cl. 1. Ā. ([Dhātup. xvi, 23]) bhāsate (in older language also P. bhā́sati, [AV.] &c.; p. bhā́sat, [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 √ is a secondary form).
bhā́s nf. (cf. 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)
an image, reflection shadow, [MW.]
glory, splendour, majesty, [L.]
wish, desire, [L.]