भाना بھانا ♣ Eng. beacon, phantasm

भाना بھانا ♣ Eng. beacon, phantasm

[bʰānā], v.i. to be liked, pleasing.

[◀MIA: Pk. bhāi, bhāadi ‘shines’, pres. part. bhaṁta-; Pa. bhāti ‘shines’ ◀OIA bhā́ti ‘shines’ RV., ‘is splendid, appears’ MBh. <√bhā ‘shine’ ◀PIE *bhā-, bhō-, bhǝ- ‘to shine’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. beacon, berry ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. banner, buoy, fantasy, phantasm ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0180; (Turner, 1966) 9445, p.537; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 502; (MW, 1899) 0750; (Pokorny, 1959) 0104; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.259