# भोग (bhoga)

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भोग (bhoga) is a Sanskrit word meaning a coil or curve, especially of a serpent, the expanded hood of a snake, a particular kind of military array, the body, enjoyment, eating, or feeding on, use, application. Its 34 recorded definitions are grouped into 7 contexts, among them Enjoyment, Use, Experience, Possession, and Sustenance, Serpent, Coil, Body, and Related Forms, Astronomical Applications.

- **Roots:** 1. भुज् (1. bhuj), 3. भुज् (3. bhuj), 2. भुज् (2. bhuj)
- **Etymology:** E. भुज् to eat, &c. aff. घञ् । — E. bhuj to eat, &c. aff. ghañ
- **SLP1:** `Boga`  **IAST:** bhoga  **Devanagari:** भोग
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhoga
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/bhoga/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** भोगा (bhogā)

## Meanings by context

### Enjoyment, Use, Experience, Possession, and Sustenance (18 definitions)
- enjoyment, eating, or feeding on  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 767,2] 2. भोग (bhoga) m. (√ 3. भुज् (bhuj) ) enjoyment, eating, feeding on Ṛg-veda (Title) &c. &c. (with Jainas ‘enjoying once’, as opp. to उप - भोग (bhoga) (upa-bhoga), q.v. ) [ ID=153111 ]
- use, application  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > use, application, Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title); Gṛhya-sūtra and Śrauta-sūtra (Literary category) &c. [ ID=153112 ]
- fruition, usufruct, or the use of a deposit  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > fruition, usufruct, use of a deposit &c., Manu-smṛti (Title); Yājñavalkya (Author) [ ID=153113 ]
- rule or sway over a country  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > enj° of the earth or of a country i.e. rule, sway, Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=153115 ]
- experiencing, feeling, or perceiving  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > experiencing, feeling, perception (of pleasure or pain), Manu-smṛti (Title); Mahābhārata (Title) &c. [ ID=153116 ]
- 1. Profit, utility, or advantage. 2. Pleasure or delight.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > profit, utility, advantage, pleasure, delight, Ṛg-veda (Title) &c. &c. [ ID=153117 ]
- any object of enjoyment  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > any object of enjoyment (as food, a festival &c.), Mahābhārata (Title); Rāmāyaṇa (Title) [ ID=153118 ]
- possession, property, wealth, revenue  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > possession, property, wealth, revenue, Manu-smṛti (Title); Mahābhārata (Title) &c. [ ID=153119 ]
- wages, especially of prostitution  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > hire, wages ( esp. of prostitution), Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=153120 ]
- 1. Eating, consuming, or enjoying. 2. Fruition, use, or application. 3. Usufruct or property revenue. 4. Sexual enjoyment. 5. Rule or sway. 6. Feeling or perception. 7. Utility, advantage, pleasure, or joy. 8. An object of enjoyment.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > भोग (bhoga) 2. bhóg-a, m. eating, enjoying, consuming; fruition, enjoyment; use, employment application; usufruct; sexual enjoyment; rule, sway; feeling, perception ( of pleasure or pain ); utility, advantage; pleasure, joy; object of enjoyment; property, revenue. [ ID=13405 ]
- 1. Pleasure or enjoyment. 2. Wealth. 3. Nourishing or cherishing. 4. Eating. 5. A snake's body. 6. A snake's expanded hood. 7. Hire. 8. The hire of dancing girls or courtesans. 9. A snake. 10. An army in column. 11. The numerator of a fraction.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > भोग (bhoga) [Printed book page 628 ] भोग (bhoga) m. ( - गः (-gaḥ) ) 1 Pleasure, enjoyment. 2 Wealth. 3 Nourishing, cherishing. 4 Eating. 5 A snake's body. 6 A snake's expanded hood. 7 Hire. 8 The hire of dancing girls or courtezans. 9 A snake. 10 An army in column. 11 (In arithmetic,) The numerator of a fraction. E. भुज (bhuja) to eat, &c., aff. घञ् (ghañ). [ ID=28910 ]
- 1. Pleasure or enjoyment. 2. Eating. 3. Hire. 4. Wealth.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > भोग (bhoga) [Printed book page 563-a ] भोग (bhoga) ( गः ) ((gaḥ)) 1. m. Pleasure, enjoyment; eating; hire; wealth. [ ID=28423 ]
- 1. Eating. 2. Use or enjoyment. 3. Advantage or utility. 4. Sexual enjoyment. 5. Rule or government. 6. Experiencing or suffering. 7. Food or a banquet. 8. Any object of enjoyment. 9. Gain, profit, or wealth. 10. Pleasure or luxury. 11. A coil or curve. 12. The expanded hood or body of a snake. 13. A snake.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > भोग (bhoga) [Printed book page 537-11 ] भोग (bhoga) m. 1. Eating; 2. use, enjoyment, तदुपस्थितमग्रहीदजः पितुराज्ञेति न भोग (bhoga) तृष्णया (tadupasthitamagrahīdajaḥ piturājñeti na bhogatṛṣṇayā) R. viii.2, Megh. ii.49; 3. advantage, utility; 4. sexual enjoyment; 5. the use of a deposit; 6. rule, government; 7. experiencing, suffering; 8. food; 9. a repast, a banquet; 10. food offered to an idol; 11. any object of enjoyment, Bg. i.32, ii.5; 12. gain, profit, income; 13. wealth; 14. pleasure, luxury; 15. the wages of prostitution; 16. a curve, a coil; 17. the expanded hood of a snake; 18. the body of a serpent, भोग (bhoga) िभोग (bhoga) ासमासीनं ददृशुस्तं दिवौकसः (bhogibhogāsamāsīnaṃ dadṛśustaṃ divaukasaḥ) R. x.7, xi.59; 19. a snake. [ ID=28016 ]
- 1. Pleasure or enjoyment. 2. Wealth. 3. Nourishing. 4. Eating or food. 5. A snake's body. 6. A snake's expanded hood. 7. Hire. 8. The hire of dancing girls or courtezans. 9. A snake. 10. An army in column. 11. The numerator of a fraction. 12. A repost. 13. Food offered to an idol. 14. Gain. 15. Rule or government. 16. Experiencing. 17. Advantage. 18. The use of a deposit.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > भोग (bhoga) [Printed book page 538-a ] भोग (bhoga) m. ( - गः (-gaḥ) ) 1. Pleasure, enjoyment. 2. Wealth. 3. Nourishing, cherishing. 4. Eating. 5. A snake's body. 6. A snake's expanded hood. 7. Hire. 8. The hire of dancing girls or courtezans. 9. A snake. 10. An army in column. 11. (In arithmetic,) The numerator of a fraction. 12. Food. 13. A repost. 14. Food offered to an idol. 15. Gain. 16. Rule, government. 17. Experiencing. 18. Advantage. 19. The use of a deposit. E. भुज् (bhuj) to eat, &c. aff. घञ् । (ghañ.) [ ID=29831 ]
