Re: Bhos

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "S.Kalyanaraman <kalyan97@...>"
<kalyan97@...> wrote:

> I remember there was a thread on Bo!
>
> I suggest that Bo! is a derivative from bhos (Skt.)
>
> bhos
> interjection or voc. particle commonly used in addressing another
> person or several persons. [from: bhavas; also cited in Pa_n.ini 8-
> 3,17]
>
> While uttering abhiva_daye, after reciting the s'akha and gotra and
> name, the saluting person says: asmi bhoh.

Somehow related to Latin 'fas'?

http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/bHA.html

Torsten