The Sanskrit term Bhūṣ can be transliterated into English as Bhus or Bhush, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Bhus in India is the name of a plant defined with Chionachne gigantea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Coix arundinacea J. König ex Willd., nom. illeg., non Coix arundinacea Lam. (among others).

2) Bhus is also identified with Coix gigantea It has the synonym Chionachne koenigii (Spreng.) Thwaites (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Plantae Javanicae Rariores (1838)
· Catalogue of the Plants of the Punjab and Sindh (1869)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1792)
· Botanical Museum Leaflets
· A list of the grasses of N.W. India, indigenous and cultivated (1883)
· Grasses of Burma (1960)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Bhus, for example pregnancy safety, side effects, diet and recipes, chemical composition, health benefits, extract dosage, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bhūṣ (भूष्).—1 P., 1 U. (bhūṣati, bhūṣayati-te, bhūṣita)

1) To adorn, deck, decorate; शुचि भूषयति श्रुतं वपुः (śuci bhūṣayati śrutaṃ vapuḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 2.15.

2) To decorate oneself (Ātm.); भूषयते कन्या स्वयमेव (bhūṣayate kanyā svayameva)

3) To spread or strew with, overspread; नखप्रभाभूषितकङ्कपत्रे (nakhaprabhābhūṣitakaṅkapatre) R.2.31. -With अभि (abhi) to adorn, grace, give beauty to; अहरत सुतरामतोऽस्य चेतः स्फुटमभिभूषयति स्त्रियस्त्रपैव (aharata sutarāmato'sya cetaḥ sphuṭamabhibhūṣayati striyastrapaiva) Śiśupālavadha 7.38.

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

Bhūṣ (भूष्).—r. 1st and 10th cls. (bhūṣati bhūṣayati-te) To decorate, to adorn.

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

Bhūṣ (भूष्).—i. 1 and 10, [Parasmaipada.] To decorate, to adorn, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 55.

— With the prep. vi vi, The same, Chr. 296, 4 = [Rigveda.] i. 112, 4; [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 16; [Pañcatantra] 256, 3.

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

Bhūṣ (भूष्).—bhūṣati be busy for, endeavour at, attend upon ([dative]). [Causative] bhūṣayati (te), [participle] bhūṣita adorn, embellish ([Middle] refl.).

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

Bhūṣ (भूष्):—[class] 1. [Parasmaipada] bhūṣati ([perfect tense] bubhūṣa [grammar]; [Aorist] abhūṣīt, [ib.]; [future] bhūṣiṣyati, bhūṣitā, [ib.]; [infinitive mood] bhūṣitum, [ib.]),

—to strive after, use efforts for, be intent upon ([dative case]), [Ṛg-veda iii, 25, 2; 34, 2 etc.];

—to seek to procure ([accusative]) for ([dative case]), [ib. ix, 94, 3];

—to adorn, [Dhātupāṭha xvii, 30] :—[Causal] bhūṣayati ([Dhātupāṭha xxxiii, 56], [Epic] also te; [Aorist] abubhūṣat; [infinitive mood] bhūṣayitum),

—to adorn, embellish, attire ([Ātmanepada] also, ‘one’s self’ [Pāṇini 3-1, 87], [vArttika] 18, [Patañjali]), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature etc.]

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

Bhūṣ (भूष्):—(ki, ña) bhūṣati, te; bhūṣayati, te 1. 10. c. To decorate, to adorn.

[Sanskrit to German]

Bhush in German

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with (+46): Bhusa, Bhusapeti, Bhushabhuta, Bhushakra, Bhushalaka, Bhushami, Bhushan, Bhushana, Bhushana bhatta, Bhushanabhatta, Bhushanabhushana, Bhushanabhushita, Bhushanacchadanashana, Bhushanadayaka, Bhushanadeva, Bhushanadharin, Bhushanadushana, Bhushanakanti, Bhushanakarikavali, Bhushananga.

Ends with: Abhibhush, Abhush, Anubhush, Anuprabhush, Atibhush, Paribhush, Prabhush, Pratibhush, Sambhush, Upabhush, Upaprabhush, Vibhush.

Full-text (+29): Bhushana, Bhusa, Vibhusa, Bhushayitavya, Paribhushana, Vibhusita, Bhushya, Vibhusana, Bhusita, Upabhush, Abhush, Vibhush, Pratibhush, Paribhush, Bhus jari, Bhussati, Vibhuseti, Atibhush, Prabhushani, Bhushin.

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The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)

Chapter VII - Description of the sun-worship etc. as performed by the Self-origined Manu < [Agastya Samhita]

Chapter XI - Description of the Nava-Vyuha form of worship < [Agastya Samhita]

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