- 1. A snake's body or expanded hood. 2. A snake. 3. Feasting, nourishing, or food. 4. An army in column. 5. Pleasure or enjoyment. 6. Usufruct. 7. Possession or wealth. 8. Hire, including the hire of dancing girls.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > भोग (bhoga) [Printed book page 0668-a ] भोग (bhoga) bhoga, i. e. 1. and 2. bhuj + a, m. 1. A snake's body, Utt. Rāmac. 43, 4. 2. A snake. 3. A snake's ex- panded hood, Pañc. ii. d. 131; feasting, Hit. army in column. 5. Nourishing, cherish- ing, food, Bhag. 2, 5. 6. Pleasure, Rām. 3, 53, 3. 7. Enjoyment, Bhartṛ. 2, 35; Pañc. ii. d. 131; feasting, Hit. ii. d. 99. 8. Adverse enjoyment (usu- fruct), Man. 8, 149. 9. Possession. 10. Wealth. 11. Hire. 12. The hire of dancing girls. — Comp. Kāma-, m. sensual enjoyment, Rām. 3, 37, 2. Nāga-, m. a kind of snake, Rām. 5, 74, 31. Nirbh°, i. e. nis-, adj. not attached to pleasure, MBh. 12, 2332. [ ID=10710 ]
- 1. Enjoyment, use, or possession. 2. Dominion or government. 3. Feeling, perception, or pleasure.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 2 भोग (bhoga) m. enjoyment, fruition, use, application, possession, dominion, government; feeling, perception, gain, advantage, pleasure, joy. [ ID=23278 ]
- enjoyment, or the use of food and eating  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > भोग (bhoga) [Printed book page 209-a ] bhóga, m. enjoyment; use; esp. use of food, i. e. eating. [ √2bhuj, ‘enjoy,’ 216. 1.] [ ID=3059 ]
- 1. Enjoyment or fruition. 2. Eating. 3. Use or application. 4. Usufruct or the use of a deposit. 5. Utility, advantage, or profitable aim. 6. Sexual enjoyment. 7. Possession. 8. Ruling, governing, protecting, or rule. 9. Cherishing or nourishing. 10. Suffering or experiencing. 11. Enduring, feeling, or perception of joy or sorrow. 12. Passion. 13. Food or any object of enjoyment. 14. Food offered to an idol. 15. A feast, banquet, or festivity. 16. Income or revenue. 17. Gain, profit, or produce. 18. Money or wealth. 19. Hire or wages of prostitution. 20. In astronomy, the passing of an asterism or the part of the ecliptic occupied by a lunar mansion. 21. In arithmetic, the numerator of a fraction. 22. Name of a preceptor.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > [Printed book page 0722-c ] भोग (bhoga) 2. bhoga, as, m. (fr. rt. 3. bhuj ), en- joyment, fruition; eating; use, application; usufruct, the use of a deposit (Manu VIII. 149); utility, advantage, profitable aim or object; enjoyment (of women), sexual enjoyment; possessing, possession; ruling, governing, protecting, rule, government; cherishing, nourishing; suffering, experiencing; en- during, feeling, perception (of joy or sorrow), pleasure; suffering, passion; any object of enjoyment, that which is eaten, food; food offered to an idol; festivity, feasting, a repast, feast, banquet; income, revenue; gain, profit, produce; money, wealth; hire, the hire of dancing girls or courtezans, wages of prostitution; (in astronomy) the passing (of an asterism); the part of the ecliptic occupied by each of the 27 lunar mansions or Nakṣatras, i. e. 13° 20° or 800°; (in arithmetic) the numerator of a fraction (?); N. of a preceptor. —Bhoga-kara, as, ī, am, producing or affording enjoyment, procuring food or pleasure. —Bhoga-guccha, am, n. hire of prostitution, price paid to harlots. —Bhoga-gṛha, am, n. ‘pleasure-chamber,’ the inner or private apartments, women's apartments, zenana, harem; [cf. bhoga-sthāna. ] —Bhoga-grāma, as, m., N. of a village. —Bhoga-jāta, as, ā, am, produced by enjoyment or by suffering. —Bhoga-dattā, f., N. of a woman. —Bhoga-dā, f. ‘granting enjoyment,’ N. of the goddess of the Piṅgalas. —Bhoga-deva, as, m. ‘having pleasure for a god (?),’ N. of a man (Rāja-taraṅgiṇī VIII. 531). —Bhoga-deha, as, m. ‘the body of suffering,’ the subtle body which a dead person takes with him and with which, accord- ing to his works, he experiences either happiness or misery. —Bhoga-nātha, as, m., N. of a man. —Bhoga-pati, is, m. ‘lord of possession,’ a person in actual possession (of anything), the governor or viceroy of a town or province. —Bhoga-pāla, a groom; [cf. bhogika. ] —Bhoga-piśācikā, f. hunger. —Bhoga-prastha, ās, m. pl., N. of a people. —Bhoga-bhaṭṭa, as, m., N. of a poet. —Bhoga- bhuj, k, k, k, enjoying pleasures. —Bhoga-bhūmi, is, f. ‘land of enjoyment,’ the place where people enjoy the reward of their works, Svarga or paradise, (opposed to karma-bhūmi, ‘land of works.’) —Bho- ga-bhṛtaka, as, m. a servant who works only for maintenance. —Bhoga-maṇḍapa, as, m. the part of the temple of Jagan-nāth where the food to be pre- sented to the idol is cooked. —Bhoga-lābha, as, m. acquisition of enjoyment or profit; the gain or profit made by the use of anything deposited or pledged; welfare. —2. bhoga-vat, ān, atī, at (for 1. see col. 2), furnished with enjoyments, having enjoy- ment, delightful, pleasurable, enjoyable, affording or yielding enjoyment; happy, prosperous; ( ān ), m. dancing, acting and singing; N. of Satya-bhāmā's residence (Hari-vaṃśa 8978); ( atī ), f., N. of a town; epithet of the night of the second lunar day. —Bhoga-vardhana, N. of a country; ( ās ), m. pl. its inhabitants. —Bhoga-varman, ā, m., N. of a king; of a merchant. —Bhoga-vastu, u, n. an object of enjoyment. —Bhoga-sadman, a, n. the abode of pleasure; the inner or women's apartments. —Bho- ga-sena, as, m., N. of a man. —Bhoga-sthāna, am, n. the body as the seat of sensual enjoyment; the women's apartments. —Bhogādhi (°ga-ādhi), is, m. a pledge or deposit which may be used until redeemed. —Bhogānta (°ga-an°), as, m. the end of enjoyment or of suffering. —Bhogāyatana (°ga-āy°), am, n. a place of enjoyment or suffering. —Bho- gārha (°ga-ar°), as, ā, am, fit for enjoyment, to be enjoyed or possessed; ( am ), n. property, wealth, money; [cf. bhogya. ] —Bhogārhya (°ga-ar°), am, n. corn, grain. —Bhogāvalī (°ga-āv°), f. an encomiastic poem, the panegyric of professional Page0723-a+ 81 encomiasts or bards, eulogium. —Bhogāvāsa (°ga- āv°), as, m. ‘abode of pleasure,’ the women's apart- ments; [cf. bhoga-gṛha. ] [ ID=35836 ]

