Bhavaprakasha, Bhāvaprakāśa: 5 definitions
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Bhavaprakasha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
The Sanskrit term Bhāvaprakāśa can be transliterated into English as Bhavaprakasa or Bhavaprakasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Bhāvaprakāśa (भावप्रकाश).—Name of a commentary on the शब्दकौस्तुभ (śabdakaustubha) by वैद्यनाथ पायगुण्डे (vaidyanātha pāyaguṇḍe).

Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
1) Bhāvaprakāśa (भावप्रकाश) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—alaṃk. Quoted by Vāsudeva on Karpūramañjarī p. 5. 7.
2) Bhāvaprakāśa (भावप्रकाश):—med. by Bhāvamiśra. Cop. 104. Io. 404. Oxf. 309^a. L. 180. 618. K. 214. B. 4, 230. Bik. 633. Kāṭm. 13. Pheh. 2. Rādh. 32. NW. 588. 592. Np. I, 90. V, 194. Burnell. 66^a. Bhk. 37. H. 341 ([fragmentary]). Oppert. 2652. 2933. 5747. 6095. Ii, 2076. 6591. Sb. 285.
3) Bhāvaprakāśa (भावप्रकाश):—med. by Vāgbhaṭa (?). Sb. 285.
4) Bhāvaprakāśa (भावप्रकाश):—a
—[commentary] on Jayatīrtha’s Prameyadīpikā, hy Kṛṣṇa, son of Tirumalācārya.
5) Bhāvaprakāśa (भावप्रकाश):—Brahmasūtrāṇubhāṣyaṭīkā by Nṛsiṃha.
6) Bhāvaprakāśa (भावप्रकाश):—Bhagavadgītāṭīkā by Sadānanda.
7) Bhāvaprakāśa (भावप्रकाश):—Śabdaratnaṭīkā by Vaidyanātha Pāyaguṇḍe.
Bhāvaprakāśa has the following synonyms: Bhāvaprakāśikā.
8) Bhāvaprakāśa (भावप्रकाश):—Ātmabodhaṭīkā by Bodhendra.
9) Bhāvaprakāśa (भावप्रकाश):—alaṃk. by Śāradātanaya. ibid. Quoted by Raṅganātha on Vikramorvaśī.
10) Bhāvaprakāśa (भावप्रकाश):—med. by Bhāvamiśra. Fl. 499 ([fragmentary]). Io. 404 ([fragmentary]). 525 (pūrvakhaṇḍa). Oudh. Xx, 254. Stein 184. 185.
—[commentary] by Jayadeva, son of Jayakṛṣṇa, done in the reign of Raṇavīrasiṃha of Kāśmīr. Stein 185.
11) Bhāvaprakāśa (भावप्रकाश):—med. by Bhāvamiśra. Ulwar 1647.
12) Bhāvaprakāśa (भावप्रकाश):—med. by Bhāvamiśra. As p. 132 (2 Mss. one inc.). Bc 504. Bd. 901. Tb. 153. 154 (inc.).
Bhāvaprakāśa (भावप्रकाश):—[=bhāva-prakāśa] [from bhāva] m. Name of various works. ([especially] of a medical [work] by Bhāva-miśra)
Bhāvaprakāśa (भावप्रकाश):—[(bhāva + pra)] m. Titel einer medicinischen Schrift des Bhavadevamiśra (Miśrabhāva, Bhāvamiśra) [Oxforder Handschriften 309,b.] [Westergaard’s Verzeichniss 104,b.] [NIGH. PR. 1.] [Śabdakalpadruma VII, S. 12.]
Bhāvaprakāśa (भावप्रकाश):—m. Titel eines medicinischen und eines rhetorischen ([Kumārasvāmin] zu. [Pratāparudriya 11,4.13,23.37,20] u.s.w.) Werkes.
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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Partial matches: Prakasha, Bhava.
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