As a deity name
Name 643 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 578 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
भेषज · noun · masculine
औषध । दवा · चिकित्सा । उपचार (को॰) · जल । पानी — Śabdasāgara
भेषज · bheshaj · s.m.
Medicament, drug, remedy; a species of fennel, Nigella indica — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 200
भेषज · masculine
a pharmaceutical, a medicine
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi भेषज — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit भेषज (bheṣaja).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
bheṣaja mf(ī)n. (fr. 1. bhiṣaj) curing, healing, sanative, RV.; AV.; AitBr.
bheṣaja n. a remedy, medicine, medicament, drug, remedy against (gen. or comp.), RV. &c. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a remedy, medicine, medicament, drug, remedy against (gen. or comp.), &c. &c.
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
bheṣaja mf(ī)n. (fr. 1. bhiṣaj) curing, healing, sanative, RV.; AV.; AitBr.
bheṣaja n. a remedy, medicine, medicament, drug, remedy against (gen. or comp.), RV. &c. &c.
a spell or charm for curative purposes (generally from Atharva-veda), ŚrS.
water, Naigh. i, 12
Nigella Indica, W.
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