…dust Vv-a.348.

cp. Vedic bhasman (adj.); Sk. bhasman (n.), originally ppr. of bhas to chew & thus n-stem. It has passed into the a-decl. in…

…the Dīgha passage by bhasmapuṭena sīse chārikaṃ okiritvā ti attho DN-a.i.267. After all it is the same as…

1. see bhasati.
2. pp. of bhas “crumbled to ashes” see bhasma.

…dust Vv-a.348.

cp. Vedic bhasman (adj.); Sk. bhasman (n.), originally ppr. of bhas to chew & thus n-stem. It has passed into the a-decl. in…

…cp. bhasmī-karaṇa s. v. bhasma, etc.

II. Meanings.

In general the meaning “to become, to get” prevails, but many shades of it…

…Ja.vi.133 (variant reading bhasma).

cp. Vedic bhīṣma of which the regular P. form is bhiṃsa, of bhī; bhesma would…

…dry, clear. See also khāra bhasma.

…Gr. ψώξω; see Walde, Lat. Wtb. under sabulum & cp. bhasman probably Non-Aryan

…khāribhāro kodho dhūmo bhasmani mosavajjaṃ etc. “anger is the smoke (smouldering) in the ashes” SN.i.169 = Cnd.576
■ kodhaṃ…

…DN.i.70 (˚paccāmitta); Pv.iv.3#26 (su˚ well applied); Pv-a.252 (bhasma-nihita thrown into the ashes);…