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bhā

bhā́ f. (ā́) light or a beam of light, lustre, splendour, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Var.] &c. (cf. 2. )

the shadow of a gnomon, [Sūryas.]

appearance, resemblance, likeness (ifc.; cf. agni-bha, guḍa-bhā, tantu-bha)

cl. 2. P. ([Dhātup. xxiv, 43]) bhā́ti (pr. p. bhāt f. bhāntī or bhātī, [Vop.]; Pot. bhāyāt, [TBr.]; pl. babhau, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; aor. abhāsīt Gr. [Bhaṭṭ.]; fut. bhāsyáti, [Br.] &c.), to shine, be bright or luminous, [RV.] &c. &c.; to shine forth, appear, show one's self, [ib.]; to be splendid or beautiful or eminent, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (with na, to cut a poor figure, [Kathās.]); to appear as, seem, look like, pass for (nom. with or without iva adv. in vat), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to be, exist, [W.]; to show, exhibit, manifest, [Bhaṭṭ.] (v.l.) : Pass. bhāyate, impers. radiance is put forth by (instr.), [Bhaṭṭ.] : Caus. bhāpayate; aor. abībhapat Gr.: Desid. bibhāsati, [ib.] : Intens. bābhāyate, bābheti, bābhāti, [ib.]

[cf. √ bhan, bhāṣ, bhās; Gk. ϕημί, ϕάσκω; Lat. fāri &c.; Germ. Bann; Eng. ban.]

bhā́ f. (nom. prob. bhā́s) light, brightness, splendour &c. (cf. f. of 4. bha), [VS.]; [ŚBr.]

bhā́ m. the sun, [L.] (cf. 2. bhās).