bhasma
Bhasma，（n） （nt．） [cp．Vedic bhasman （adj．）; Sk．bhasman （n．），originally ppr．of bhas to chew & thus n-stem．It has passed into the a-decl．in Pali，except in the Loc．bhasmani （S．I，169）．Etymologically & semantically bhasman is either “chewing＂ or “anything chewed （small），＂ thus meaning particle，dust，sand，etc．; and bhas is another form of psā （cp．Sk．psā morsel of food，psāta hungry=P．chāta）．Idg．*bhsā & *bhsam，represented in Gr．yw/xw to grind，yάmmos & yώxos sand; Lat．sabulum sand．The Dhtp 326 & Dhtm 452 explain bhas by bhasmīkaraṇa “reduce to ashes，＂ a pp．of it is bhasita; it also occurs in Sk．Loc．bhasi] ashes S．I，169=Nd2 576 （Loc．bhasmani）; Vv 8444; J．III，426; Vism．469 （in comparison）．
--antāhuti （bhasm’ant’āhuti） “whose sacrifice ends in ashes＂ D．I，55 （so read for bhassant°，according to DA．I，166，& cp．Franke，Dīgha Nikāya p．60）; M．I，515; S．III，207．--âcchanna covered by ashes Dh．71 （=chārikāya paṭichanna DhA．II，68）; J．VI，236 （．．．va pāvaka）． --puṭa a sack for ashes DA．I，267 （as expln for assa-puṭa of D．I．98; fanciful; see assa1）．--bhāva “ashy＂ state，state of being crumbled to dust VvA．348．（Page 500）