### Serpent, Coil, Body, and Related Forms (9 definitions)
- a coil or curve, especially of a serpent  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 767,2] 1. भोग (bhoga) m. (√ 1. भुज् (bhuj) ) any winding or curve, coil (of a serpent), Ṛg-veda (Title) &c. &c. [ ID=153082 ]
- the expanded hood of a snake  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the expanded hood of a snake, Harivaṃśa (Title); Kāmandakīya-nītisāra (Title); Pañcatantra (Title) [ ID=153083 ]
- a particular kind of military array  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a partic. kind of military array, Kāmandakīya-nītisāra (Title) [ ID=153084 ]
- a snake  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a snake, Suparṇādhyāya (Title) [ ID=153085 ]
- the body  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the body, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=153086 ]
- 1. A serpent's coil or hood. 2. A snake. 3. A kind of military array.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > भोग (bhoga) [Printed book page 210-2 ] भोग (bhoga) 1. bhog-á, m. curve, coil ( of a serpent ); hood of a snake; kind of military array; serpent. [ ID=13404 ]
- winding, curve, coil  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > भोग (bhoga) [Printed book page 386 ] 1 भोग (bhoga) m. winding, curve, coil. [ ID=23277 ]
- 1. A winding, curve, ring, or coil. 2. The expanded hood of a snake. 3. A snake. 4. The body. 5. An army arrayed in column.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > भोग (bhoga) [Printed book page 0722-b ] भोग (bhoga) 1. bhoga, as, m. (fr. rt. 1. bhuj ), any winding or curve, a ring, coil; winding; the ex- panded hood of a snake; a snake; the body; a par- ticular array, an army in column. —Bhoga-tva, am, n. the state of being curved or winding, curvature, curvedness. —1. bhoga-vat, ān, atī, at (for 2. see col. 3), furnished with windings or curves, having rings, ringed [cf. mahā-bh° ]; ( ān ), m. a snake; a mountain; ( atī ), f. a female snake-demon; one of the Mātṛs attending on Skanda; the city of the snake-demons in the subterranean regions [cf. bho- gāvatī ]; the sacred river of the snake-demons, or a Tīrtha in that river sacred to the serpent-king Vāsuki; N. of Ujjayinī in the Dvāpara age. [ ID=35834 ]
- The coil of a serpent  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > भोग (bhoga) [Printed book page 2-112 ] Bhoga in the Rigveda 1 and later 2 denotes the ‘coil’ of a serpent. [ Footnote: 1) v. 29, 6; vi. 75, 14 (where the Hastaghna, or ‘hand-guard,’ of the archer is compared to a snake).] [ Footnote: 2) Av. xi. 9, 5; Taittirīya Saṃhitā, ii. 1, 4, 5. 6; v. 4, 5, 4; Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā, xiii. 4; xxi. 8, etc.] [ ID=2300 ]

