भास्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভাস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬵᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ভাস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰯𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀸𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဘာသ် (Burmese script)
• ભાસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਭਾਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑌾𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦴꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂰𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಭಾಸ್ (Kannada script)
• ភាស៑ (Khmer script)
• ຠາສ຺ (Lao script)
• ഭാസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘰𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠠᢗᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑧑𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐵𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଭାସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢩꢵꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆳𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖯𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• භාස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩛𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚭𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• ப⁴ாஸ் (Tamil script)
• భాస్ (Telugu script)
• ภาสฺ (Thai script)
• བྷཱ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒰𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨊𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰáHas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰáHas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os, from *bʰeh₂- (“shine”). Cognate with Ancient Greek φάος (pháos, “radiance, light”) (whence English photo-, phosphorus), and possibly Latin (iu)bar, Old English basu (“purple”).

Pronunciation

• (Early Rigvedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɐ́.ɐs̪/

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɑ́ːs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱɑːs̪/

Noun

भास् • (bhā́s) stem, n or f (metrically bháas)

1. light, lustre
2. radiance, effulgence
3. glory, brilliance

Declension

Neuter root-stem declension of भास्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	भाः (bhā́ḥ)	भासी (bhāsī́)	भांसि (bhā́ṃsi)
vocative	भाः (bhā́ḥ)	भासी (bhā́sī)	भांसि (bhā́ṃsi)
accusative	भाः (bhā́ḥ)	भासी (bhāsī́)	भांसि (bhā́ṃsi)
instrumental	भासा (bhāsā́)	भाद्भ्याम् (bhādbhyā́m)	भाद्भिः (bhādbhíḥ)
dative	भासे (bhāsé)	भाद्भ्याम् (bhādbhyā́m)	भाद्भ्यः (bhādbhyáḥ)
ablative	भासः (bhāsáḥ)	भाद्भ्याम् (bhādbhyā́m)	भाद्भ्यः (bhādbhyáḥ)
genitive	भासः (bhāsáḥ)	भासोः (bhāsóḥ)	भासाम् (bhāsā́m)
locative	भासि (bhāsí)	भासोः (bhāsóḥ)	भाःसु (bhāḥsú)

Feminine root-stem declension of भास्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	भाः (bhā́ḥ)	भासौ (bhā́sau) भासा¹ (bhā́sā¹)	भासः (bhā́saḥ)
vocative	भाः (bhā́ḥ)	भासौ (bhā́sau) भासा¹ (bhā́sā¹)	भासः (bhā́saḥ)
accusative	भासम् (bhā́sam)	भासौ (bhā́sau) भासा¹ (bhā́sā¹)	भासः (bhā́saḥ)
instrumental	भासा (bhāsā́)	भाद्भ्याम् (bhādbhyā́m)	भाद्भिः (bhādbhíḥ)
dative	भासे (bhāsé)	भाद्भ्याम् (bhādbhyā́m)	भाद्भ्यः (bhādbhyáḥ)
ablative	भासः (bhāsáḥ)	भाद्भ्याम् (bhādbhyā́m)	भाद्भ्यः (bhādbhyáḥ)
genitive	भासः (bhāsáḥ)	भासोः (bhāsóḥ)	भासाम् (bhāsā́m)
locative	भासि (bhāsí)	भासोः (bhāsóḥ)	भाःसु (bhāḥsú)

• ¹Vedic

The ins./dat./abl. dual and plural are unattested and are declined above like मास् (mās). They might also have been भाभ्याम् (bhābhyā́m), etc.

Derived terms

• भास्कर (bhāskara, “sun”, literally “maker of light”)
• भास्वर (bhāsvara, “incandescent”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “भास्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 756/1.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “bhās”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.