भस्मन्

{ bhasman }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

भस्मन्  mfn.  a mfn. chewing, devouring, consuming, pulverizing, [RV. v, 19, 5; x, 115, 2]
भस्मन्  mfn.  n. (also pl.) ‘what is pulverized a or calcined by fire’, ashes, [AV.] &c. &c. ( युष्माभिर् भस्म भक्षयितव्यम्, ‘you shall have ashes to eat’ i.e. ‘you shall get nothing’ [Hit.]; °मनि-हुत. mfn. ‘sacrificed in a°’ i.e. ‘useless’ [Pāṇ. 2-1, 47] Sch.)
भस्मन्  n.  n. sacred ashes (smeared on the body; cf. भस्म-धारण).
भस्मन्    b &c. See above.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

भस्मन् [bhasman]  n. n. [भस्-मनिन्]
Ashes; (कल्पते) ध्रुवं चिताभस्म- रजो विशुद्धये [Ku.5.79.]
Sacred ashes (smeared on the body); महादेवोऽथ तद्भस्म मनोभवशरीरजम् । आदाय सर्व- गात्रेषु भूतिलेपं तदाकरोत् ॥ Kālikā P. (भस्मनि हु 'to sacrifice in ashes', i. e. to do a useless work). -Comp.
-अग्निः   morbid appetite from rapid digestion of food. -अवशेषa. remaining in the form of ashes; भस्मावशेषं मदनं चकार [Ku.3.72;] [Ś.3.3.]
-अङ्गः   a kind of pigeon. (-ङ्गम्) a kind of gem (Mar. पेरोज).
-आह्वयः   camphor.
-उद्धूलनम्, -गुण्ठनम्   smearing the body with ashes; भस्मोद्धूलन भद्रमस्तु भवते [K. P.1.]
-कारः   a washerman.
-कूटः   a heap of ashes.
-गर्भः   Dalbergia Ongeinensis (Mar. तिवस).
-गन्धा, -गन्धिका, -गन्धिनी   a kind of perfume.-गात्रः N. of the god of love.
-चयः   a heap of ashes.
तूलम् frost, snow.
a shower of dust.
a number of villages.
-प्रियः   an epithet of Śiva.
-भूत a.  a. dead.-मेहः a sort of gravel.
-रोगः   a kind of disease; cf. भस्माग्नि.
-लेपनम्   smearing the body with ashes.
-विधिः   any rite performed with ashes.
-वेधकः   camphor.-शर्करः (probably) potash.
-शायिन्  m. m. N. of Śiva.-सूत-करणम् calcining of quicksilver.
-स्नानम्   purification by ashes.

Shabda-Sagara

भस्मन्  n.  ( -स्म)
1. Ashes.
2. Holy ashes.
E. भस् to shine, Unādi aff. मनिन् .

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भस् मनिन् .