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Bilara III Buddha
(vv. 11. villa, bila. beju, bilala)=Sn p. 125 (vv. 11. pilla
billa, billa ; T. reading after SS billi). Cp. derivations
bella & beluva.
Bi]aia [etym. uncertain, prob. a loan-word ;
cp. late Sk.
bidala & see also P. bilala. The Prk. forms are birala
& virala, f. birali] a cat D 11. 8j ; M 1.128, 3 J4 ; S 11.270 ;
A 111.122 (vijara) ; v.202, 289; Th 1, 1138; J 1.461 (as
representing deceit), 480; v. 406, 416, 418; Miln 118;
DhA II. 152; PugA 225. On bijara in similes cp.
J.P.T.S. 1907, 116.
-nissakkana (-matta) (large enough) for a cat to creep
through A v. 195. -bhasta (a bag of) catskin M 1.128
(expl* by Bdhgh as " bi|ara-camma-pasibbako ") ; Th i,
1138. At both passages in similes.
Bilarika (f) [cp. Sk. bidalikaj a she-cat J 111.2O5.
Bi}ala' [see bijara] a cat J i.iio ; 11.244 : ^1.593. pakkha"
a flying fox J vi.538.
B4ala- [see bila'] a kind of salt Abhp 461.
Bijali (f) [f. of bijala = bijara, cp. Sk. bidali, also N. of a
plant, see on Prk. chira-birali ^ Sk. ksira-bidali Pischel
Gr. § 241] a bulbous plant, a tuber J iv.46 (=°vallikanda,
cp. gloss latatanta on kalamba), 371 ( = °kanda
Com. p. 373); VI. 578. Cp. takkaja.
Bi}ibilika (f) [onomat. cp. E. babble] tittle-tattle S i.2co =
Th'i. 119. Mrs. Rh. D. {Brethren 106 n.) trsi- " finglefangle,"
noting the commentator's paraphrase " vilivilikriya
" (lit. sticky-sticky-action ?).
Bija (nt.) [cp. Vedic bija] i. seed, germ, semen, spawn.
Used very frequently in figurative sense : see on similes
J.P.T.S. 19(17, ii6- — D 1.135 (°bhatta seed-corn &
food); 111.44
M 1.457: S
(the live kinds: see below under °gama)
1-21, 134. 172. 227: III. 54. 91; IV. 315;
A 1.32 (ucchu°), 135, 223, 229, 239: 111.404; 1V.237;
V.213 (ucchu°) ; Sn 77 (saddha bijar) tapo vunhi. cp.
SnA 142 sq., where a detailed discussion on bija is
found), 209, 235 (khina° adj. fig.) ; J 1.242 (tina°-adini
grass and other seeds), 281; Pv i.i'; Vism 555 (in
simile); KhA 194 (on Sn 235, in another comparison)
Sdhp 24, 270 sq., 318. nibbatta" (or nivatta") (adj.) that
which has dropped its seed (hence a lawful food) Via
1. 215, cp. 11.109; IV. 35. — 2. element, in udaka° whose
element is the water J vm6o.
-gama seed-group, seed-kingdom, seed-creation (opp.
bhuta-gama). There are 5 kinds of seeds usually
enum"", e. g. at D 1.5 (expl'' at DA 1.77, trsl" at Dial.
1.6 and passim), viz. mula", khandha", phalu", agga°,
bija", or plants propagated by roots, cuttings, joints,
buddings, shoots, seeds (Dial. 111.40 : tubers, shoots,
berries, joints, seeds). The same set occurs at D 111.44,
47 ; Vin IV. 34 ; SnA 144. — Without ref. to the 5 kinds
at M 111.34 ; S V.46 ; Miln 33. -jata species of seed
S III. 54. -bija one of the 5 groups of edible or useful
plants, falling under bijagama. It is expl"" at Vin
IV.35 & DA 1.8 1 by the terms pubbanna (i. e. the seven
dhaiinani or grains, sali, vihi, yava, godhuma, kangu.
varaka, kudrijsa) and aparanna (i. e. beans and other
leguminous plants, and gourds such as mugga, masa.
tila, kulattha, alabu, kumbhanda). -sakata a cart
(-load) of seeds SnA 137.
Bijaka[fr. bija] scion, offspring Viniii. 18. —nila^'a waterplant
Vin 111.276 (C. on Vin 111.177).
Bijati & Bijaai are by-forms of vijati & vijani (q. v.).
Bijin (-°) (adj.) [fr. bija] having seed, only in cpd. eka"
having one seed (for only one future life) left A 1.233 :
S v.205 ; Nett 189, cp. A. iv.380 ; Kvu
KvuA in J.P.T.S. 1889, 137.
