura means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationBhāsura (भासुर) refers to “shining (teeth)”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.23 (“Outraging the modesty of Vṛndā”).—Accordingly, as Sanatkumāra narrated to Vyāsa: “[...] Then [Vṛndā], the dejected gloomy wife of Jalandhara, wandered from forest to forest. She was not conscious of even herself. The wandering lady saw two demons of terrible leonine faces with shining curved fanglike teeth (daśana-bhāsura). [...]”.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexBhāsura (भासुर).—A Tuṣita god.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 36. 10.
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.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram1) Bhāsura (भासुर) refers to one of the eight Servants (ceṭa-aṣṭaka) associated with Oṃkārapīṭha (also called Oḍḍiyāna, Ādipīṭha or Uḍapīṭha), according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—[...] The eight servants (ceṭāṣṭaka): Cañcala, Bhāsura, Bhīma, Lampaṭa, Chadmakāraka, Mahākruddha, Vyakta, Ūrdhvakeśa.
2) Bhāsura (भासुर) also refers to one of the eight Guardians (kṣetrapāla-aṣṭaka) associated with Tisrapīṭha (located in the ‘end of sound’—nādānta).—[...] The eight Guardians (kṣetrapālāṣṭaka): Śrīdhara, Bhāsura, Raudra, Durācāra, Śāntika, Kṛttika, Kālavṛṣṭi, Vasiṣṭha
3) Bhāsura (भासुर) refers to a “shining (hand)”, according to the Kularatnoddyota, one of the earliest Kubjikā Tantras.—Accordingly, [while describing the gross form of Navātman called Śabdarāśinavātman]: “(Navātman) has a big body and burns intensely, illumining the sky with (his) radiant energy. [...] He holds a skull and an ascetic’s staff. (Another) hand shines (as it were) with a trident (triśūlakara-bhāsura). (He also holds) a bow, an arrow, vīṇā, bell and double-headed drum. [...]”.
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (shaktism)Bhāsura (भासुर) refers to a “shining throne”, according to the King Vatsarāja’s Pūjāstuti called the Kāmasiddhistuti (also Vāmakeśvarīstuti), guiding one through the worship of the Goddess Nityā.—Accordingly, “[...] I uninterruptedly bow to Nityā who has a form worthy of worship. She has ascended the shining throne (bhāsura-pīṭharohā) made of the sun, moon, and fire. She holds in her hands a hook, a snare, arrows, and a bow, and carries the crescent moon on her crest. She is pure and clean, and her eyes, adorned with the tips of the locks of hair, are very beautiful. [...]”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Bhasura in India is the name of a plant defined with Saussurea costus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Aucklandia lappa Decne. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Dict. Sci. Nat. (1827)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· CIS Chromosome Inform. Serv. (1993)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of (1845)
· Phytomedicine (2002)
· Repertorium Botanices Systematicae (1843)
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Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarybhāsura : (adj.) bright; shining.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryBhāsura, (adj.) (cp. Epic Sk. bhāsura fr. bhas) bright, shining, resplendent ThA. 139, 212; VvA. 12. (Page 504)
Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionarybhāsura (ဘာသုရ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[bhā+sara．bhāsa+ura．bhādittimhi,sarapaccayo．．．．sassa dvittābhāvebhāsuro,]]bhassu]]bhāsa dittiyaṃ vā uro,atha vā dvayaṃ bahukathāyutte．,ṭī．733．]
[ဘာ+သရ။ ဘာသ+ဥရ။ ဘာဒိတ္တိမှိ၊ သရပစ္စယော။．．．သဿ ဒွိတ္တာဘာဝေဘာသုရော၊ ''ဘဿု''ဘာသ ဒိတ္တိယံ ဝါ ဥရော၊ အထ ဝါ ဒွယံ ဗဟုကထာယုတ္တေ။ ဓာန်၊ ဋီ။ ၇၃၃။]
[Pali to Burmese]
Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)bhāsura—
(Burmese text): (၁) ပန်းဥ။ (၂) ကေသရာခြင်္သေ့။ (တိ) (၃) ပြိုးပြိုးပြက် တောက်ပသော အရောင်အဆင်းရှိသော။ (၄) စကားများသော၊ သူ။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Flower. (2) Pig. (3) Brightly colored and shiny. (4) Talkative, person.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBhāsura (भासुर).—a. [bhās-ghurac]
1) Shining, bright, splendid; मणिमयूखचयांशुकभासुराः (maṇimayūkhacayāṃśukabhāsurāḥ) Kirātārjunīya 5.5; तं भूपतिर्भासुरहेमराशिं (taṃ bhūpatirbhāsurahemarāśiṃ) (dideśa) R.5.3.
2) Terrible.
-raḥ 1 A hero.
2) A crystal.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhāsura (भासुर).—mfn.
(-raḥ-rā-raṃ) Shining, splendid. n.
(-raṃ) A species of Costus, (C. speciosus.) m.
(-raḥ) 1. Crystal. 2. A hero. E. bhās to shine, ghurac aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhāsura (भासुर).—bhāsura (= bhāsvara), I. adj. Shining, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 27. Ii. m. 1. Crystal. 2. A hero.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Bhāsura (भासुर):—[from bhās] mfn. shining, radiant, bright, splendid, [Kāvya literature; Rājataraṅgiṇī] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] (ifc.) excellent in, distinguished by, [Catalogue(s)]
3) [v.s. ...] terrible (?), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] m. a crystal, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] a hero, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] n. Costus Speciosus or Arabicus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhāsura (भासुर):—(raṃ) 1. n. Costus speciosus. m. A crystal; a hero. a. Shining.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Bhāsura (भासुर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Bhāsura.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryBhāsura (भासुर):—(a) bright, brilliant, shining.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionaryBhāsura (भासुर) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Bhāsura.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusBhāsura (ಭಾಸುರ):—
1) [adjective] radiant; effulgent; brilliant.
2) [adjective] attractive; charming; beautiful.
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Bhāsura (ಭಾಸುರ):—[noun] the quality of being attractive; charm; beauty.
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: Bha, Sara, Cara.
Starts with: Bhasuradeha, Bhasuragunaramsi, Bhasurahemarashi, Bhasuraka, Bhasurakesarabhara, Bhasuramurti, Bhasuranana, Bhasurananda, Bhasuranandanatha, Bhasurapushpa, Bhasurarupa, Bhasuratva, Bhasuravilambakesara, Bhasuravilambitakesara.
Full-text (+32): Sharabha, Udbhasura, Bhassara, Prabhasura, Mahabhasura, Pabhassara, Bhasurapushpa, Abhasura, Bhasuratva, Bhasuradeha, Matthabhasura, Bhasuravilambitakesara, Bhasuramurti, Bhasuravilambakesara, Bhasurarupa, Bhasuraka, Bhasurakesarabhara, Bhasin, Bhasuranana, Bhasurahemarashi.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 9.44 [zig-zag diagram] < [Chapter 9 - Ornaments of Sound]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 6 - Bhāratavarṣa: Its Rivers and Regions < [Section 3 - Svarga-khaṇḍa (section on the heavens)]
Varadambika-parinaya Campu (Study) (by Bhagavant. L. Nadoni)
References and Notes for chapter 7 < [Chapter 7 - Rasa delineation in Varadambika-parinaya Campu]
Gita-govinda of Jayadeva (comparative study) (by Manisha Misra)
10. Musical Estimate (f): Individual identification of the Ragas < [Chapter 3 - A Critical and Musical study of the Gita-Govinda]