The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

B!hulya
B!hulya (nt.) [fr. bahula, the Sk. form for P. b!hulla] abundance Sdhp 77.
B!hulla
B!hulla (nt.) [fr. bahula] 1. abundance, superfluity, great quantity M i.171; A iv.87 (˚kath!) A iv.87; Ps
i.197; J i.81. -- 2. luxurious living, swaggering, puffed up frame of mind Vin i.9, 59, 209; ii.197; iii.251. --
See also b!hulya & b!hullika.
B!hullika
B!hullika (adj.) [fr. b!hulla] living in abundance, swaggering, luxurious, spendthrift Vin i.9 (+padh!na --
vib- bhanto, as also J i.68, with which Kern, Toev. s. v. compares MVastu ii.241 & iii.329); ii.197; iii.250;
M i.14; iii.6; A i.71; iii.108, 179 sq.; J i.68; iii.363. The reading is often b!hulika.
B!husacca
B!husacca (nt.) [fr. bahu+sacca, which latter corresponds to a Sk. $rautya fr. $ru, thus b. is the abstract to
bahussuta. See on expln of word Kern, Toev. s. v.] great learning, profound knowledge M i.445; A i.38 (so
read for bahu˚); ii.218; Vin iii.10; Dh 271; Vv 639.
B!heti
B!heti1 [Caus. of bahati3 or Denom. fr. bahi] to keep away, to keep outside, to ward off; only with ref. to
p!pa (p!paka) to keep away (from) sin S i.141 (b!hetv! p!p!ni); Sn 519=Nd2 464a (b!hetv! p!pak!ni); Dh
267; a popular etymology of br!hma*a (p!pa' bahenti) D iii.94 (b!hitv!, better b!hetv!, expld by
panuditv! DhA iii.393; v. l. K v!h˚). -- pp. b!hita (q. v.). See also nib˚, pari˚.
B!heti
B!heti2 [Caus. of bahati4, cp. Sk. v!hayati] to carry, see sam˚ (samb!hana, meaning rubbing, stroking).
Whether atib!heti belongs here, is doubtful.
Bidala
Bidala (adj. n.) [cp. Sk. vidala in same meaning, fr. vi+dal] 1. a kind of pulse, split pea J iv.353 (=mugga),
in ˚s(pa haricot soup J iv.352. -- 2. a split bamboo cane, in ˚mañcaka a bedstead made of laths of split
bamboo, the use of which is given as one of the characteristic features of the ascetic life Vin ii.149; J i.9;
DhA i.135.
Bindu
Bindu [cp. Vedic bindu & vindu] 1. a drop, usually a drop of water Sn 392, 812 (uda˚); J i.100; Vism 531
(madhu˚); ThA 281; PvA 98 (udaka˚). -- 2. a spot (cp. SBE xvii.155) Vism 222 (˚vicitv! g!v" a spotted
cow). 3. (as adj.) one of the eight qualities of perfect sound (brahma -- ssara, with ref. to the voice of
Brahm! and of Buddha, cp. a&&hanga), which are given at D ii.211= 227 as (saro hoti) vissa&&ho ca viññeyyo
ca mañj( ca savan"yo ca bindu [vv. ll. bandu & bhindu] ca avis!r" ca gambh"ro ca ninn!d" ca. We may
translate by "full, close, compact" (Dial. ii.245 "continuous"). See also below ˚ssara. -- tthan" having
breasts round as a bubble J v.215. -- bindu(') drop by drop DA i.218. -- mat" (f.) Np. of a courtesan of
P!&aliputta in the time of Asoka Miln 121 sq. -- matta measuring a drop, even a drop PvA 100, 104 (eka ˚').
-- s!ra Np. of king of India, father of Asoka Dpvs v.101; vi.15; Mhvs v.18, 19. -- ssara a full rounded voice