भास् [ bhās ] [ bhās ]1 Root cl. [1] Ā. ( Lit. Dhātup. xvi , 23) [ bhāsate ] ( in older language also P. [ bhā́sati ] Lit. AV. ; p. [ bhā́sat ] Lit. RV. ; pf. [ babhāse ] Lit. MBh. ; aor. [ abhāsiṣṭa ] Gr. ; fut. [ bhāsiṣyate ] , [ bhāsitā ] Lit. ib.) , to shine , be bright Lit. RV. ; to appear ( " as " or " like " nom. or instr. of an abstract noun) , occur to the mind , be conceived or imagined , become clear or evident Lit. Sāh. Lit. Vedântas. : Caus. [ bhāsayati ] , [ °te ] (aor. [ ababhāsat ] and [ abībhasat ] Lit. Pāṇ. 7-4 , 3) , to make shine , illuminate Lit. Up. Lit. MBh. ; to show , make evident , cause to appear ( " by way of. " instr. of an abstract noun) Lit. Bhaṭṭ. Lit. Cat. Desid. [ bibhāsiṣate ] Gr.: Intens. [ bābhāsyate ] , [ bābhāsti ] Lit. ib. ( cf. √ [ bhā ] , of which √ [ bhās ] is a secondary form) . ( 755,3 )