1. BAs cl. 1. Ā. ( Dhātup. xvi, 23 ) BAsate (in older language also P. BA/sati , AV. &c.; p. BA/sat , RV. ; pf. baBAse , MBh. ; aor. aBAsizwa Gr. ; fut. BAsizyate , BAsitA , ib. ), to shine, be bright, RV. &c. &c.; to appear (‘as’ or ‘like’ nom. or instr. of an abstract noun), occur to the mind, be conceived or imagined, become clear or evident, Sāh. ; Vedāntas. &c.: Caus. BAsayati , °te ( aor. abaBAsat and abIBasat , Pāṇ. vii, 4, 3 ), to make shine, illuminate, Up. ; MBh. &c. ; to show, make evident, cause to appear (‘by way of’, instr. of an abstract noun), Bhaṭṭ. ; Cat. Desid. biBAsizate Gr. : Intens. bABAsyate , bABAsti , ib. ( cf. √ BA , of which √ BAs is a secondary form).
BAs 1 A. ( BAsate, BAsita ) 1 To shine, glitter, be bright; tAvatkAmanfpAtapatrasuzamaM biMbaM baBAse viDoH Bv. 2. 74 ; 4. 18 ; Ku. 6. 11 ; Bk. 10. 61. 2 To become clear or evident, come into the mind; tvadaMgamArdave dfzwaM kasya citte na BAsate . mAlatISaSaBflleKAkadalInAM kaWoratA Chandr. 5. 42. 3 To appear. — Caus. ( BAsayati-te ) 1 To brighten, irradiate, illuminate; aDivasaMstanumaDvaradIkzitAmasamaBAsamaBAsayadISvaraH R. 9. 21 ; Bg. 15. 6. 2 To show, make clear or evident, manifest; Bk. 15. 42.
BAs f. [ BAs-BAve kvip ] 1 Light, lustre, brightness; dfSA niSeMdIvaracAruBAsA N. 22. 43 ; R. 9. 21 ; Ku. 7. 3. 2 A ray of light; Ki. 5. 38 , 46 ; 9. 6 ; Ratn. 1. 24 ; 4. 16. 3 A reflection, an image. 4 Majesty, glory, splendour. 5 Wish, desire. Comp. — karaH 1 the sun; Śi. 11. 49 ; R. 11. 7 ; 12. 25 ; Ku. 6. 49. 2 a hero. 3 fire. 4 an epithet of Śiva. 5 N. of a celebrated Hindu astronomer who is said to have flourished in the eleventh or twelfth century A. D. — (raM) gold. °dyutiH N: of Viṣṇu. °priyaH a ruby. °saptamI the seventh day in the bright half of Māgha. — kariH the planet Saturn.