# भास्कर (bhāskara)

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भास्कर (bhāskara) is a Sanskrit word meaning shining, glittering, bright, the sun, an epithet of Shiva, fire, a hero, calotropis Gigantea. Its 25 recorded definitions are grouped into 12 contexts, among them Comprehensive Lexical Entries (Multiple Meanings), The Sun / Solar Deity, Cross-references / Lexicographical Notes.

- **SLP1:** `BAskara`  **IAST:** bhāskara  **Devanagari:** भास्कर
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bh%C4%81skara_%28Bhedabheda_Vedanta%29
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/bhaskara/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Comprehensive Lexical Entries (Multiple Meanings) (7 definitions)
- 1. Shining, luminous, or brilliant. 2. The sun. 3. A celebrated astronomer. 4. A kind of breach.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > भास्कर (bhāskara) [Printed book page 205-2 ] भास्कर (bhāskara) bhās-kará, a. [making light], shining, luminous, brilliant; m. sun; N. esp. of a celebrated astronomer ( twelfthe century A. D. ); kind of breach: -nandin, m. son of the sun; -varman, m. N. and ep. of princes : i, m. pat. of the planet Saturn and of the monkeyking Sugrīva; ī-ya, a. derived from Bhāskara; m. disciple of Bhāskara. [ ID=13217 ]
- 1. Resplendent or shining. 2. The sun. 3. Fire. 4. A hero. 5. The name of a celebrated astronomer. 6. Gold.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > भा (bhā) स (sa) ्कर (bhāskara) [Printed book page 619 ] भा (bhā) स (sa) ्कर (bhāskara) mfn. ( - रः (-raḥ)- रा - रं (-raṃ) (-raḥ-rā-raṃ) ) Resplendent, shining. m. ( - रः (-raḥ) ) 1 The sun. 2 Fire. 3 A hero. 4 The name of a celebrated astronomer. n. ( - रं (-raṃ) ) Gold. E. भा (bhā) light, and कृ (kṛ) to make, अच् (ac) aff., and स (sa) inserted. [ ID=28526 ]
- 1. Shining or bright. 2. The sun. 3. Fire. 4. A hero. 5. The name of an astronomer. 6. Gold.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > भास्कर (bhāskara) [Printed book page 555-b ] भास्क _ र (bhāska_ra) ( रः - रा - रं ) ((raḥ-rā-raṃ)) a. Shining, bright. m. The sun; fire; a hero; name of an astronomer. n. Gold. [ ID=28037 ]
- 1. The sun. 2. A hero. 3. Fire. 4. An epithet of Shiva. 5. The name of a celebrated eleventh-century Hindu astronomer.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > भास्कर (bhāskara) [Printed book page 527-01 ] भास् - कर (bhās-kara) (I) m. 1. the sun, R. xi.7, xii.25, K.S. vi.49; 2. a hero; 3. fire; 4. an epithet of Śiva; 5. name of a celebrated Hindu astronomer who flourished in the eleventh century of the Christian era. [ ID=27468 ]
- Resplendent, shining. 1. The sun. 2. Fire. 3. A hero. 4. A celebrated astronomer. 5. Gold.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > भा (bhā) स (sa) ्कर (bhāskara) [Printed book page 531-a ] भा (bhā) स (sa) ्कर (bhāskara) mfn. ( - रः (-raḥ)- रा - रं (-raṃ) (-raḥ-rā-raṃ) ) Resplendent, shining. m. ( - रः (-raḥ) ) 1. The sun. 2. Fire. 3. A hero. 4. The name of a celebrated astronomer. n. ( - रं (-raṃ) ) Gold. E. भा (bhā) light, and कृ (kṛ) to make, अच् (ac) aff., and स (sa) inserted. [ ID=29424 ]
- 1. Resplendent. 2. The sun, fire, or a hero. 3. Gold.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > भास्कर (bhāskara) [Printed book page 0652-b ] भास्कर (bhāskara) bhās-kara, I. adj. Resplen- dent. II. m. 1. The sun, Pañc. 190, 4. 2. Fire. 3. A hero. III. n. Gold. [ ID=10564 ]
- 1. The sun. 2. A man's name. 3. A kind of breach made by a thief.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > भास्कर (bhāskara) [Printed book page 378 ] भास्कर (bhāskara) a. the same; m. the sun, a man's name, n. a kind of breach (made by a thief). [ ID=22887 ]

