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Sanskrit
Etymology
From भिषज् (bhiṣáj), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰiš- (“medicine, healing”). See भिषज् (bhiṣáj) for cognates.
Pronunciation
Verb
भिषक्ति • (bhiṣákti) third-singular indicative (class 2, type P, root भिषज्)
- 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. - covers over all that is bare, he cures all that is sick;
The blind man sees, the cripple walks.