भीमbhīma

भीम (bhīma) is a Sanskrit word meaning fearful, terrible, or formidable, rumex vesicarius, an epithet of Rudra and Shiva, one of the eight forms of Shiva, one of the eleven Rudras, of a Devagandharva.

Root
भी (bhī)
Etymology
E. भी to fear, Unādi aff. मक् ।
Definitions
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67 definitions
fearful, terrible, or formidable

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Rumex vesicarius

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an epithet of Rudra and Shiva

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

one of the eight forms of Shiva

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

one of the eleven Rudras

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a Devagandharva

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of one of the Devas called Yajñamush

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

belonging to a Danava

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

belonging to a Vidyadhara

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a son of the Rakshasa Kumbhakarna

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The second son of Pandu, also known as Bhimasena or Vrikodara, famed for his great size, strength, and appetite.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of several other men

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the race of Bhima

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a whip

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a bullock gall-stone

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

An epithet of Durga.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

name of an Apsaras

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

several rivers

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a district

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a town

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Fearful, terrible, dreadful, or formidable

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

An epithet of Shiva

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The Supreme Being

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the sentiment of terror

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Name of the second Pandava prince

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Horror or terror

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

sounding dreadfully

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A loud or dreadful sound. 2. A lion. 3. One of the seven clouds that will appear at the destruction of the world.

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

of terrific prowess

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

an epithet of Vishnu

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

fearfully powerful

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a lion

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Fearful, terrible, or formidable. 2. An epithet of Rudra-Shiva. 3. The second son of Pandu.

Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Horrible, fearful, or terrific. 2. Horror or terror. 3. A name of Shiva. 4. One of the five Pandu princes. 5. A kind of sorrel. 6. A name of Durga. 7. A whip. 8. A sort of perfume.

Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Horror. 2. Shiva, a Pandu prince, or sorrel. 3. Durga, a whip, or a perfume. 4. Fearful, terrific, or tremendous.

Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Terrible, dreadful, or formidable

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. An epithet of Shiva. 2. The second Pandava prince.

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Horrible, fearful, terrific. 2. Horror or terror. 3. An epithet of Shiva. 4. One of the five Pandu princes. 5. A kind of sorrel. 6. An epithet of Durga. 7. A whip. 8. A sort of perfume.

Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Fearful or terrifying. 2. As masculine: Shiva, or one of the Pandu princes. 3. As feminine: Durga, or a whip. 4. As neuter: horror or danger.

Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Fearful or terrible. 2. An epithet of Shiva. 3. A proper name, especially of a Vidarbha king.

Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Fearful or terrible. 2. A proper name.

Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

fearful, dreadful, terrible, formidable, horrible, terrific

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

an asura slain by Shiva

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

a companion of Skanda

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

An ancient king.

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

an epithet of Vishnu

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

an epithet of Shiva

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

a Pandava hero of the Mahabharata

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

A Deva-gandharva

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

brother of Dushyanta

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

an ancient king

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

A king of Vidarbha and father of Damayanti

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

one of the devas

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

son of Dhritarashtra

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

the son of Vijaya and father of Kancana

The Purana Index

1. Shiva with the directions as his wife and heaven as his son. 2. The sixth name of Mahadeva associated with the space element.

The Purana Index

a Vaikuntha God associated with the sun in the months of Madhu and Madhava

The Purana Index

A Marut of the third gana.

The Purana Index

a Mauneya Gandharva

The Purana Index

a son of Khasha and a Rakshasa

The Purana Index

a Vanara chief

The Purana Index

1. A king, the son of Amavasu, and father of Kanchanaprabha. 2. A Vishvajit.

The Purana Index

the Pandava who killed Jarasandha and gave his chariot to Krishna

The Purana Index

1. One of the eleven Rudras. 2. A son of Bhuta and Sarupa. 3. The presiding deity of space.

The Purana Index

an Asura of the Atala region

The Purana Index

a Rakshasa gana

The Purana Index

a son of Mahavirya

The Purana Index

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Definitions on this page come from 13 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 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.