11.471. see also
BIbhaccha (adj.) [cp. Epic Sk. bibhatsa, bibhatsate to
foel disgust. Not a des. fr. badhate : see Waldc, Lai.
IF/6, s. V. fastidium] disgusting, awful, horrible, dreadful
J
11.276; IV, 71 ("vanna), Sdhp 603. "dassana a dis-
32, 56,
gusting sight, horrible to behold J 1.171 ; PvA
68, : 99 ( all with ref. to Petas). — The spelling bhibhaccha
(after bhi) is sometimes found, e. g. at J i.Oi ;
IV. 491 ;
V.42.
Birala [cp. Sk. virana c\: virani-inula = usira Halayudha
2, 467] a fragrant grass, Andropogon muricatum
S III. 137; (here represented as larger than the kusa &
babbaja grasses, smaller than a tree).
Bajjhaka (adj.) [fr. badh] intelligent, prudent, judicious,
in a° Dpvs ix.17, foolish, imprudent, unmindful of their
own interest (trsl° suggested by E. Hardy as preferable
to Oldcnberg's " unnoticed "). 'Morris, J.P.T.S. 1893,
69 suggests " not fighting," thus making abujjhaka =
avujjh° =ayujjh'' (of yadh).
Baijhati [budh, y-formation, corresp. to Sk. budhyate for
the usual bodhate. The sense is that of a Med., but is
also used as Act. with ace. of object, e. g. saccani
bujjhi he recognised the truths Vism 209. — The Dhtp
(414) and Dhtm (652) explain budh by " avagamane "
(understanding, sec ogamana). Dhtm (242) also by
" bodhane " (awakening). Bdhgh's expl" of the
meaning is " kilesa-santana-niddaya utthahati cattari
va ariyasaccani pativijjhati Nibbanam eva va sacchikaroti
" DhsA 2 1 7, cp. trsl" at Expos. 294 "to rise from
the slumber of the continuum of the lower nature, or
a penetrating the Ariyan Truths, or a realizing Nibbana
"] to be awake, to be enlightened in (ace), to
perceive, to know, recognise, understand D 11.249
S 1.74, 198; Dh 136, 286; Th 1, 146; J 111.331; iv.49,
425; Miln 165, 348 (pot. bujjheyya) ; Dpvs 1.14 (with
gen.) K1l.\ 219 (so attho sukhai) b.). 3"^ pi. bujjhare
Th 2, 453; Bu 11.183. imper. bujjhassu Bu 11.183.
fut. bujjhissati Bu 11.65; ^o^- abujjhi Bu 11.2 11, and
bujjhi J
IV. 425 ; Vism 209 pret. j,"' sg. ; abujjhatha
Bu VII. 22. — ppr. bujjhamana Sn 395; Bu vii.22 ;
DhA 1.93. — pp. buddha (q. v.). — Cans. I. bodheti
(q. v.). — Caus. II. bujjhapeti to lead to knowledge or
recognition J 1.407. Two infinitives formed fr. bodh,
but belonging to budh are bodhur) J v.341, and boddhut)
Th 1. 167.
Bajjhana (nt.) [fr. budh] awakening, attaining to knowledge,
recognition Ps 1.18; Miln 194; DA 1.51.
Bajjhanaka (adj.) [fr. bujjhana] endowed with knowledge,
having the elements of bodhi, being enlightened
DhsA 217.
Bujjhitar [n. ag. of bujjhati] one who becomes enlightened
or recognises Nd' 457 =Ps 1.174= Vism 209
(bujjhita saccani, of the Buddha).
Ba441l& [fo"" vuddha, pp. of vrdh, see vaddhati] aged, old
D 11.162 ; J 1.164 ("pabbajita one who has become an
ascetic in his old age). Corapar. buddhatara DhA
11.239 (v. I. K.B.S. vud^hatara).
Buddha' (adj.) [med.-pass. pp. of bujjhati, cp. Epic Sk.
buddha] (a) understood S 1.35=60 (su-dub-buddha
very difficult to understand). — (b) having attained
enlightenment, wise A iv.449 ; PvA 16 (buddh' adayo),
60 (=ariya). Usually appH to the Bhagavant (Gotama)
M 1.386 (one of the adj. describing Gotama to
Nigantha Nathaputta) ; Sn 993. The true brahmaija
is buddha. e. g. Sn 622. 643, 646.
Buddha- I
ment ;
buddha'] A. one who has attained enlighten-
a rrian superior to all other beings, human &
divine, by his knowledge of the truth, a Buddha. At
A 11.38 the Buddha declares himself to be neither a
god (deva) nor a Gandharva. nor a Yaksa nor a man.
The word Buddha is an appellative, not a proper name
(na matara katar) etc., vimokkh' antikai) etar) bud-