Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
n. [bhas-manin] 1 Ashes; (kalpate) dhruvaṃ citābhasmarajo viśuddhaye Ku. 5. 79.
2 Sacred ashes (smeared on the body); (smani hu ‘to sacrifice in ashes’, i. e. to do a useless work). Comp. agniḥ morbid ap- [Page0811-b+ 57] petite from rapid digestion of food. avaśeṣa a. remaining in the form of ashes; bhasmāvaśeṣaṃ madanaṃ cakāra Ku. 3. 72; Ś. 3. 2. āhvayaḥ camphor. uddhūlanaṃ, guṃṭhanaṃ smearing the...