भेषज

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भेषज (bheṣaja).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʱeː.ʂəd͡ʒ/, [bʱeː.ʃɐd͡ʒ]

Noun

भेषज • (bheṣaj) m

1. (medicine) a pharmaceutical, a medicine

   Synonyms: औषध (auṣadh), दवा (davā), दवाई (davāī)

Declension

Declension of भेषज (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	भेषज bheṣaj	भेषज bheṣaj
oblique	भेषज bheṣaj	भेषजों bheṣajõ
vocative	भेषज bheṣaj	भेषजो bheṣajo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভেষজ (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬾᬱᬚ (Balinese script)
• ভেষজ (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰸𑰬𑰕 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑁂𑀱𑀚 (Brahmi script)
• ဘေၑဇ (Burmese script)
• ભેષજ (Gujarati script)
• ਭੇਸ਼ਜ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑍇𑌷𑌜 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦺꦰꦗ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂵𑂭𑂔 (Kaithi script)
• ಭೇಷಜ (Kannada script)
• ភេឞជ (Khmer script)
• ເຠຩຊ (Lao script)
• ഭേഷജ (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᡝᢢᠠᡯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘹𑘬𑘕 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠧᢔᠠᠽᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑧚𑧌𑦵 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐾𑐲𑐖 (Newa script)
• ଭେଷଜ (Odia script)
• ꢩꢾꢰꢙ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆼𑆰𑆘 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖸𑖬𑖕 (Siddham script)
• භෙෂජ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩔𑪀𑩣 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚲𑚑 (Takri script)
• பே⁴ஷஜ (Tamil script)
• భేషజ (Telugu script)
• เภษช (Thai script)
• བྷེ་ཥ་ཛ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒹𑒭𑒖 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨄𑨯𑨥 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰayšaȷ́ás (“healing, curative”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬀𐬰𐬀 (baēšaza, “curative”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɐj.ʂɐ.d͡ʑɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱeː.ʂɐ.d͡ʑɐ/

Adjective

भेषज • (bheṣajá) stem

1. curative, healing, sanative
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.33.7:

     क्व स्य ते रुद्र मृळयाकुर्हस्तो यो अस्ति भेषजो जलाषः ।
     अपभर्ता रपसो दैव्यस्याभी नु मा वृषभ चक्षमीथाः ॥

     kva sya te rudra mṛḷayākurhasto yo asti bheṣajo jalāṣaḥ.
     apabhartā rapaso daivyasyābhī nu mā vṛṣabha cakṣamīthāḥ.

     Where is that gracious hand of thine, O Rudra, the hand that giveth health and bringeth comfort,
     O Remover of the woe that Gods have sent us? Look thou on me with compassion, O Strong One.

   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
   • c. 700 BCE – 500 BCE, Aitareya Brāhmaṇa

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of भेषज

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	भेषजः (bheṣajáḥ)	भेषजौ (bheṣajaú) भेषजा¹ (bheṣajā́¹)	भेषजाः (bheṣajā́ḥ) भेषजासः¹ (bheṣajā́saḥ¹)
accusative	भेषजम् (bheṣajám)	भेषजौ (bheṣajaú) भेषजा¹ (bheṣajā́¹)	भेषजान् (bheṣajā́n)
instrumental	भेषजेन (bheṣajéna)	भेषजाभ्याम् (bheṣajā́bhyām)	भेषजैः (bheṣajaíḥ) भेषजेभिः¹ (bheṣajébhiḥ¹)
dative	भेषजाय (bheṣajā́ya)	भेषजाभ्याम् (bheṣajā́bhyām)	भेषजेभ्यः (bheṣajébhyaḥ)
ablative	भेषजात् (bheṣajā́t)	भेषजाभ्याम् (bheṣajā́bhyām)	भेषजेभ्यः (bheṣajébhyaḥ)
genitive	भेषजस्य (bheṣajásya)	भेषजयोः (bheṣajáyoḥ)	भेषजानाम् (bheṣajā́nām)
locative	भेषजे (bheṣajé)	भेषजयोः (bheṣajáyoḥ)	भेषजेषु (bheṣajéṣu)
vocative	भेषज (bhéṣaja)	भेषजौ (bhéṣajau) भेषजा¹ (bhéṣajā¹)	भेषजाः (bhéṣajāḥ) भेषजासः¹ (bhéṣajāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of भेषजा

