bhásman n. (also pl.) ‘what is pulverized a or calcined by fire’, ashes, [AV.] &c. &c. (yuṣmābhir bhasma bhakṣayitavyam, ‘you shall have ashes to eat’ i.e. ‘you shall get nothing’, [Hit.]; °mani-huta. mfn. ‘sacrificed in ashes’ i.e. ‘useless’, [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 47], Sch.)
bhásman n. sacred ashes (smeared on the body; cf. bhasma-dhāraṇa).