The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

splendour, =Ags. bael funeral pile] to shine (forth), to appear D ii.205; Vv 352; J ii.313. -- pp. bh!ta: see
vi˚.
Bh!tika
Bh!tika (& Bh!tiya) [fr. bh!tar, cp. Class. Sk. bhr!t%ka] lit. brotherly, i. e. a brother, often˚ -- : "brother" --
(a) bh!tika: J i.253 (je&&haka˚); vi.32; DhA i.14 (˚thera my Thera -- brother or br. -- thera), 101, 245; PvA
75. (b) bh!tiya: Vism 292 (dve ˚ther! two Th. brothers). -- Cp. bh!tuka.
Bh!tuka
Bh!tuka [=bh!tika, fr. Sk. bhr!t%ka] brother, usually -- ˚, viz. pati˚ brother-in-law, husband's brother J
vi.152; putta˚ son & brother DhA i.314; sa˚ with the brother ThA 71 (Ap. v.36).
Bh!nu
Bh!nu (adj.) [cp. Vedic bh!nu (m.) shine, light, ray; Epic Sk. also "sun"] light, bright red J iii.62 (of the
ka*avera flower); VvA 175 (˚ra'si).
Bh!numant
Bh!numant (adj.) [fr. bh!nu, ray of light Vedic bh!nu- mant, Ep. of Agni; also Epic Sk. the sun] luminous,
brilliant; mostly of the sun; nom. bh!num! S i.196= Th 1, 1252; Vv 6417, 787 (=!dicca VvA 304); J i.183.
acc. bh!numa' Sn 1016. -- The spelling is sometimes bh!*um!.
Bh!yati
Bh!yati [cp. Sk. bhayate, bh", pres. redupl. bibheti; Idg. *bhei, cp. Av. bayente they frighten; Lith. bijotis to
be afraid; Ohg. bib/n=Ger. beben. Nearest synonym is tras] to be afraid. Pres, Ind. 1st sg. bh!y!mi Th 1,
21; Sn p. 48; 2nd sg. bh!yasi Th 2, 248; 1st pl. bh!y!ma J ii.21; 3rd pl. bh!yanto Dh 129; Imper. 2nd pl.
bh!yatha Ud 51; J iii.4; Pot. 3rd sg. bh!ye Sn 964 & bh!yeyya Miln 208; 3rd pl. bh!yeyyu' Miln 208.
Aor. 1st sg. bh!yi' DhA iii.187; 2nd sg. bh!yi Th 1, 764; DhA iii.187; & usually in Prohib. m! bh!yi do
not be afraid S v.369; J i.222; DhA i.253. -- grd. bh!yitabba Nd2 s.v. k!magu*! B; DhA iii.23. Caus. I.
bh!yayate to frighten J iii.99 (C.: utraseti); Caus. II. bh!y!peti J iii.99, 210. -- pp. bh"ta.
Bh!yitabbaka
Bh!yitabbaka (adj.) [grd. of bh!yati+ka] to be feared, dreadful, fearful, Sdhp 95.
Bh!ra
Bh!ra [fr. bh%, Vedic bh!ra; cp. bhara] 1. anything to carry, a load Vin iii.278 (Bdhgh; d!ru˚ a load of
wood). bh!ra' vahati to carry a load A i.84; VvA 23. -- garu˚ a heavy load, as "adj." "carrying a heavy
load" J v.439 (of a woman,=pregnant). -- bh!ratara (adj. compar.) forming a heavier load Miln 155. --
Cp. ati˚, sam˚. -- 2. a load, cartload (as measure of quantity) VvA 12 (sa&&hi -- saka&a˚ -- parim!*a); PvA
102 (aneka˚parim!*a). -- 3. (fig.) a difficult thing, a burden or duty, i. e. a charge, business, office, task,
affair Vism. 375; J i.292; ii.399; iv.427; vi.413; DhA i.6, 111. Several bh!r! or great tasks are mentioned
exemplifying the meaning of "gambh"ra" & "duddasa" (sacc!ni) at VbhA 141, viz. mah! -- samudda'
manthetv! oj!ya n"hara*a'; Sineru -- p!dato v!lik!ya uddhara*a'; pabbata' p")etv! rasassa n"hara*a'. -- 4.
(fig.) in metaphors for the burden of (the factors of renewed) existence (the khandhas and similar agents).
Esp. in phrase panna -- bh!ra "one whose load (or burden) has been laid down," one who has attained
Arahantship M i.139; A iii.84; S i.233; Dh 402 (=ohita -- khandha -- bh!ra DhA iv.168); Sn 626 (same
expln at SnA 467), 914 (expld as patita -- bh!ra, oropita˚, nikkhitta˚ Nd1 334, where 3 bh!ras in this sense