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Bahulya
Bahulya (nt.) [fr. bahula, the Sk. form for P. bahuUa]
abundance Sdhp 77.
BahuUa (nt.) [fr. bahula] i. abundance, superfluity, great
quantity M 1.171 ; A iv.87 (°katha) A iv.87 Ps 1M97 ;
;
1. 81. — 2. luxurious living, swaggering, puffed up
J
frame of mind Vin i.g, 59, 209; 11.197; ni.251. — See
also bahulya & bahuUika.
BahuUika (adj.) [fr. bahuUa] living in abundance, swaggering
luxurious, spendthrift Vin 1.9 (+ padhana-vibbhanto,
as also J
1.68, with which Kern, Toev. s. v.
compares MVastu 11.241 & 111.329) "-'97; m-^So ;
:
M 1. ; 14 ni.6 ; A 1.71 ; in. 108, 179 sq. ; ] i&» ni.sbs-
;
The reading is often bahulika.
Bahusacca (nt.) [fr. bahu+ sacca, which latter corresponds
to a Sk. srautva fr. sru, thus b. is the abstract to bahussuta.
See on expl° of word Kern, Toev. s. v.] great
learning, profound knowledge M 1.445 A ; 1.38 (so read
63'.
for bahu°) ; 11.2 18 ; Vin 111.10 Dh ; 271 Vv ;
Baheti' [Caus. of bahati^ or Denom. fr, bahi] to keep awaj
to keep outside, to ward off ; only with ref. to papa
(papaka) to keep away (from) sin S 1.141 (b^^^^t:;j|
papani); Sn 519 -Nd^ 464' (bahetva papakani) ;
'O7 a popular etymology of brahmana (papag bahenti)
D 111.94 (bahitva, better bahetva, cxpld by
panuditva DhA 111.393; v. 1. K vah°). — pp. bahita
(q. v.). See also nib°, pari".
Dh
Baheti- [Caus. of bahati*. cp. Sk. vahayati] to carry, see
sam° (sambahana, meaning rubbing, stroking). Whether
atibaheti belongs here, is doubtful.
Bidala (adj. n.) [cp. Sk. vidala in same meaning, fr.
vi+dal] 1. akindof pulse, split pea J IV. 353 ( = mugga),
in °supa haricot soup J iv.352. — 2. a split bamboo
cane, in "maficaka a bedstead made of laths of split
bamboo, the use of which is given as one of the charac-
teristic features of the ascetic life Vin 11.149; J 1-9;
DhA I.I35-
1 10
drop, usually a drop
Bindu [cp. Vedic bindu & vindu] 1 . a
ofwaterSn392,8i2 (uda°) ; J i.ico ; Vism 531 (madhu°) ;
ThA 281; PvA 98 (udaka°). — 2. a spot (cp. SBE
XVII. 155) Vism 222 ("vicitva gavl a spotted cow).
'3. (as adj.) one of the eight quaUties of perfect sound
(brahma-ssara, with ref. to the voice of Brahma and of
Buddha, cp. atthanga), which are given at D 11.211 =
227 as (saro hoti) vissattho ca viiifieyyo ca manju ca
savaniyo ca bindu [vv. 11. bandu & bhindu] ca avisarl
oa gambhiro ca ninnadi ca. We may translate by
"full, close, compact" (Dial. 11.245 "continuous").
See also below "ssara.
-tthan! having breasts round as a bubble J v. 2 15.
-bindu(r)) drop .by drop DA 1.2 18. -mati (f) Np. of a
courtesan of Pataliputta in the time of Asoka Miln
121 sq. -matta measuring a drop, even a drop PvA
100, 104 (eka °r)). -sara Np. of king of India, father of
Asoka Dpvs v.ioi ; vi.15; Mhvs v.i8, 19. -ssara a
full rounded voice Sn 350 (referred by SnA to a Mahapurisa)
; adj. having a full voice (see above bindu 3)
Pv III. 3* (T. vindu", BB bindu" ; PvA expl"- by avis-
sattha-ssara sampiiidita-ssara, i. e. "continuous");
J ii.439 ( = bindhuna avisatena pinditena sarenasamannagata
C.) ; v. 204, 299 ( = sampindita-ghana-ssara)
VI. 518=581 ( = pindita-ssara C).
Bimba (nt.) [cp. Class. Sk. bimba] i. shape, image (=patiraaVvA
168) Si. 134 (trsl. " puppet"); v.217 (vimba)
J V.452. In phrase cittakatag bimbag it refers to the
human body (" the tricked-out puppet-shape " Brethren
303): M 11.64 =Th I, 769 = Dh i47=VvA 47, cp.