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	भेषजा (bheṣajā́)	भेषजे (bheṣajé)	भेषजाः (bheṣajā́ḥ)
accusative	भेषजाम् (bheṣajā́m)	भेषजे (bheṣajé)	भेषजाः (bheṣajā́ḥ)
instrumental	भेषजया (bheṣajáyā) भेषजा¹ (bheṣajā́¹)	भेषजाभ्याम् (bheṣajā́bhyām)	भेषजाभिः (bheṣajā́bhiḥ)
dative	भेषजायै (bheṣajā́yai)	भेषजाभ्याम् (bheṣajā́bhyām)	भेषजाभ्यः (bheṣajā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	भेषजायाः (bheṣajā́yāḥ) भेषजायै² (bheṣajā́yai²)	भेषजाभ्याम् (bheṣajā́bhyām)	भेषजाभ्यः (bheṣajā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	भेषजायाः (bheṣajā́yāḥ) भेषजायै² (bheṣajā́yai²)	भेषजयोः (bheṣajáyoḥ)	भेषजानाम् (bheṣajā́nām)
locative	भेषजायाम् (bheṣajā́yām)	भेषजयोः (bheṣajáyoḥ)	भेषजासु (bheṣajā́su)
vocative	भेषजे (bhéṣaje)	भेषजे (bhéṣaje)	भेषजाः (bhéṣajāḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of भेषज

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	भेषजम् (bheṣajám)	भेषजे (bheṣajé)	भेषजानि (bheṣajā́ni) भेषजा¹ (bheṣajā́¹)
accusative	भेषजम् (bheṣajám)	भेषजे (bheṣajé)	भेषजानि (bheṣajā́ni) भेषजा¹ (bheṣajā́¹)
instrumental	भेषजेन (bheṣajéna)	भेषजाभ्याम् (bheṣajā́bhyām)	भेषजैः (bheṣajaíḥ) भेषजेभिः¹ (bheṣajébhiḥ¹)
dative	भेषजाय (bheṣajā́ya)	भेषजाभ्याम् (bheṣajā́bhyām)	भेषजेभ्यः (bheṣajébhyaḥ)
ablative	भेषजात् (bheṣajā́t)	भेषजाभ्याम् (bheṣajā́bhyām)	भेषजेभ्यः (bheṣajébhyaḥ)
genitive	भेषजस्य (bheṣajásya)	भेषजयोः (bheṣajáyoḥ)	भेषजानाम् (bheṣajā́nām)
locative	भेषजे (bheṣajé)	भेषजयोः (bheṣajáyoḥ)	भेषजेषु (bheṣajéṣu)
vocative	भेषज (bhéṣaja)	भेषजे (bhéṣaje)	भेषजानि (bhéṣajāni) भेषजा¹ (bhéṣajā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Noun

भेषज • (bheṣajá) stem, n

1. medicine, remedy, drug
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.33.2:

     त्वादत्तेभी रुद्र शंतमेभिः शतं हिमा अशीय भेषजेभिः ।
     व्यस्मद्द्वेषो वितरं व्यंहो व्यमीवाश्चातयस्वा विषूचीः ॥

     tvādattebhī rudra śaṃtamebhiḥ śataṃ himā aśīya bheṣajebhiḥ.
     vyasmaddveṣo vitaraṃ vyaṃho vyamīvāścātayasvā viṣūcīḥ.

     With the most beneficent medicines which thou givest, Rudra, may I attain a hundred winters.
     Far from us banish enmity and hatred, and to all quarters maladies and trouble.

2. healing magic, particularly from the Atharvaveda (ŚrS.)

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of भेषज

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	भेषजम् (bheṣajám)	भेषजे (bheṣajé)	भेषजानि (bheṣajā́ni) भेषजा¹ (bheṣajā́¹)
accusative	भेषजम् (bheṣajám)	भेषजे (bheṣajé)	भेषजानि (bheṣajā́ni) भेषजा¹ (bheṣajā́¹)
instrumental	भेषजेन (bheṣajéna)	भेषजाभ्याम् (bheṣajā́bhyām)	भेषजैः (bheṣajaíḥ) भेषजेभिः¹ (bheṣajébhiḥ¹)
dative	भेषजाय (bheṣajā́ya)	भेषजाभ्याम् (bheṣajā́bhyām)	भेषजेभ्यः (bheṣajébhyaḥ)
ablative	भेषजात् (bheṣajā́t)	भेषजाभ्याम् (bheṣajā́bhyām)	भेषजेभ्यः (bheṣajébhyaḥ)
genitive	भेषजस्य (bheṣajásya)	भेषजयोः (bheṣajáyoḥ)	भेषजानाम् (bheṣajā́nām)
locative	भेषजे (bheṣajé)	भेषजयोः (bheṣajáyoḥ)	भेषजेषु (bheṣajéṣu)
vocative	भेषज (bhéṣaja)	भेषजे (bhéṣaje)	भेषजानि (bhéṣajāni) भेषजा¹ (bhéṣajā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Related terms

• भिषज् (bhiṣaj)
• भिषक्ति (bhiṣakti)
• भेषज्य (bheṣajya)
• भैषज्य (bhaiṣajya)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “भेषज”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0766.