As a Hindi name
भीषा · noun · feminine
डराना । भय दिखाना · डर । भय । भीति — Śabdasāgara
भीषा · bhīshā · s.f.
Fear, dread, terror, fright; intimidation — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 200
Cited formation "भीषा" is भीष + -आ: भीष means "भीख । खैरात", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "भीषा" is भीष + -आ: भीष means "भीख । खैरात", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the act of frightening, intimidation
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Dictionary citations
1. bhīṣā f. the act of frightening, intimidation, Mn. viii, 264.
2. bhīṣā ind. through fear of (abl.), RV.; Br.; Up.
bhīṣā 1 The act of terrifying or frightening, intimidating. 2 Fright, terror.
bhīṣā f. (-ṣā) Terrifying, frightening, intimidation. E. bhī to fear, causal v., aṅ and ṭāp affs.
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