"भानु" meaning in Sanskrit

See भानु in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bʱɑː.nú/ [Vedic], /bʱɑː.n̪u/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰaHnúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaHnúš, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-nú-s, from *bʰeh₂- (“to shine, glow light”), whence भाति (bhā́ti, “to shine”). Cognate with Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs), Latin iubar. By surface analysis, भा (bhā) + -नु (-nu). Etymology templates: {{etymon|sa|inh|iir-pro>*bʰaHnúš>ray|afeq|भा>shine|-नु>suffix|id=ray}}, {{inh|sa|inc-pro|*bʰaHnúṣ}} Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰaHnúṣ, {{inh|sa|iir-pro|*bʰaHnúš}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaHnúš, {{inh|sa|ine-pro||*bʰeh₂-nú-s}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-nú-s, {{cog|grc|φῶς}} Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs), {{cog|la|iubar}} Latin iubar, {{surf|sa|भा|-नु}} By surface analysis, भा (bhā) + -नु (-nu) Head templates: {{sa-noun|भा|g=m|g2=f|tr=bhānú}} भानु • (bhānú) stem, m or f (root भा) Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-m|bhānú}}, {{sa-decl-noun-f|bhānú}} Forms: भा नु [canonical], bhānú [romanization], भा [root], no-table-tags [table-tags], भानुः [nominative, singular], भानू [dual, nominative], भानवः [nominative, plural], भानुम् [accusative, singular], भानू [accusative, dual], भानून् [accusative, plural], भानुना [instrumental, singular], भान्वा1 [instrumental, singular], भानुभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], भानुभिः [instrumental, plural], भानवे [dative, singular], भान्वे1 [dative, singular], भानुभ्याम् [dative, dual], भानुभ्यः [dative, plural], भानोः [ablative, singular], भान्वः1 [ablative, singular], भानुभ्याम् [ablative, dual], भानुभ्यः [ablative, plural], भानोः [genitive, singular], भान्वः1 [genitive, singular], भान्वोः [dual, genitive], भानूनाम् [genitive, plural], भानौ [locative, singular], भान्वोः [dual, locative], भानुषु [locative, plural], भानो [singular, vocative], भानू [dual, vocative], भानवः [plural, vocative], no-table-tags [table-tags], भानुः [nominative, singular], भानू [dual, nominative], भानवः [nominative, plural], भानुम् [accusative, singular], भानू [accusative, dual], भानूः [accusative, plural], भान्वा [instrumental, singular], भानुभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], भानुभिः [instrumental, plural], भानवे [dative, singular], भान्वै1 [dative, singular], भानुभ्याम् [dative, dual], भानुभ्यः [dative, plural], भानोः [ablative, singular], भान्वाः1 [ablative, singular], भान्वै2 [ablative, singular], भानुभ्याम् [ablative, dual], भानुभ्यः [ablative, plural], भानोः [genitive, singular], भान्वाः1 [genitive, singular], भान्वै2 [genitive, singular], भान्वोः [dual, genitive], भानूनाम् [genitive, plural], भानौ [locative, singular], भान्वाम्1 [locative, singular], भान्वोः [dual, locative], भानुषु [locative, plural], भानो [singular, vocative], भानू [dual, vocative], भानवः [plural, vocative]
  1. ray of light, light
    Sense id: en-भानु-sa-noun-87LwXrm- Categories (other): Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters, Sanskrit terms belonging to the root भा, Light Disambiguation of Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters: 30 35 7 9 8 8 3 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms belonging to the root भा: 17 9 9 12 25 21 7 Disambiguation of Light: 61 4 7 17 2 6 2
  2. brightness, splendour
    Sense id: en-भानु-sa-noun-Pxp~AiPy Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sanskrit entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs, Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters, Sanskrit terms suffixed with -नु, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 57 3 18 8 7 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 62 3 15 7 7 2 Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs: 9 53 4 6 12 11 4 Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 28 47 7 3 7 6 2 Disambiguation of Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters: 30 35 7 9 8 8 3 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms suffixed with -नु: 10 46 5 7 15 13 4 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 23 43 10 7 7 7 2
  3. appearance
    Sense id: en-भानु-sa-noun-bRYi0PK8
  4. the Sun
    Sense id: en-भानु-sa-noun-wVYw7w10 Categories (other): Sanskrit terms belonging to the root भा, Sun Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms belonging to the root भा: 17 9 9 12 25 21 7 Disambiguation of Sun: 3 1 1 93 1 2 1
  5. king, prince
    Sense id: en-भानु-sa-noun-UYrUp~Jw Categories (other): Sanskrit terms belonging to the root भा Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms belonging to the root भा: 17 9 9 12 25 21 7
  6. (feminine) beautiful woman Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-भानु-sa-noun-kpON9dAZ Categories (other): Sanskrit terms belonging to the root भा, Nobility Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms belonging to the root भा: 17 9 9 12 25 21 7 Disambiguation of Nobility: 21 9 11 12 9 27 9
  7. (in the plural) the Ādityas Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-भानु-sa-noun-tjJ-pXbX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: भानुचन्द्र (bhānucandra) (english: ray-moon)
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    {
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          "_dis": "30 35 7 9 8 8 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 9 9 12 25 21 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root भा",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "61 4 7 17 2 6 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sa",
          "name": "Light",
          "orig": "sa:Light",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "These divinities of the morning have spread light over the world; they make and manifest the light in the eastern portion of the firmament, brightening all things, like warriors burnishing their weapons; the radiant and progressing mothers of the earth, they travel daily on their course.",
          "ref": "c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.92.1",
          "roman": "niṣkṛṇvānā́ ā́yudhānīva dhṛṣṇávaḥ práti gā́vóʼruṣīryanti mātáraḥ.",
          "text": "ए॒ता उ॒ त्या उ॒षसः॑ के॒तुम॑क्रत॒ पूर्वे॒ अर्धे॒ रज॑सो भा॒नुम॑ञ्जते।\nनि॒ष्कृ॒ण्वा॒ना आयु॑धानीव धृ॒ष्णवः॒ प्रति॒ गावोऽरु॑षीर्यन्ति मा॒तरः॑॥\netā́ u tyā́ uṣásaḥ ketúmakrata pū́rve árdhe rájaso bhānúmañjate."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ray of light, light"
      ],
      "id": "en-भानु-sa-noun-87LwXrm-",
