Bhauta: 10 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBhauta (भौत).—a. (-tī f.) [भूतानि प्राणिनोऽधिकृत्य प्रवृत्तः, तानि देवता वा अस्य अण् (bhūtāni prāṇino'dhikṛtya pravṛttaḥ, tāni devatā vā asya aṇ)]
1) Relating to living beings.
2) Elemental, material.
3) Demoniacal.
4) Mad, crazy.
-taḥ 1 A worshipper of demons and spirits.
2) An attendant upon an idol (devala).
3) One of the five daily Yajñas to be performed by a householder (also called bhūtayajña, q. v.); होमो दैवो बलिर्भौतो नृयज्ञोऽतिथिपूजनम् (homo daivo balirbhauto nṛyajño'tithipūjanam) Manusmṛti 3.7.
-tam A collection of evil spirits.
-tī Night.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhauta (भौत).—mfn.
(-taḥ-tī-taṃ) 1. Demoniacal, relating to spirits or goblins. 2. Elemental. 3. Relating to existing beings. m.
(-taḥ) 1. An attendant upon idols. 2. A worshipper of spirits and goblins. f. (-tī) Night. E. bhūta a goblin, &c. aff. aṇ .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhauta (भौत).—i. e. bhūta + a (vb. bhū), I. adj. 1. Relating to spirits, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 70. 2. Demoniac. 3. Elemental. 4. Relating to existing beings. Ii. m. 1. An attendant upon idols. 2. A worshipper of sprites.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhauta (भौत).—[adjective] relating to beings or ghosts; demoniacal, crazy, mad; [masculine] idiot.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Bhauṭa (भौट):—[from bhoṭa] a m. a Tibetan, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] ([wrong reading] bhauṭṭa).
2) b bhauṭṭa See above.
3) Bhauta (भौत):—mf(ī)n. ([from] bhūta) relating to living beings, meant for them (as a sacrifice), [Manu-smṛti iii, 70]
4) (also ta-ka) relating to or possessed by evil spirits or demons, crazy, mad, an idiot, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
5) formed of the elements, material, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
6) m. = devalaka, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) n. a multitude of Bhūtas, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhauta (भौत):—[(taḥ-tā-taṃ) a.] Elemental; demoniacal. m. An attendant upon idols or imps. f. (tī) Night.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Bhauta (भौत) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Bhoa.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusBhauta (ಭೌತ):—
1) [adjective] of nature and all matter; relating to or consisting of what occupies space; natural; material; physical.
2) [adjective] of natural science or natural philosophy; physical.
3) [adjective] of or according to the laws of nature.
4) [adjective] of or produced by the forces of, physics; physical.
5) [adjective] (phil.) made of, consisting of thefive basic elements (the earth, water, air, fire and space or ether).
6) [adjective] of the body as opposed to the mind; corporeal, sensual or sensuous.
7) [adjective] of, relating to or caused by an evil spirit or spirits.
8) [adjective] wildly excited or disorderly; frenzied; frantic; mad.
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Bhauta (ಭೌತ):—
1) [noun] the physical mass of anything that is made of five elements (the earth, water, air, fire and space or ether; an object that occupies space.
2) [noun] a man who worships and propitiates an evil spirit or spirits.
3) [noun] a man who earns his living thorugh his priestly profession.
4) [noun] an offering made to all the living beings, one of the daily sacrifices a householder has to observe.
5) [noun] a multitude of evil spirits.
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)
Starts with: Bhautaka, Bhautapayana, Bhautapraya, Bhautapriya, Bhautapurvya, Bhautasharira, Bhautashariri, Bhautashastra, Bhautashastrajna, Bhautashastrajne, Bhautatulya, Bhautau, Bhautavada, Bhautavadi, Bhautavastu, Bhautavijnana, Bhautavijnani, Bhautika, Bhautikate.
Ends with: Abhauta, Jalabhauta, Rajabhauta.
Full-text: Bhautatulya, Bhautaka, Bhautika, Bhoa, Rajabhauta, Bhautapraya, Bhautavastu, Bhutapraya, Bhauti, Jalabhauta, Bhautapriya, Bhautya, Bhajara, Urdhvasrotas, Bhautapurvya, Vacavriddha, Pavitra, Nayaka.
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The Practice Manual of Noble Tārā Kurukullā (by Dharmachakra Translation Committee)
Chapter 8 < [Appendix - Sanskrit Text]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Reviews < [August 1937]
Shakti and Shakta (by John Woodroffe)
Chapter XXVI - Śākta Sādhanā (the Ordinary Ritual) < [Section 3 - Ritual]