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Monier-Williams · bha
bha aspirate of ba

Monier-Williams · bha
bha (in gram.) N. of the weakest base of nouns (as opp. to pada and aṅga, q.v.) i.e. of the base before the vowel terminations except in strong cases, before feminine suffixes, and before Taddhitas beginning with vowels or y 1-4, 18 &c

Monier-Williams · bha
bha (in prosody) a dactyl

Monier-Williams · bha
bha (√1. bhā), m. N. of the planet Venus or its regent, (= śukra) ‖ semblance, delusion, error ‖ (ā), f. light or a beam of light, lustre, splendour &c. (cf. 2. bhā) ‖ the shadow of a gnomon ‖ appearance, resemblance, likeness (ifc ‖ cf. agni-bha, guḍa-bhā, tantubha) ‖ n. a star, planet, asterism, lunar asterism or mansion (and so also the number 27 ‖ cf. nakṣatra), sign of the zodiac &c