भैमसेनि भैषज

भैरव

भैरव a. (वी f.) [भीरोरिदं अण्]
1 Terrible, frightful, horrible, formidable; U. 5. 6.
2 Miserable.
2 Relating to Bhairava.
−वः
1 A form of Śiva (of which 8 kinds are enumerated).
2 The sentiment of terror (भयानक).
3 Fear, terror.
4 N. of a musical mode (राग) calculated to excite emotions of fear or terror.
−वी
1 A form of the goddess Durgā.
2 N. of a Rāgiṇī in the Hindu musical system.
3 A girl of 12 or a young girl representing the goddess Durgā at the Durga festival.
−वं Terror, horror.
−Comp.
−ईशः an epithet of Viṣṇu (or Śiva ?); so भैरवतर्जकः
−यातना a sort of purificatory torment inflicted by Bhairava of Benares on those who die there, to make their spirits fit for absorption into the Supreme Spirit.

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