भगbhaga

भग (bhaga) is a Sanskrit word meaning see page, a gracious lord or patron, the Nakshatra Uttara Phalgunī, the sun, the moon, an epithet of a Rudra. Its 35 recorded definitions are grouped into 14 contexts, among them Comprehensive Dictionary Entries (Multiple Meanings), Sun or Moon, The Deity Bhaga (Aditya/Rudra/Shiva).

Root
भज् (bhaj)
Etymology
E. भज् to serve, &c. ग aff
Definitions
35
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Meanings by context

Comprehensive Dictionary Entries (Multiple Meanings)

9 definitions
1. A lord, especially the god Savitar. 2. An Aditya associated with welfare, love, and marriage. 3. The lunar asterism Phalguni. 4. The sun. 5. Good fortune or happy lot. 6. Dignity and grandeur. 7. Loveliness and beauty. 8. Love, affection, and amorousness. 9. Pudendum muliebre.

Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Female genitals. 2. Fortune or prosperity. 3. Beauty or splendor. 4. Excellence or greatness. 5. Desire, wish, or love. 6. Strength or vigor. 7. Effort or exertion. 8. Fame or glory. 9. Knowledge. 10. Tranquility or absence of worldly passion. 11. Omnipotence or divine power. 12. Virtue or moral merit. 13. Final emancipation. 14. The sun. 15. An Aditya or solar deity. 16. The moon. 17. A form of Shiva.

Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Fortune, beauty, desire, vigor, glory, or pudendum. 2. The sun, moon, or Shiva.

Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Good fortune, happiness, or prosperity. 2. Loveliness. 3. Excellence or distinction. 4. Desire or love. 5. Amorous sport or dalliance. 6. Pudendum muliebre. 7. Effort or exertion. 8. Fame or glory. 9. Tranquility. 10. Strength or vigor. 11. Omnipotence. 12. Virtue or moral merit. 13. Final emancipation.

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Pudendum muliebre. 2. Fortune and prosperity. 3. Beauty and splendour. 4. Excellence and greatness. 5. Desire, wish, and love. 6. Strength and vigour. 7. Effort and exertion. 8. Fame and glory. 9. Knowledge. 10. Tranquillity and absence of worldly passion. 11. Omnipotence and supreme power. 12. Virtue and moral merit. 13. Final emancipation. 14. The sun. 15. An Aditya or one of the twelve suns. 16. The moon. 17. A form of Shiva.

Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The sun. 2. Shiva. 3. Divine power, fortune, virtue, or beauty. 4. Pudendum muliebre.

Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A distributer, dispenser, gracious lord, or protector. 2. An Aditya and epithet of several gods. 3. A portion, lot, fortune, or abundance. 4. Happiness, dignity, or majesty. 5. Loveliness or beauty. 6. Affection or love. 7. The vulva.

Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Dispenser, rich or kind master, or lord. 2. The Aditya who brings welfare, love, and marriage. 3. Portion, lot, or good fortune. 4. Loveliness.

Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. A liberal or wealthy master, gracious lord, or patron. 2. The name of an Aditya. 3. The name of the sun. 4. The name of the moon. 5. The name of a Rudra. 6. Good fortune, happiness, happy lot, prosperity, or affluence. 7. Dignity, majesty, or distinction. 8. Beauty, loveliness, or excellence. 9. Amorous pleasure, dalliance, love, or affection. 10. The female genital organ.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Sun or Moon

5 definitions
the sun

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the moon

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. The sun. 2. The moon. 3. A form of Shiva.

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the Sun

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

the name of the sun in the month of Pushya

The Purana Index

The Deity Bhaga (Aditya/Rudra/Shiva)

5 definitions
An Aditya who bestows wealth, presides over love and marriage, is a brother of the Dawn, and is the regent of the Nakshatra Uttara-Phalguni.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an epithet of a Rudra

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

An Aditya

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

a Rudra

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

1. A son of Aditi and Aditya who married Siddhi and fathered Mahiman. 2. A deity whose eyes were pulled out by Virabhadra during Daksha's sacrifice and later restored by Shiva. 3. A deity worshipped before building a palace.

The Purana Index

Non-semantic Entries (References, Etymology, Grammatical Notes)

4 definitions
See page 743.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

in bhaganamni

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Cognate with Zend bagha, Old Persian baga, Greek Zeus Bagaios, Slavic bogu and bogatu, and Lithuanian bagotas.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

See column 3

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Muhurta (Unit of Time)

2 definitions
a particular Muhurta

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a muhurta of the day

The Purana Index

Nakshatra (Lunar Asterism)

2 definitions
the Nakshatra Uttara Phalgunī

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the nakshatras Purva and Uttara Phalguni

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Dignity/Excellence/Beauty/Power/Virtue

1 definition
dignity, majesty, distinction, excellence, beauty, and loveliness

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Dispenser/Gracious Lord (Divine Epithet)

1 definition
A gracious lord or patron

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Female Genitalia (Vulva)

1 definition
the female organs

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Fortune/Prosperity/Happiness

1 definition
good fortune, happiness, welfare, and prosperity

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Lexicographical Enumeration of Diverse Meanings/Synonyms

1 definition
1. Effort or exertion 2. Fame or glory 3. Detachment or dispassion 4. Desire or wish 5. Knowledge 6. Liberation or emancipation 7. Virtue or righteousness 8. Divine majesty or prosperity

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Love/Affection/Desire/Passion

1 definition
love, affection, sexual passion, amorous pleasure

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Male Perineum

1 definition
the perinaeum of males

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Part of a Chariot

1 definition
a part of the chariot

The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

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Definitions on this page come from 13 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.