बर्हिस्

Sanskrit

noun
Definitions
  • (rarely ) "that which is plucked up", sacrificial grass, a bed or layer of कुश​ (tr=kuśa) grass (usually strewed over the sacrificial ground and especially over the वेदि (वेदि), to serve as a sacred surface on which to present the oblations, and as a seat for the gods and for the sacrificers) ( etc.)
  • Sacrificial Grass personified (and enumerated among the प्रयाज​ (tr=prayāja) and अनुयाज​ (tr=anuyāja) deities) ()
  • sacrifice (, )
  • ether ()
  • water ()
  • a kind of perfume ()

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *barźʰíṣ inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰarȷ́ʰíš (pillow) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-, *bʰolǵʰis (swell).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰelǵʰ-, *bʰolǵʰis

Gloss

swell

Concept
Semantic Field

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Ontological Category

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