bhāṇ

bha- (o III 51) in Anspruch genommene drav Wortsippe denkt DFD?, aaO — [Mayrhofer, s.v. bha-, p. 187]

2. bha (in gram. ) N. of the weakest base of nouns (as opp. to pada and aṅga, q.v. ) i.e. of the base before the vowel terminations except in strong cases, before feminine suffixes, and before Taddhita s beginning with vowels or y, Pāṇ. i, 4, 18 &c.

1. bhā cl. 2. P. ( Dhātup. xxiv, 43 ) bhāti ( pr. p. bhāt f. bhāntī or bhātī, Vop. ; Pot. bhāyāt, TBr. ; pl. babhau, Mn. ; MBh. &c.; aor. abhāsīt Gr. Bhaṭṭ. ; fut. bhāsyati, Br. &c.), to shine, be bright or luminous, RV. &c. &c.; to shine forth, appear, show one's self, ib. ; to be splendid or beautiful or eminent, MBh. ; Kāv. &c. (with na, to cut a poor figure, Kathās. ); to appear as, seem, look like, pass for ( nom. with or without iva adv. in vat), MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to be, exist, W. ; to show, exhibit, manifest, Bhaṭṭ. ( v.l. ) : Pass. bhāyate, impers. radiance is put forth by ( instr. ), Bhaṭṭ. : Caus. bhāpayate; aor. abībhapat Gr. : Desid. bibhāsati, ib. : Intens. bābhāyate, bābheti, bābhāti, ib.

2. bhā f. ( nom. prob. bhās) light, brightness, splendour &c. ( cf. f. of 4. bha), VS. ; ŚBr.