      "links": [
        [
          "ray",
          "ray"
        ],
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 57 3 18 8 7 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 62 3 15 7 7 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 53 4 6 12 11 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 47 7 3 7 6 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 35 7 9 8 8 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 46 5 7 15 13 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms suffixed with -नु",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 43 10 7 7 7 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "brightness, splendour"
      ],
      "id": "en-भानु-sa-noun-Pxp~AiPy",
      "links": [
        [
          "brightness",
          "brightness"
        ],
        [
          "splendour",
          "splendour"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "appearance"
      ],
      "id": "en-भानु-sa-noun-bRYi0PK8",
      "links": [
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 9 9 12 25 21 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root भा",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 1 1 93 1 2 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sa",
          "name": "Sun",
          "orig": "sa:Sun",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the Sun"
      ],
      "id": "en-भानु-sa-noun-wVYw7w10",
      "links": [
        [
          "Sun",
          "Sun"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 9 9 12 25 21 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root भा",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "king, prince"
      ],
      "id": "en-भानु-sa-noun-UYrUp~Jw",
      "links": [
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ],
        [
          "prince",
          "prince"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 9 9 12 25 21 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root भा",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 9 11 12 9 27 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sa",
          "name": "Nobility",
          "orig": "sa:Nobility",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beautiful woman"
      ],
      "id": "en-भानु-sa-noun-kpON9dAZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(feminine) beautiful woman"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the Ādityas"
      ],
      "id": "en-भानु-sa-noun-tjJ-pXbX",
      "links": [
        [
          "Āditya",
          "Aditya"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) the Ādityas"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bʱɑː.nú/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bʱɑː.n̪u/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "भानु"
}
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    "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
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    "Sanskrit lemmas",
    "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Sanskrit masculine nouns",
    "Sanskrit nouns",
    "Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
    "Sanskrit nouns with multiple genders",
    "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root भा",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeh₂- (shine)",
    "Sanskrit terms derived from the Proto-Indo-Iranian root *bʰaH-",
    "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
    "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Sanskrit terms suffixed with -नु",
    "Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Sanskrit u-stem nouns",
    "sa:Light",
    "sa:Nobility",
    "sa:Sun"
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ta",
            "2": "பானு"
          },
          "expansion": "Tamil: பானு (pāṉu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tamil: பானு (pāṉu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "ভানু"
          },
          "expansion": "Bengali: ভানু (bhanu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bengali: ভানু (bhanu)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "iir-pro>*bʰaHnúš>ray",
        "4": "afeq",
        "5": "भा>shine",
        "6": "-नु>suffix",
        "id": "ray"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "inc-pro",
        "3": "*bʰaHnúṣ"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰaHnúṣ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*bʰaHnúš"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaHnúš",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*bʰeh₂-nú-s"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-nú-s",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "φῶς"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "iubar"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin iubar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
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        "3": "-नु"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰaHnúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaHnúš, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-nú-s, from *bʰeh₂- (“to shine, glow light”), whence भाति (bhā́ti, “to shine”). Cognate with Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs), Latin iubar. By surface analysis, भा (bhā) + -नु (-nu).",
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      "form": "भा नु",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
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      "form": "bhānú",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "भा",
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        "root"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानुः",
      "roman": "bhānúḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानू",
      "roman": "bhānū́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानवः",
      "roman": "bhānávaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानुम्",
      "roman": "bhānúm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानू",
      "roman": "bhānū́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानून्",
      "roman": "bhānū́n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानुना",
      "roman": "bhānúnā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भान्वा1",
      "roman": "bhānvā́1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानुभ्याम्",
      "roman": "bhānúbhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानुभिः",
      "roman": "bhānúbhiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानवे",
      "roman": "bhānáve",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भान्वे1",
