भिषज्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • ভিষজ্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬪᬶᬱᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • ভিষজ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰥𑰰𑰬𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀪𑀺𑀱𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • ဘိၑဇ် (Burmese script)
  • ભિષજ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਭਿਸ਼ਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌭𑌿𑌷𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦨꦶꦰꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂦𑂱𑂭𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಭಿಷಜ್ (Kannada script)
  • ភិឞជ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ຠິຩຊ຺ (Lao script)
  • ഭിഷജ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᢨᡳᢢᠠᡯ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘥𑘱𑘬𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠪᠾᠢᢔᠠᠽ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧅𑧒𑧌𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐨𑐶𑐲𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଭିଷଜ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢩꢶꢰꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆨𑆴𑆰𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖥𑖰𑖬𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • භිෂජ් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩳𑩑𑪀𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚡𑚮𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
  • பி⁴ஷஜ் (Tamil script)
  • భిషజ్ (Telugu script)
  • ภิษชฺ (Thai script)
  • བྷི་ཥ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒦𑒱𑒭𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨡𑨁𑨯𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰišáȷ́ (“physician, healer”), from the root *bʰiš- (“medicine, healing”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬠𐬌𐬱𐬀𐬰- (bišaz-), Northern Kurdish bijişk (“doctor”), Persian پزشک (pezešk, “doctor”).

Pronunciation

Noun

भि॒षज् • (bhiṣáj) stem, m

  1. a healer, a physician
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.18.8:
      उत त्या दैव्या भिषजा शं नः करतो अश्विना ।
      युयुयातामितो रपो अप स्रिधः ॥
      uta tyā daivyā bhiṣajā śaṃ naḥ karato aśvinā.
      yuyuyātāmito rapo apa sridhaḥ.
      And may the Aśvins, the divine Pair of Physicians, send us health:
      May they remove iniquity and chase our foes.

Declension

Masculine root-stem declension of भि॒षज्
singular dual plural
nominative भि॒षक् (bhiṣák) भि॒षजौ॑ (bhiṣájau)
भि॒षजा॑¹ (bhiṣájā¹) 		भि॒षजः॑ (bhiṣájaḥ)
accusative भि॒षज॑म् (bhiṣájam) भि॒षजौ॑ (bhiṣájau)
भि॒षजा॑¹ (bhiṣájā¹) 		भि॒षजः॑ (bhiṣájaḥ)
instrumental भि॒षजा॑ (bhiṣájā) भि॒षग्भ्या॑म् (bhiṣágbhyām) भि॒षग्भिः॑ (bhiṣágbhiḥ)
dative भि॒षजे॑ (bhiṣáje) भि॒षग्भ्या॑म् (bhiṣágbhyām) भि॒षग्भ्यः॑ (bhiṣágbhyaḥ)
ablative भि॒षजः॑ (bhiṣájaḥ) भि॒षग्भ्या॑म् (bhiṣágbhyām) भि॒षग्भ्यः॑ (bhiṣágbhyaḥ)
genitive भि॒षजः॑ (bhiṣájaḥ) भि॒षजोः॑ (bhiṣájoḥ) भि॒षजा॑म् (bhiṣájām)
locative भि॒षजि॑ (bhiṣáji) भि॒षजोः॑ (bhiṣájoḥ) भि॒षक्षु॑ (bhiṣákṣu)
vocative भिष॑क् (bhíṣak) भिष॑जौ (bhíṣajau)
भिष॑जा¹ (bhíṣajā¹) 		भिष॑जः (bhíṣajaḥ)
  • ¹Vedic

Root

भिषज् • (bhiṣaj)

  1. to heal, to cure

Derived terms

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