The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

B!dha
B!dha [fr. b!dh] lit. pressing (together), oppression, hin- drance, annoyance J vi.224. Cp. sam˚.
B!dhaka
B!dhaka (adj.) [fr. b!dh] oppressing, harassing, injurious Vism 496 (dukkh! añña' na ˚'); VvA 214; PvA
175.
B!dhakatta
B!dhakatta (nt.) [abstr. fr. b!dhaka] the fact of being oppressive or injurious Vism 496.
B!dhati
B!dhati [Vedic b!dhate, b!dh; Idg. *bheidh to force, cp. Goth. baidjan, Ohg. beitten. See Walde, Lat. Wtb.
s. v. fido. In Pali there seems to have taken place a confusion of roots b!dh and bandh, see b!dheti & other
derivations] to press, weigh on; oppress, hinder, afflict, harm D ii.19; J i.211; iv.124; Vism 400; DhA i.24.
grd. b!dhitabba ThA 65; Pass. b!dhiyati to be afflicted, to become sore, to suffer SnA 481; ThA 282; ppr.
b!dhiyam!na PvA 33 (so read for ˚ayam!na), 69. -- Caus. b!dheti; pp. b!dhita (q. v.). Cp. vi˚.
B!dhana
B!dhana (nt.) [fr. b!dh] 1. snaring, catching (of animals etc.) S v.148; J i.211. -- 2. hindrance DA i.132.
3. affliction, injury, hurting Vism 495; PvA 116.
B!dhita
B!dhita [pp. of b!dhati] oppressed, pressed hard, harassed Dh 342 (but taken by C. as "trapped, snared,"
baddha DhA iv.49); ThA 65.
B!dhin
B!dhin (adj.) ( -- ˚) [fr. b!dh] (lit. oppressing), snaring; as n. a trainer Vin ii.26 (Ari&&ha gaddha˚ -- pubba);
iv.218 (id.).
B!dheti
B!dheti [Caus. of b!dhati; the confusion with bandhati is even more pronounced in the Caus. According to
Kern, Toev. s. v. we find b!dhayati for bandhayati in Sk. as well] 1. to oppress, afflict, hurt, injure J vi.224;
PvA 198 (b!dheyya= he&hayeyya). grd. b!dhan"ya PvA 175. Cp. parib!dheti in same sense. -- 2. to bind,
catch, snare Th 1, 454; 2, 299; J ii.51 (aor. b!dhayi'su); iv.342; v.295, 445 (pot. b!dhaye= b!dheyya C. on
p. 447; vv. ll. baddh˚, bandh˚). grd. b!dhetabba S iv.298.
B!r!*aseyyaka
B!r!*aseyyaka (adj.) [fr. B!r!*as"] of Benares, coming fr. B. (a kind of muslin) D ii.110; iii.260.
B!la
B!la1 (adj.) [cp. Sk. b!la (rarely Vedic, more freq. in Ep. & Class. Sk.); its orig. meaning is "young, unable
to speak," cp. Lat. infans, hence "like a child, childish; infantile"] 1. ignorant (often with ref. to ignorance