### Astronomical Applications (2 definitions)
- the passing through a constellation  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (in astron. ) the passing through a constellation, Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā (Title) [ ID=153121 ]
- the part of the ecliptic occupied by each of the 27 lunar mansions  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the part of the ecliptic occupied by each of the 27 lunar mansions, Sūryasiddhānta (Title) [ ID=153122 ]

### Proper Nouns (Names) (2 definitions)
- Name of a teacher  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a teacher, Catalogue(s) [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ ID=153124 ]
- the name of a Surangana  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1B) [Printed book page 767,2] भोगा (bhogā) f. N. of a Surāṅganā, Siṃhāsana-dvātriṃśikā or Vikramāditya-caritra, Jaina recension (Title) [ ID=153125 ]

### Linguistic/Textual Note (1 definition)
- a wrong reading for bhogyah or bhagyam  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > भोग (bhoga) n. w.r. for भोग (bhoga) ्य (bhogya) or भाग्य (bhāgya). [ ID=153126 ]

### Mathematical Application (Numerator) (1 definition)
- the numerator of a fraction  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (in arithm. ) the numerator of a fraction (?), Horace H. Wilson, author of first Sanskrit-English dictionary in 1819 (Author) [ ID=153123 ]

### Sexual Enjoyment (Specific Focus) (1 definition)
- sexual enjoyment  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > sexual enjoyment, Manu-smṛti (Title); Mahābhārata (Title) &c. [ ID=153114 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; 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 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, University of Cologne.

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