      "roman": "bhānvé1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानुभ्याम्",
      "roman": "bhānúbhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानुभ्यः",
      "roman": "bhānúbhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानोः",
      "roman": "bhānóḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भान्वः1",
      "roman": "bhānváḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानुभ्याम्",
      "roman": "bhānúbhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानुभ्यः",
      "roman": "bhānúbhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानोः",
      "roman": "bhānóḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भान्वः1",
      "roman": "bhānváḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भान्वोः",
      "roman": "bhānvóḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानूनाम्",
      "roman": "bhānūnā́m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानौ",
      "roman": "bhānaú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भान्वोः",
      "roman": "bhānvóḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानुषु",
      "roman": "bhānúṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानो",
      "roman": "bhā́no",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानू",
      "roman": "bhā́nū",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानवः",
      "roman": "bhā́navaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानुः",
      "roman": "bhānúḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानू",
      "roman": "bhānū́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानवः",
      "roman": "bhānávaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानुम्",
      "roman": "bhānúm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानू",
      "roman": "bhānū́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानूः",
      "roman": "bhānū́ḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भान्वा",
      "roman": "bhānvā́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानुभ्याम्",
      "roman": "bhānúbhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानुभिः",
      "roman": "bhānúbhiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानवे",
      "roman": "bhānáve",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भान्वै1",
      "roman": "bhānvaí1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानुभ्याम्",
      "roman": "bhānúbhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानुभ्यः",
      "roman": "bhānúbhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानोः",
      "roman": "bhānóḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भान्वाः1",
      "roman": "bhānvā́ḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भान्वै2",
      "roman": "bhānvaí2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानुभ्याम्",
      "roman": "bhānúbhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानुभ्यः",
      "roman": "bhānúbhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानोः",
      "roman": "bhānóḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भान्वाः1",
      "roman": "bhānvā́ḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भान्वै2",
      "roman": "bhānvaí2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भान्वोः",
      "roman": "bhānvóḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानूनाम्",
      "roman": "bhānūnā́m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानौ",
      "roman": "bhānaú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भान्वाम्1",
      "roman": "bhānvā́m1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भान्वोः",
      "roman": "bhānvóḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानुषु",
      "roman": "bhānúṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानो",
      "roman": "bhā́no",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानू",
      "roman": "bhā́nū",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "भानवः",
      "roman": "bhā́navaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "भा",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "f",
        "tr": "bhānú"
      },
      "expansion": "भानु • (bhānú) stem, m or f (root भा)",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bhānú"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bhānú"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-f"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "ray-moon",
      "roman": "bhānucandra",
      "word": "भानुचन्द्र"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sanskrit terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "These divinities of the morning have spread light over the world; they make and manifest the light in the eastern portion of the firmament, brightening all things, like warriors burnishing their weapons; the radiant and progressing mothers of the earth, they travel daily on their course.",
          "ref": "c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.92.1",
          "roman": "niṣkṛṇvānā́ ā́yudhānīva dhṛṣṇávaḥ práti gā́vóʼruṣīryanti mātáraḥ.",
          "text": "ए॒ता उ॒ त्या उ॒षसः॑ के॒तुम॑क्रत॒ पूर्वे॒ अर्धे॒ रज॑सो भा॒नुम॑ञ्जते।\nनि॒ष्कृ॒ण्वा॒ना आयु॑धानीव धृ॒ष्णवः॒ प्रति॒ गावोऽरु॑षीर्यन्ति मा॒तरः॑॥\netā́ u tyā́ uṣásaḥ ketúmakrata pū́rve árdhe rájaso bhānúmañjate."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ray of light, light"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ray",
          "ray"
        ],
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "brightness, splendour"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "brightness",
          "brightness"
        ],
        [
          "splendour",
          "splendour"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "appearance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the Sun"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Sun",
          "Sun"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "king, prince"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ],
        [
          "prince",
          "prince"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "beautiful woman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(feminine) beautiful woman"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the Ādityas"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Āditya",
          "Aditya"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) the Ādityas"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bʱɑː.nú/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bʱɑː.n̪u/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "भानु"
}

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