भीष्म

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভীষ্ম (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬷᬱ᭄ᬫ (Balinese script)
• ভীষ্ম (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰱𑰬𑰿𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀻𑀱𑁆𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• ဘီၑ္မ (Burmese script)
• ભીષ્મ (Gujarati script)
• ਭੀਸ਼੍ਮ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑍀𑌷𑍍𑌮 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦷꦰ꧀ꦩ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂲𑂭𑂹𑂧 (Kaithi script)
• ಭೀಷ್ಮ (Kannada script)
• ភីឞ្ម (Khmer script)
• ຠີຩ຺ມ (Lao script)
• ഭീഷ്മ (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᡳᡳᢢᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘲𑘬𑘿𑘦 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠢᠢᢔᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑧓𑧌𑧠𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐷𑐲𑑂𑐩 (Newa script)
• ଭୀଷ୍ମ (Odia script)
• ꢩꢷꢰ꣄ꢪ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆵𑆰𑇀𑆩 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖱𑖬𑖿𑖦 (Siddham script)
• භීෂ‍්ම (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩑𑩛𑪀 𑪙𑩴 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚯𑚶𑚢 (Takri script)
• பீ⁴ஷ்ம (Tamil script)
• భీష్మ (Telugu script)
• ภีษฺม (Thai script)
• བྷཱི་ཥྨ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒲𑒭𑓂𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨁𑨊𑨯𑩇𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From भी (bhī).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱiːʂ.mɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱiːʂ.mɐ/

Adjective

भीष्म • (bhīṣma) stem

1. terrible, horrible, dreadful, frightening

Noun

भीष्म • (bhīṣma) stem, n

1. horror, horribleness

Proper noun

भीष्म • (bhīṣma) stem, m

1. Bhishma : Name of a son of Shantanu and Ganga (in the great war of the Mahabharata he took the side of the sons of Dhritarashtra against the sons of Pandu, and was renowned for his continence, wisdom, bravery, and fidelity)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of भीष्म

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ)	भीष्मौ (bhīṣmau)	भीष्माः (bhīṣmāḥ)
vocative	भीष्म (bhīṣma)	भीष्मौ (bhīṣmau)	भीष्माः (bhīṣmāḥ)
accusative	भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam)	भीष्मौ (bhīṣmau)	भीष्मान् (bhīṣmān)
instrumental	भीष्मेण (bhīṣmeṇa)	भीष्माभ्याम् (bhīṣmābhyām)	भीष्मैः (bhīṣmaiḥ)
dative	भीष्माय (bhīṣmāya)	भीष्माभ्याम् (bhīṣmābhyām)	भीष्मेभ्यः (bhīṣmebhyaḥ)
ablative	भीष्मात् (bhīṣmāt)	भीष्माभ्याम् (bhīṣmābhyām)	भीष्मेभ्यः (bhīṣmebhyaḥ)
genitive	भीष्मस्य (bhīṣmasya)	भीष्मयोः (bhīṣmayoḥ)	भीष्माणाम् (bhīṣmāṇām)
locative	भीष्मे (bhīṣme)	भीष्मयोः (bhīṣmayoḥ)	भीष्मेषु (bhīṣmeṣu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “भीष्म”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0758.