As a deity name
Name 18 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 962 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 195 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 4 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
भीम · bhīm · adj.
Fearful, terrible, terrific, horrible, dreadful, frightful, tremendous — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 200
भीम · masculine
Bhima, one of the Pandavas; a male given name, Bhim or Bheem, from Sanskrit; Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and the chief architect of Constitution of India.
भीम
terrible, formidable, fearful
Śabdasāgara also records: भयानक रस · शिव
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi भीम — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit भीम (bhīma).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
bhīma mf(ā)n. fearful, terrific, terrible, awful, formidable, tremendous, RV. &c. &c. (ibc., fearfully &c.)
bhīma m. Rumex Vesicarius, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Rumex Vesicarius
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "bhīma" is the vocative of "bhīmā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
bhīma mf(ā)n. fearful, terrific, terrible, awful, formidable, tremendous, RV. &c. &c. (ibc., fearfully &c.)
bhīma m. Rumex Vesicarius, L.
N. of Rudra-Śiva, ĀśvGṛ.; Uṇ., Sch.
of one of the 8 forms of Śiva, Pur.
of one of the 11 Rudras, Pur.
bhīmā (ā), f. a whip, L.
a bullock's gall-stone, L.
Alternative readings
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