Bhasta, Bhastā, Bhashta: 3 definitions
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Bhasta means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarybhastā : (f.) the bellows; a leather bag.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryBhastā, (f.) & bhasta (nt.) (cp. Class. Sk. bhastrā (also one MBh. passage), orig. n. ag. fr. bhas (to bark?), lit. bellower, blower) 1. a bellows Th. 1, 1134; J. VI, 12 (vāta-puṇṇa-bhasta-camma, skin of bellows full of wind); SnA 171 (vāta-pūrita-bhastrā viya), 494 (vātabharita°); DhA. I, 442 (bhastaṃ dhamāpeti); Vism. 287.—2. a sack Th. 1, 1151; 2, 466 (T. reads gatta, but ThA. 283 reads bhasta & explains as “camma-pasibbaka”); J. III, 346 (sattu°=sattu pasibbaka flour sack); V, 45; ThA. 212 (udaka°). biḷāra-bhastā a bag of catskin M. I, 128 (=biḷāra-camma-pasibbaka Bdhgh); Th. 1, 1138. (Page 500)
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Bhasta, (cp. Vedic basta) a he-goat J. III, 278. (Page 500)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryBhāṣṭa (भाष्ट).—(= Sanskrit bhāṣita), ppp. of Sanskrit bhāṣati, says, speaks (§ 34.11): Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 283.8 (verse) twice, and 11 (verse).
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Bhashtana, Bhastaka.
Ends with: Bilarabhasta, Cammabhasta, Sattubhasta, Ubhashta, Udakabhasta.
Full-text: Cammabhasta, Sattupasibbaka, Udakabhasta, Odaka, Rindi, Pratyanubhashati, Bidalabhastra, Bilara, Bha.
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