- भग
bhágam. (ifc. f. ā andᅠ ī gaṇa bahv-ādi) « dispenser» , gracious lord, patron (applied to gods, esp. to Savitṛi) RV. AV. ;
N. of an Āditya (bestowing wealth andᅠ presiding over love andᅠ marriage, brother of the Dawn, regent of the Nakshatra Uttara-Phalgunī;
Yāska enumerates him among the divinities of the highest sphere;
according to a later legend his eyes were destroyed by Rudra) ib. etc. etc.;
the Nakshatra Uttara-Phalgunī MBh. VI, 81 ;
the sun ib. III, 146 ;
the moon L. ;
N. of a Rudra MBh. ;
good fortune, happiness, welfare, prosperity RV. AV. Br. Yājñ. BhP. ;
(ifc. f. ā) dignity, majesty, distinction, excellence, beauty, loveliness RV. AV. Br. GṛS. BhP. ;
(alsoᅠ n. L. ) love, affection, sexual passion, amorous pleasure, dalliance RV. AV. Br. KātyṠr. BhP. ;
(n. L. ;
ifc. f. ā) the female organs, pudendum muliebre, vulva Mn. MBh. etc.;
(ā) f. in bhagā-nāmnī below ;
n. a partic. Muhūrta Cat. ;
the perinaeum of males L. ;
m. n. = yatna, prayatna, kīrti, yaṡas, vairāgya, icchā, jñāna, mukti, moksha, dharma, ṡrī L. ;
+ cf. Zd. bagha
Old Pers. baga;
Gk. Zεύς βαγαῖος;
Slav. bogǔ, bogatǔ;
Lith. bagótas, na-bágas
Sanskrit-English dictionary. 2013.