The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

nt. pl. bah(ni Sn 665, 885; gen. dat. bahunna' S i.196; Sn 503, 957, & bah(na' J v.446; Kvu 528 (where id.
p. M i.447 reads bahunna'); instr. bah(hi PvA 241; loc. bah(su PvA 58. -- nt. nom. bahu Dh 258; bahu'
PvA 166, & bahud in compn bahud -- eva (d may be euphonic) J i.170; Bu 20, 32. As nt. n. bahu' a large
quantity A ii.183 (opp. appa'); abl. bahumh! J v.387. As adv. bahu so much Pv ii.1311. -- Compar.
bahutara greater, more, in greater number A i.36 (pl. bahutar!, opp. appak!); ii.183; S v.457, 466; J ii.293;
vi.472; Pv ii.117; Miln 84; PvA 38, 76. -- In composition with words beginning with a vowel (in sandhi)
bahu as a rule appears as bavh˚ (for bahv˚, see Geiger, P.Gr. § 49, 1), but the hiatus form bahu is also
found, as in bahu -- itthiyo J i.398 (besides bahutthika); bahuamacc! J i.125; bahu -- !y!sa (see below).
Besides we have the contracted form bahû as in bahûpak!ra, etc.). -- !b!dha (bavh˚) great suffering
or illness, adj. full of sickness, ailing much M ii.94; A i.107; ii.75, 85; Miln 65; Sdhp 89 (cp. 77). -- !y!sa
(bahu˚) great trouble Th 2, 343. -- (i)tthika (bahutthika) having many women Vin ii.256; S ii.264. -- ûdaka
containing much water J iii.430 (f. bah(dik! & bahodik!). -- ûpak!ra of great service, very helpful, very
useful S iv.295; v.32; M iii.253; It 9; Vin v.191; J i.121; Pv iv.156; PvA 114. -- odaka (bavh˚) =˚ûdaka Th
1, 390. -- kata (a.) benevolent, doing service Vin iv.57, 212. (b) much moved or impressed by (instr.),
paying much attention to Vin i.247. -- kara*"ya having much to do, busy D ii.76; Vin i.71; S ii.215; A
iii.116; DA i.237. -- k!ra (a) favour D!vs iv.39 (b) doing much, of great service, very helpful M i.43, 170;
A i.123, 132; ii.126; S v.67; Pv ii.1219; J iv.422; Miln 264. -- k!ratta service, usefulness KhA 91. -- kicca
having many duties, very busy Vin i.71; D i.106; ii.76; S ii.215; A iii.116; DA i.237. -- kh!ra a kind of
alkali (product of vegetable ash) J vi.454. -- jañña see b!hu˚. -- jana a mass of people, a great multitude, a
crowd, a great many people D i.4; It 78; J vi.358; Pug 30, 57; Pv ii.77; PvA 30. At some passages
interpreted by Bdhgh as "the unconverted, the masses," e. g. D i.47, expld at DA i.143 by "assutav! andha -
- b!la puthujjana"; Dh 320 (bahujjana), expld at DhA iv.3 by "lokiya -- mah!jana." -- j!gara very watchful
Dh 29 (=mahante sativepulle j!gariye &hita DhA i.262); Sn 972 (cp. Nd1 501). -- j!ta growing much,
abundant J vi.536. -- &h!na ( -- cintin) of far -- reaching knowledge, whose thoughts embrace many subjects
J iii.306; iv.467; v.176. -- dhana with many riches PvA 97. -- patta having obtained much, loaded with gifts
Vin iv.243. -- pada many -- footed, a certain order of creatures, such as centipedes, etc. Vin ii.110; iii.52; A
ii.34; It 87. -- (p)phala rich in fruit Sn 1134, cp. Nd2 456. -- (b)b"hi t.t.g., name of cpds. with adj. sense,
indicating possession. -- bha*.a having an abundance of goods, well -- to -- do Vin iii.138; KhA 241. --
bh!*ika= ˚bh!*in PvA 283. -- bh!*it! garrulousness PvA
-- 485 --
283. -- bh!*in garrulous A iii.254, 257; Dh 227. -- bh!va largeness, richness, abundance DhA ii.175. --
bherava very terrible A ii.55. -- maccha rich in fish J iii.430. -- mata much esteemed, venerable Cp. vi.7;
PvA 117. -- manta very tricky DhA ii.4 (v. l. m!ya). -- m!na respect, esteem, veneration J i.90; PvA 50,
155, 274. -- m!ya full of deceit, full of tricks J v.357 (cp. ˚manta). -- vacana (tt.g.) the plural number J
iv.173; PvA 163. -- v!raka the tree Cordia myxa Abhp 558. -- vigh!ta fraught with great pain Th 2, 450. --
vidha various, multiform Cp. xv.7; Pgdp 37. -- sacca see b!hu˚. -- (s)suta having great knowledge, very
learned, well-taught D i.93, 137; iii.252, 282; J i.199; iv.244; A i.24; ii.22, 147, 170, 178; iii.114; Sn 58
(see Nd2 457); It 60, 80; Th 1, 1026; Dh 208; Vin ii.95; J i.93; Miln 19; ThA 274, 281; SnA 109, 110. --
(s)sutaka of great knowledge (ironical) D i.107 (see Dial. i.132).
Bahuka
Bahuka (adj.) [fr. bahu] great, much, many, abundant J. iii.368 (b. jano most people, the majority of p.);
v.388; iv.536; Mhvs 36, 49; PvA 25 (gloss for pah(ta Pv i.52); DhA ii.175. -- nt. bahuka' plenty,
abundance A ii.7=Pug 63; Vism 403 (opp. thoka'). Compar. bahukatara' more J ii.88 (v. l. bahutara').
Bahukkhattu'
Bahukkhattu' (adv.) [bahu+khattu', like sattakkhat- tu', ti˚ etc.] many times Miln 215.
Bahutta