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भाष्यbhāṣya

भाष्य (bhāṣya) is a Sanskrit word meaning speaking or talking, any work in the common or vernacular speech, an explanatory work, exposition, or commentary, the fourth chapter of the Bhavishya Purana, a sort of house or building, an exposition, explanation, or commentary. Its 14 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them Explanatory Work / Commentary, Specific Named Work or Title, A Type of Building.

Etymology
E. भाष् to speak, यत् aff
Definitions
14
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Meanings by context

Explanatory Work / Commentary

9 definitions
An explanatory work, exposition, or commentary.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Speaking or talking. 2. A work written in the vernacular tongue. 3. An extensive commentary explaining a text word for word.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. To be said or spoken. 2. A commentary, particularly the explanation of a technical aphorism. 3. A sort of building.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A commentary on technical terms or a building. 2. Capable of being spoken.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Speaking. 2. A work written in a vernacular language. 3. A commentary explaining texts word by word with additional explanations.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. To be said or spoken. 2. A commentary or explanatory text on a technical work. 3. A sort of building.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Speech or talk. 2. An explanatory work or commentary.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Speaking or talking. 2. An exposition, explanation, or commentary. 3. A type of house or building.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

commentary

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Specific Named Work or Title

2 definitions
Mahabhashya, the commentary of Patanjali on the Sutras of Panini

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The fourth chapter of the Bhavishya Purana.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A Type of Building

1 definition
a sort of house or building

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Act of Speaking or Talking

1 definition
speaking or talking

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Work in Vernacular or Common Speech

1 definition
any work in the common or vernacular speech

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 9 works: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.