DhA HI. 109 ( = attabhava). — 2. the red fruit of
Momordica monadelpha, a species of Amaranth [cp. Sk.
bimba & bimbl. a kind of gourd] J in. 478 vi.457, ; 591 ;
'
Bilk
Vv 368 (kancana°-vanna of the colour of the golden
Bimba Dhp. at VvA lO,^ takes it as bimbai =patima
DhA 1.387 (°phala, with ref. to red lips), bimbottha
(f °i) (having) red lips ill.
J 477; vi.590 (nigrodhapatta-bimb'
otthi) ThA 133 (Ap- v.57). The Sk. vimbi
according to Halayudha 2. 48 is equal to osthi, a plant
(Bryonia grandis?).
-otthi see above 2. -ohana [second part either =
*uhana vahana " carrying," or contracted form of
odahana fr. ava-l- dha, i. e. *odhana *ohana " putting
down " or still more likelv for uhana as seen in uhanati2'2
fr. ud+hy raising, lifting up] a pillow Vin 1^47
Ibhisi") II 76, 150, 2c8, 2cc, 218; 111.90, 119 (bhisi );
•
IV 279 's 11.268 ; A III. 240 ;
VbhA
365 ; Vism 79- See
also bhisii. -jala [BR. himbaja ?] the Bimba tree,
Momordica monadelpha (lit. net of b. fruits) J 1.39;
VI 497 (cp p. 498 ratf ankura-rukkhar) probably with
v. 1. to be read ratta-kuravaka", see bimbi-jala) ;
Bu XVI. 19.
Bimbaka = bimba 2 ;
VvA 1O8.
Bimbi (or bimbi) [ = Sk. bimbi, sec bimba] gold, of golden
(in Bdhgh's fanciful etym.
colour DA 1.280 =SnA 448
of king Bimbisara, viz. bimbi ti suvannar), sarasuvanna-sadisa-vannataya
B.).
-jala the red amaranth tree, the Bodhi tree of the
former Buddha Dhammadassin J 1.39; v.155. At
J VI. 497, 498 the form is bimbajala. The C. expl"
gives ratta-kuravaka as a synonym.
Bila' (nt.) [Vedic bila, perhaps fr. bhid to break, cp.
KZ 12, 123. Thus already expH by Dhtp 489: bila
bhedane] a hole, den, cave A 11.33 = S 111.85 Th i, 189 ;
;
Nd' ^62
•
J 1.480; 11.5^; VI.574 ( = guhaC.); Miln 151 ;
Sdhp M —kanna" orifice of the ear Vism 195 'am-
;
rnika" anfs nest J
iv.30 ; sota° = kanna° DhsA 3i"-
-asaya (adj.) living in holes, a cave-dweller, one o
the four classes of animals (bil°, dak°, van", rukkh )
S 111.85 =A 11.33 ; Nd' 362 Bu 11.97 "iS-
; ; J
Bila^ (nt.) [identical with bila^] a part, bit J vi.153 (°satai)
ico pieces) ; abl. bilaso (adv.) bit by bit M 1.58 = 111.91
(V 1 vilaso). At J v.90 in cpd. migabilar) (magsag)
it is doubtful whether we should read mig'abUag (thus,
as we have done, taking abila = avila), or miga-bilag
with a lengthened metri causa, as the C. seems to take
it (mieehi khadita-marjsato atirittar) kotthasay).
-kata cut into pieces, made into bits J v.260 (read
maccha bilakata yatha for macchabhila kata y.). Ihe
C here (p. 272) expl^ as AoWAasa -kata ; at J vi.iii
however the same phrase is interpreted as />««/a-kata,
i e thrown into a heap (like fish caught by a fisherman
in nets). Both passages are applied to fish and refer
to tortures in Niraya.
11.178, 181.
Bila' [cp. Sk. vida] a kind of salt Vin 1.202 ; M
one compares both Sk. viijanga
the plant Embelia ribes, and vilanga the plant Erycibe
Bilanga [etym. doubtful ;
paniculata] sour gruel J vi.365 ( = kaii]iya), usually in
stock phrase kanajaka bilanga-dutiya (seed-cake?)
accompanied by sour gruel Vin 11.77. 7^ ^ ^ 1.90 A
;
IMS- 1V.S92; J 1228; III. 299; SnA 94; DhA iii.io
(V. 1 pilanka-°akar,); iv.77; VvA 222, 298 (b.lanka ).__
-thalika a certain torture, called " gr^^l-.P"* ^
(should there be any relation to bila-kata under bila ?)
A 1.47 ; 11.122 ; Nd^ 604 (v. 1. khil°) ; Miln 197. 290, 358
(all passages in standard setting).
Bilangika (adj.) living on sour gruel; N. of a class of
brahman as at Rajagaha S 1.164.
Billa [cp. Ved. bilva] fruit of the Bilva tree, Aegle raarmelos
or Bengal quince, only in o«e stock phrase where
its size is compared with sizes of smaller fruits, ana
where it is preceded by araalaka S 1.150= A iv.170