bhīṣmá mfn. terrible, dreadful, [ŚBr.] &c. &c.
bhīṣmá m. (scil. rasa) = bhīṣaṇa, [MW.]
death, [Nyāyas.], Sch.
N. of Śiva, [L.]
a Rākṣasa, [L.]
N. of a son of Śāṃtanu and Gaṅgā (in the great war of the Bharatas he took the side of the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra against the sons of Pāṇḍu, and was renowned for his continence, wisdom, bravery, and fidelity to his word, cf. [IW. 375] and [RTL. 561]-[564]), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.]
pl. the race or followers of Bhīṣma, [MBh.]
n. horror, horribleness, [W.]