1. bhäsa-
bhäsa- m. ein Raubvogel (Br +). - Pä. bhäsa- m. ein Raubvogel, pkt. bhäsa- m. eine Vogelart. - Nicht sicher erklärt. Gefällig Bur, BSOAS 38 (1975) 76: bh" < idg. *b"oso- ‘nackt’ (nhd. bar, lit. bäsas ‘barfuß’, u.a.); ‘„birds of this kind ... have the head and neck altogether or almost featherless“. - Ki bhäsafka)- als Name von Männern mag eher zu ep. + bhäsa- m. "Glanz’ (- bhäs-, s. BHAS) gehören; der jav. … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. bhäsa-, p. 293]
2. بهَس
1. bhas cl. 3. P. ( Dhātup. xxv, 18 ) babhasti or (3. sg. and pl. ) bapsati (2. du. bhasathas, RV. ; Subj. babhasat or bhasat, ib. ; babdhām, Pāṇ. vi, 4, 100 ; fut. bhasitā, vii, 2, 8 Vārtt. 1, Pat. ; inf. bhasitum, ib. ), to chew, masticate, devour, consume, RV. ; AV. ; ŚBr. ( cf. √ psā); to blame, abuse, Dhātup. xxv, 18 ( cf. √ bharts); to shine, ib.
3. bhāṣ
1. bhāṣ cl. 1. Ā. ( Dhātup. xvi, 11 ) bhāṣate ( ep. also P. ti; pf. babhāṣe, Br. &c.; fut. bhāṣiṣyate or bhāṣitā Gr. : aor. abhāṣiṣi, ṣṭhāḥ, ṣata, Bhaṭṭ. ; inf. bhāṣitum, Up. ; bhāṣṭum, MBh. ; ind.p. bhāṣitvā, bhāṣya, ib. ), to speak, talk, say, tell (with acc. of thing or person, sometimes also with acc. of thing and person), Br. &c. &c.; to speak of or about or on ( acc. ), Kām. ; to announce, declare, Gobh. ; to call, name, describe as (with two acc. ), Mn. ; Śrutab. ; to use or employ in speaking, Nir. ; Suśr. ; Pass. bhāṣyate ( aor. abhāṣi), to be spoken, be addressed or spoken to, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.: Caus. bhāṣayati, te ( aor. ababhāṣat or abībhaṣat, Pāṇ. vii, 4, 3 ), to cause to speak or talk, MārkP. ; to cause to speak i.e. to think, agitate, disquiet, R. ; to say, speak, MBh. : Desid. , bibhāṣiṣate Gr. : Intens. bābhāṣyate, bābhāṣṭi, ib. (sometimes confounded with bhaṣ; cf. √ bhaṇ and bhās).
4. bhāṣā
bhāṣā f. speech, language ( esp. common or vernacular speech, as opp. to Vedic or in later times to Sanskṛt ), Nir. ; Pāṇ. ; Mn. ; MBh.
5. bhāṣā
any Prākṛt dialect or a partic. group of 5 of them ( viz. Māhārāṣṭrī , Śaurasenī , Māgadhī , Prācyā , and Avantī , also called Pañca-vidhā Bhāṣā ; cf. under prākṛta, p. 703), Cat.
6. bhās
1. bhās cl. 1. Ā. ( Dhātup. xvi, 23 ) bhāsate (in older language also P. bhāsati, AV. &c.; p. bhāsat, RV. ; pf. babhāse, MBh. ; aor. abhāsiṣṭa Gr. ; fut. bhāsiṣyate, bhāsitā, ib. ), to shine, be bright, RV. &c. &c.; to appear (‘as’ or ‘like’ nom. or instr. of an abstract noun), occur to the mind, be conceived or imagined, become clear or evident, Sāh. ; Vedāntas. &c.: Caus. bhāsayati, te ( aor. ababhāsat and abībhasat, Pāṇ. vii, 4, 3 ), to make shine, illuminate, Up. ; MBh. &c. ; to show, make evident, cause to appear (‘by way of’, instr. of an abstract noun), Bhaṭṭ. ; Cat. Desid. bibhāsiṣate Gr. : Intens. bābhāsyate, bābhāsti, ib. ( cf. √ bhā, of which √ bhās is a secondary form).
7. bhāsa
a bird of prey, vulture ( L. = śakunta, kukkuṭa, gṛdhra &c.), AdbhBr. ; Āpast. ; MBh. ; Hariv. &c. ( w.r. bhāṣa)