The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Bahutta (nt.) [cp. Sk. bahutva'] multiplicity, manifoldedness VbhA 320 (cetan!˚).
Bahudh!
Bahudh! (adv.) [fr. bahu, cp. Vedic bahudh!] in many ways or forms S v.264 (hoti he becomes many), 288;
M i.34; Sn 966; Pv iv.152 (=bah(hi pak!rehi PvA 241); Mhvs 31, 73; D!vs v.68.
Bahula
Bahula (adj.) [usually -- ˚, as ˚ -- only in cpd. ˚!j"va] much, abundant, nt. abundance (˚ -- ); full of, rich in,
fig. given to, intent on, devoted to D ii.73; S i.199, 202; A iii.86 (pariyatti˚), 432 (!loka˚); iv.35; It 27, 30; J
iv.5 (vin!sa˚), 22; PvA 80 (ch!rik' ang!ra˚). -- sayana˚ as much as "particular in one's choice of resting
place" Miln 365 nt. bahula' ( -- ˚) in the fullness of, full of S iii.40 (nibbid!˚). The compn form with karoti
(& kamma) is bahul"˚ (q. v.). Cp. b!hulla. -- !j"va living in abundance (opp. l(kh' !j"vin) D iii.44, 47.
Bahula
Bahula (nt.) [=preceding] N. of a lucky die J vi.281.
Bahul"˚
Bahul"˚ [rare in Ep. Sk.; when found, diff. in meaning] in compn with kar= bahula (adj.)+kar, lit. "to make
much of," i. e. to practise, in foll. words: ˚kata (pp.) practised (frequently), usually combd with bh!vita S
ii.264; iv.200, 322; v.259; A i.6; Vism 267 (=punappuna' kata); ˚katatta (nt.) practice D ii.214; ˚kamma
continuous practice, an act often repeated M i.301; DhsA 406 (=punappuna -- kara*a); ˚karoti to take up
seriously, to practise, devote oneself to (acc.) M i.454; A i.275; iii.79; S iv.322; DhA iii.356 (sevati+);
VbhA 291; ˚k!ra zealous exercise, practice M iii.25 sq. (tab -- bahul"˚ to this end).
Bahuso
Bahuso (adv.) [cp. Sk. bahu$a1] repeatedly PvA 107.
Bah(ta
Bah(ta (adj.) [for pah(ta=Sk. prabh(ta] abundant, much Th 2, 406 (˚ratana, so read for bahuta˚), 435 (for
bahutadhana); J iii.425 (bah(tam ajja' "plenty of food"; ajja=Sk. !dya, with Kern, Toev. s. v. bah(ta for T.
bah(tamajj!, which introd. story takes as bah(ta' =bala' ajja, with ajj! metri causâ. C. expls however as
mataka -- bhatta'); vi.173 (˚tagar! mah"); Pv ii.75 (v. l. for pah(ta, cp. pah(tika).
Bah(taso
Bah(taso (adv.) [der. fr. bah(ta, cp. Sk. prabh(ta$a1] in abundance J iii.484 (where C. expln with bah(taso
is faulty and should perhaps be read pah(taso); vi.538.
B!kuc"
B!kuc" (f.) [cp. *Sk. b!kuc"] the plant Vernonia anthel- minthica Abhp 586.
B!*a
B!*a [cp. Vedic b!*a] an arrow Mbhv 19.