भिषक्ति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From भिषज् (bhiṣáj), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰiš- (“medicine, healing”). See भिषज् (bhiṣáj) for cognates.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱi.ʂɐ́k.ti/, [bʱi.ʂɐ́k̚.ti]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /bʱiˈʂɐk.t̪i/, [bʱiˈʂɐk̚.t̪i]

Verb

भिषक्ति • (bhiṣákti) third-singular present indicative (root भिषज्, class 2, type P)

1. to heal, to cure
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.79.2:

     अभ्यूर्णोति यन्नग्नं भिषक्ति विश्वं यत्तुरम् ।
     प्रेमन्धः ख्यन्निः श्रोणो भूत् ॥

     abhyūrṇoti yannagnaṃ bhiṣakti viśvaṃ yatturam.
     premandhaḥ khyanniḥ śroṇo bhūt.

     [Soma] covers over all that is bare, he cures all that is sick;
     The blind man sees, the cripple walks.

Related terms

• भेषज (bheṣajá)
• भेषज्य (bheṣajyá)
• भिषज्यति (bhiṣajyáti)