# भाष्य (bhāṣya) Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/bhashya 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 — E. bhāṣ to speak, yat aff - **SLP1:** `BAzya` **IAST:** bhāṣya **Devanagari:** भाष्य - **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhashya - **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/bhashya/declensions.md ## Meanings by context ### Explanatory Work / Commentary (9 definitions) - An explanatory work, exposition, or commentary. *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > an explanatory work, exposition, explanation, commentary ( esp. on technical Sūtras), Mahābhārata (Title); Varāha-mihira [Cologne Addition] (Author) &c. [ ID=150524 ] - 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* > भाष्य (bhāṣya) [Printed book page 205-1 ] भाष्य (bhāṣya) bhāṣ-ya, n. speaking, talking; work written in the common or vernacular tongue; extensive commentary explaining a text ( esp. a Sūtra ) word for word; T. of Patañjaliʼs commentary on the Sūtras of Pāṇini ( otherwise Mahāṣya): -kāra, -kṛt, m. commentator, scholiast, sp. applied to Patañjali. [ ID=13210 ] - 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* > भाष (bhāṣa) ्य (bhāṣya) [Printed book page 619 ] भाष (bhāṣa) ्य (bhāṣya) mfn. ( - ष्यः - ष्या - ष्यं (-ṣyaṃ) (-ṣyaḥ-ṣyā-ṣyaṃ) ) To be said or spoken. n. ( - ष्यं (-ṣyaṃ) ) 1 A commentary, but particularly the explanation and application of a technical Sūtra or aphorism; hence applied to many of the annotations on the grammatical aphorisms of PĀṆINI, to comments on the Vedas, &c. 2 A sort of building. E. भाष (bhāṣa) to speak, यत् (yat) aff. [ ID=28515 ] - 1. A commentary on technical terms or a building. 2. Capable of being spoken. *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > भाष्य (bhāṣya) [Printed book page 555-b ] भाष्य (bhāṣya) ( ष्यं ) ((ṣyaṃ)) 1. n. A commentary on technical terms; a building. a. That may be said or spoken. [ ID=28027 ] - 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* > भाष्य (bhāṣya) [Printed book page 526-12 ] भाष्य (bhāṣya) n. 1. Speaking; 2. work written in any vernacular; 3. a commentary which explains sūtras word by word, adding its own comments, ( सूत्रार्थो वर्ण्यते यत्र पदैः सूत्रानुसारिभिः । स्वपदानि च वर्ण्यते भाष्य (bhāṣya) ं भाष्य (bhāṣya) विदो विदुः (sūtrārtho varṇyate yatra padaiḥ sūtrānusāribhiḥ. svapadāni ca varṇyate bhāṣyaṃ bhāṣyavido viduḥ) ), फणिभाषितभाष्य (bhāṣya) फक्किका (phaṇibhāṣitabhāṣyaphakkikā) Na. ii.95, संक्षिप्तस्याप्यतोऽस्यैव वाक्यस्यार्थगरीयसः सुविस्तरतरा वाचो भाष्य (bhāṣya) भूता भवंतु मे (saṃkṣiptasyāpyato'syaiva vākyasyārthagarīyasaḥ suvistaratarā vāco bhāṣyabhūtā bhavaṃtu me) Sis. ii.24. (The word is pre-eminently applied to Patanjali’s commentary on the sūtras of Pāṇini). [ ID=27463 ] - 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* > भाष् (bhāṣ) य (bhāṣya) [Printed book page 530-b ] भाष् (bhāṣ) य (bhāṣya) mfn. ( ष्यः - ष्या - ष्यं (-ṣyaṃ) (ṣyaḥ-ṣyā-ṣyaṃ) ) To be said or spoken. n. ( - ष्यं (-ṣyaṃ) ) 1. A commentary, but particularly the explanation and application of a technical Sūtra or aphorism; hence applied to many of the annotations on the grammatical aphorisms of PĀṆINI, to comments on the Vedas, &c. 2. A sort of building. E. भाष् (bhāṣ) to speak, यत् (yat) aff. [ ID=29412 ] - 1. Speech or talk. 2. An explanatory work or commentary. *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > भाष्य (bhāṣya) [Printed book page 378 ] भाष्य (bhāṣya) n. speech, talk; any work in the vulgar speech, esp. explanatory work, commentary, also = महाभाष्य (bhāṣya) (mahābhāṣya) q.v. [ ID=22872 ] - 1. Speaking or talking. 