As a deity name
Name 285 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
luminous, splendid, shining, &c. &c.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "bhāsvate" is the dative of "bhāsvat" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "bhāsvat" is derived from "bhās" with the matup suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
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).
2. bhās nf. (cf. 2. bhā) light or ray of light, lustre, brightness, RV. &c. &c. (bhāsāṃ nidhi [Prasaṅg.] and bhāsām pati [Hcat.] m. ‘receptacle or lord of rays of light’, the sun)
bhās—vat (bhās-), mfn. luminous, splendid, shining, RV. &c. &c.
bhās—vat m. the sun, light, brightness, Kāv.; Kathās. &c.
Related forms
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bhās—vat (bhās-), mfn. luminous, splendid, shining, RV. &c. &c.
bhās—vat m. the sun, light, brightness, Kāv.; Kathās. &c.
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).
2. bhās nf. (cf. 2. bhā) light or ray of light, lustre, brightness, RV. &c. &c. (bhāsāṃ nidhi [Prasaṅg.] and bhāsām pati [Hcat.] m. ‘receptacle or lord of rays of light’, the sun)
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