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The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

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Bi)ibi)ik! (f.) [onomat. cp. E. babble] tittle -- tattle S i.200= Th 1, 119. Mrs. Rh. D. (Brethren 106 n.) trsl<br />

"finglefangle," noting the commentator's paraphrase "vilivilikriy!" (lit. sticky -- sticky -- action?).<br />

B"ja<br />

B"ja (nt.) [cp. Vedic b"ja] 1. seed, germ, semen, spawn. Used very frequently in figurative sense: see on<br />

similes J.P.T.S. 1907, 116. -- D i.135 (˚bhatta seed -- corn & food); iii.44 (the five kinds: see below under<br />

˚g!ma); M i.457; S i.21, 134, 172, 227; iii.54, 91; iv.315; A i.32 (ucchu˚), 135, 223, 229, 239; iii.404;<br />

iv.237; v.213 (ucchu˚); Sn 77 (saddh! b"ja' tapo vu&&hi, cp. SnA 142 sq., where a detailed discussion on<br />

b"ja is found), 209, 235 (kh"*a˚ adj. fig.); J i.242 (ti*a˚ -- !d"ni grass and other seeds), 281; Pv i.11; Vism<br />

555 (in simile); KhA 194 (on Sn 235, in another comparison); Sdhp 24, 270 sq., 318. nibbatta˚ (or nivatta˚)<br />

(adj.) that which has dropped its seed (hence a lawful food) Vin i.215, cp. ii.109; iv.35. -- 2. element, in<br />

udaka˚ whose element is the water J vi.160. -- g!ma seed -- group, seed -- kingdom, seed -- creation (opp.<br />

bh(ta -- g!ma). <strong>The</strong>re are 5 kinds of seeds usually enumd, e. g. at D i.5 (expld at DA i.77, trsln at Dial. i.6<br />

and passim), viz. m(la˚, khandha˚, phalu˚, agga˚, bija˚, or plants propagated by roots, cuttings, joints,<br />

buddings, shoots, seeds (Dial. iii.40: tubers, shoots, berries, joints, seeds). <strong>The</strong> same set occurs at D iii.44,<br />

47; Vin iv.34; SnA 144. -- Without ref. to the 5 kinds at M iii.34; S v.46; Miln 33. -- j!ta species of seed S<br />

iii.54. -- b"ja one of the 5 groups of edible or useful plants, falling under b"jag!ma. It is expld at Vin iv.35<br />

& DA i.81 by the terms pubba**a (i. e. the seven dhaññ!ni or grains, s!li, v"hi, yava, godh(ma, kangu,<br />

varaka, kudr(sa) and apara**a (i. e. beans and other leguminous plants, and gourds such as mugga, m!sa,<br />

tila, kulattha, al!bu, kumbha*.a). -- saka&a a cart ( -- load) of seeds SnA 137.<br />

B"jaka<br />

B"jaka [fr. b"ja] scion, offspring Vin iii.18. -- n"la˚ a water- plant Vin iii.276 (C. on Vin iii.177).<br />

B"jati & B"jan"<br />

B"jati & B"jan" are by -- forms of v"jati & v"jan" (q. v.).<br />

B"jin<br />

B"jin ( -- ˚) (adj.) [fr. b"ja] having seed, only in cpd. eka˚ having one seed (for only one future life) left A<br />

i.233; S v.205; Nett 189, cp. A. iv.380; Kvu ii.471, see also KvuA in J.P.T.S. 1889, 137.<br />

B"bhaccha<br />

B"bhaccha (adj.) [cp. Epic Sk. b"bhatsa, b"bhatsate to feel disgust. Not a des. fr. b!dhate: see Walde, Lat.<br />

Wtb. s. v. fastidium] disgusting, awful, horrible, dreadful J ii.276; iv.71 (˚va**a), Sdhp 603. ˚dassana a<br />

disgusting sight, horrible to behold J i.171; PvA 32, 56, 68, 99 (: all with ref. to Petas). -- <strong>The</strong> spelling<br />

bh"bhaccha (after bh") is sometimes found, e. g. at J i.61; iv.491; v.42.<br />

B"ra*a<br />

B"ra*a [cp. Sk. v"ra*a & v"ra*" -- m(la=u$"ra Hal!yudha 2, 467] a fragrant grass, Andropogon muricatum S<br />

iii.137; (here represented as larger than the kusa & babbaja grasses, smaller than a tree).<br />

Bujjhaka<br />

Bujjhaka (adj.) [fr. budh] intelligent, prudent, judicicus, in a˚ Dpvs ix.17, foolish, imprudent, unmindful of<br />

their own interest (trsln suggested by E. Hardy as preferable to Oldenberg's "unnoticed"). Morris, J.P.T.S.<br />

1893, 69 suggests "not fighting," thus making abujjhaka= avujjh˚=ayujjh˚ (of yudh).

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