2. An exposition, explanation, or commentary. 3. A type of house or building. *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)* > भाष्य (bhāṣya) [Printed book page 0709-a ] Bhāṣya, am, n. speaking, talking; any work in the common or vernacular speech; an explanatory work, exposition, explanation, commentary in general (but especially the explanation of technical Sūtras or aphorisms); Patañjali's commentary on the Sūtras of Pāṇini [cf. mahā-bhāṣya ]; a sort of house or building. —Bhāṣya-kara or bhāṣya-kāra, as, or bhāṣya-kṛt, t, m. ‘commentary-maker,’ the writer of any explanatory work or commentary, a commentator, scholiast, an expounder of technical Sūtras or aphorisms; (especially) an epithet of Patañ- jali, the author of the Mahā-bhāṣya or great com- mentary on Pāṇini; epithet of the commentators Nātha and Śaṅkarācārya. —Bhāṣya-ṭīkā, f., N. of a commentary on the Mahā-bhāṣya; of another commentary better known as Śrīmad-bhāṣya-ṭīkā. —Bhāṣya-pradīpa, as, m., N. of Kaiyaṭa's com- mentary on the Mahā-bhāṣya. —Bhāṣyapradīpa- vivaraṇa, am, n., N. of Iśvarānanda's explanation of the Bhāṣya-pradīpa. —Bhāṣyapradīpoddyota (°pa-ud°), as, m., N. of Nāgojī-bhaṭṭa's expla- nation of Kaiyaṭa's Bhāṣya-pradīpa. —Bhāṣya- ratna-prabhā, f., N. of a commentary on the Śārīraka-mīmāṃsā-bhāṣya. [ ID=35480 ] - commentary *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata* > भाष्य (bhāṣya) [Printed book page 126-2 ] Bhāṣya (commentary). § 270 (Brahmasabhāv.): II, 11, 453 ( Bhāṣyāṇi tarkayuktāṇi dehavanti, in the palace of Brahman).—§ 289 (Arghāharaṇap.): II, 36, 1312 ( sarva- bhāṣyavidāṃ varāḥ ).—§ 709 b (Sulabhā-Janaka-s.): XII, 321, 11866 ( sarvabhāṣyavidāṃ madhye ).—§ 749 (Ānuśāsan.): XIII, 90, 4303 ( ye ca bhāṣyavidaḥ kecid ye ca vyākaraṇe ratāḥ, are paṅktipāvanāḥ and should be invited to śrāddhas). [ ID=1409 ] ### Specific Named Work or Title (2 definitions) - Mahabhashya, the commentary of Patanjali on the Sutras of Panini *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > N. of Patañjali's Comm. on the Sūtras of Pāṇini ( cf. महा - भाष्य (mahā-bhāṣya) ) [ ID=150525 ] - The fourth chapter of the Bhavishya Purana. *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > of the 4th ch. of the Bhaviṣya-purāṇa, khaṇḍa 1 and 2: Bhaviṣya-purāṇa and Bhaviṣyottara-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=150526 ] ### A Type of Building (1 definition) - a sort of house or building *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a sort of house or building, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=150527 ] ### Act of Speaking or Talking (1 definition) - speaking or talking *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H2) [Printed book page 755,3] भाष्य (bhāṣya) n. speaking, talking, Suśruta (Title) [ ID=150522 ] ### Work in Vernacular or Common Speech (1 definition) - any work in the common or vernacular speech *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > any work in the common or vernacular speech, Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā-prātiśākhya (Title); Gṛhya-sūtra (Literary category); Harivaṃśa (Title) [ ID=150523 ] ## Sources Definitions from 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, University of Cologne. The Sanskrit Lexicon app for iPhone, iPad and Mac: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sanskrit-lexicon-dictionary/id6746787546