भानु
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- ভানু (Assamese script)
- ᬪᬵᬦᬸ (Balinese script)
- ভানু (Bengali script)
- 𑰥𑰯𑰡𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀪𑀸𑀦𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ဘာနု (Burmese script)
- ભાનુ (Gujarati script)
- ਭਾਨੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌭𑌾𑌨𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦨꦴꦤꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂦𑂰𑂢𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಭಾನು (Kannada script)
- ភានុ (Khmer script)
- ຠານຸ (Lao script)
- ഭാനു (Malayalam script)
- ᢨᠠ᠊ᠠᠨᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘥𑘰𑘡𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠾᠠᢗᠨᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧅𑧑𑧁𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐨𑐵𑐣𑐸 (Newa script)
- ଭାନୁ (Odia script)
- ꢩꢵꢥꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆨𑆳𑆤𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖥𑖯𑖡𑖲 (Siddham script)
- භානු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩳𑩛𑩯𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚡𑚭𑚝𑚰 (Takri script)
- ப⁴ாநு (Tamil script)
- భాను (Telugu script)
- ภานุ (Thai script)
- བྷཱ་ནུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒦𑒰𑒢𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨡𑨊𑨝𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-AryanCategory:Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan#भानुCategory:Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan#भानु *bʰaHnúṣ, from Proto-Indo-IranianCategory:Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian#भानुCategory:Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian#भानु *bʰaHnúš, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#भानुCategory:Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#भानु *bʰeh₂-nú-s, from *bʰeh₂- (“to shine, glow light”), whence भाति (bhā́ti, “to shine”)Category:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#भानु. Cognate with Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs), Latin iubar. By surface analysis, भा (bhā) + -नु (-nu)Category:Sanskrit terms suffixed with -नु#भानु.
Pronunciation
Noun
भा॒नु • (bhānú) stem, m or f (root भा)Category:Sanskrit lemmas#भानुCategory:Sanskrit nouns#भानुCategory:Sanskrit terms belonging to the root भा#भानुCategory:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#भानुCategory:Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script#भानुCategory:Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header#भानुCategory:Sanskrit masculine nouns#भानुCategory:Sanskrit feminine nouns#भानुCategory:Sanskrit nouns with multiple genders#भानुCategory:Pages with entries#भानुCategory:Pages with 1 entry#भानु
- ray of light, light
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.92.1:
- ए॒ता उ॒ त्या उ॒षसः॑ के॒तुम॑क्रत॒ पूर्वे॒ अर्धे॒ रज॑सो भा॒नुम॑ञ्जते।
नि॒ष्कृ॒ण्वा॒ना आयु॑धानीव धृ॒ष्णवः॒ प्रति॒ गावोऽरु॑षीर्यन्ति मा॒तरः॑॥- etā́ u tyā́ uṣásaḥ ketúmakrata pū́rve árdhe rájaso bhānúmañjate.
niṣkṛṇvānā́ ā́yudhānīva dhṛṣṇávaḥ práti gā́vóʼruṣīryanti mātáraḥ. - 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.
- etā́ u tyā́ uṣásaḥ ketúmakrata pū́rve árdhe rájaso bhānúmañjate.
- ए॒ता उ॒ त्या उ॒षसः॑ के॒तुम॑क्रत॒ पूर्वे॒ अर्धे॒ रज॑सो भा॒नुम॑ञ्जते।
- brightness, splendour
- appearance
- the Sun
- king, prince
- (feminine) beautiful woman
- (in the plural) the Ādityas
Declension
- ¹Vedic
- ¹Brāhmaṇas
Related terms
- भानुचन्द्र (bhānucandra, “ray-moon”)
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “भानु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 751, column 1.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bhānú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 538