bhogá m. (√ bhuj) any winding or curve, coil (of a serpent), [RV.] &c. &c.
the expanded hood of a snake, [Hariv.]; [Kām.]; [Pañcat.]
a partic. kind of military array, [Kām.]
a snake, [Suparṇ.]
the body, [L.]
m. (√ 3. bhuj) enjoyment, eating, feeding on [RV.] &c. &c. (with Jainas ‘enjoying once’, as opp. to upa-bhoga, q.v.)
use, application, [ŚBr.]; [GṛŚrS.] &c.
fruition, usufruct, use of a deposit &c., [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]
sexual enjoyment, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
enjoyment of the earth or of a country i.e. rule, sway, [MārkP.]
experiencing, feeling, perception (of pleasure or pain), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
profit, utility, advantage, pleasure, delight, [RV.] &c. &c.
any object of enjoyment (as food, a festival &c.), [MBh.]; [R.]
possession, property, wealth, revenue, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
hire, wages (esp. of prostitution), [L.]
(in astron.) the passing through a constellation, [VarBṛS.]
the part of the ecliptic occupied by each of the 27 lunar mansions, [Sūryas.]
(in arithm.) the numerator of a fraction (?), [W.]
N. of a teacher, [Cat.]
n. w.r. for bhogya or bhāgya.