بہ

ative or adjective compound (a class of compounds in which the last member, being a substantive, loses its independence as well as its original grammatical character, and together with the first member serves only to qualify or define another word; the words so formed are usually called epithets; e.g. ćatur-bhuj, 'the four-armed,' an epithetof Vishnu. The word bahu-vrīhi itself is an example of this rule):—bahu-vīj, adj. & s.m. Containing much seed, having many seeds;—the custard-apple, Annona squamosa:—bahu-vīrya, adj. & s.m. Containing much seed (=bahu-vīj);—the plant Terminalia bellerica; the plant Amaranthus polygonoides; the plant Bombax heptaphyllum; the plant Vangueria spinosa; name of several other plants.