### The Sun / Solar Deity (4 definitions)
- the sun  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > भास् (bhās) — कर (—kara) m. ( ifc. f( आ (ā) ). ) the sun, Taittirīya-āraṇyaka (Title) &c. &c. [ ID=150558 ]
- the sun  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > भास्कर (bhāskara) [Printed book page 206-a ] bhās-kará, m. the sun. [‘light-making’: 171 3.] [ ID=2999 ]
- the Sun  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > भास्कर (bhāskara) [Printed book page 126-2 ] *Bhāskara 1 (= the Sun): I, 5381 ( tīkṣṇāṃśo Bhāskara- syāṃśaḥ Karṇo 'rigaṇasūdanaḥ ), 5383 ( °syātmasambhavaḥ, i.e. Karṇa); VI, 2380; VII, 7874 ( Svarbhānu-Bhāskarau, i.e. Alambuṣa and Ghaṭotkaca), 7938 ( Svarbhānur iva Bhāskaram ); IX, 261, 535, 1174, 1333, 1640, 1654, 1858, 1919, 2311, 2457, 2846 ( bhagavān ); XI, 811; XII, 148 ( devena ), 4499 ( tejasām īśaṃ ), 11731, 11733; XIII, 4629, 7093 (the eighth of the twelve Ādityas), 7292 ( Soma-°au ). [ ID=1411 ]
- an epithet of the Sun  
  *The Purana Index*
  > भास्कर (bhāskara) [Printed book page 2-560 ] Bhāskara — (Āditya, Sūrya): an epithet of the Sun; 1 creator of days and therefore of time; is Samvatsara; 2 van- quished by Rāvaṇa; 3 devotees of, reach Śivālayam by dying at Benares; 4 the maṇḍalam of, 9000 yojanas in extent, twice that of the Moon; 5 Dvādaśātma. 6 [ Footnote: 1) M. 11. 10; 93. 13; Vā. 31. 35, 37; Vi. II. 8. 2; VI. 7. 3 and 20.] [ Footnote: 2) Br. II. 13. 124, 126; 21. 6.] [ Footnote: 3) Ib. III. 5. 79; 7. 254; IV. 9. 35.] [ Footnote: 4) M. 183. 104.] [ Footnote: 5) Vā. 50. 61, 63.] [ Footnote: 6) Ib. 53. 42.] [ ID=9627 ]

### Cross-references / Lexicographical Notes (2 definitions)
- See 2. bhās, col. 1.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 756,2] भास् (bhās)- कर (bhās-kara) b &c. See 2. भास् (bhās), col. 1. [ ID=150655 ]
- See under bhās  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > भास्कर (bhāskara) [Printed book page 0709-c ] भास्कर (bhāskara) bhās-kara. See under 2. bhās, col. 2. [ ID=35503 ]

### Gold (2 definitions)
- gold  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > भास् (bhās) — कर (—kara) n. gold, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=150565 ]
- gold  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > भास् - कर (bhās-kara) (II) n. gold. [ ID=27469 ]

### Name of Persons/Authors or Name Component (2 definitions)
- The name of various authors, especially the celebrated astronomer commonly called Bhaskaracharya  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (also with दिक्षित (dikṣita), पण्डित (paṇḍita), भट्ट (bhaṭṭa), मिश्र (miśra), शास्त्रिन् (śāstrin), आचार्य (ācārya) &c.) N. of various authors ( esp. of a celebrated astronomer, commonly called Bhāskarācārya q.v. ) [ ID=150563 ]
- often found at the end of names  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > often found at the end of names ( e.g. ज्ञान - भ् (jñāna-bh) ° (°), ब्रह्मण्य - भ् (brahmaṇya-bh) ° (°) &c.) [ ID=150564 ]

### Name/Epithet of Śiva (2 definitions)
- an epithet of Shiva  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > भास् (bhās) — कर (—kara) m. N. of Śiva, Mahābhārata (Title) [ ID=150559 ]
- an epithet of Shiva  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Bhāskara 2 = Śiva: XIV, 195. [ ID=1412 ]

### A Hero (1 definition)
- a hero  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a hero, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=150561 ]

### A type of breach in a wall (1 definition)
- a kind of breach made by thieves in a wall  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a kind of breach (made by thieves in a wall), Mṛcchakaṭikā (Title) [ ID=150566 ]

### Fire (1 definition)
- fire  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > fire, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=150560 ]

### Name of a Tīrtha (Holy Place) (1 definition)
- Name of a Tirtha  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a Tīrtha, Catalogue(s) [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ ID=150567 ]

### Shining, Luminous, Bright (Adjective) (1 definition)
- Shining, glittering, bright  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 756,1] भास् (bhās) — कर (—kara) a mfn. (also भाः - कर (bhāḥ-kara), Pāṇini (Author) viii, 3, 46, Sch. ) ‘making light’, shining, glittering, bright, Mahābhārata (Title); Bhartṛhari (Author) ( v.l. भासुर (bhāsura) and ° स्वर (°svara) ) [ ID=150557 ]

### The plant Calotropis Gigantea (1 definition)
- Calotropis Gigantea  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > Calotropis Gigantea, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=150562 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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