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Brahmana Ii8 Bruheti
(n. or adj.) the wife of a brahmana D 1.193 ; J v. 127 (of
a purohita or high priest) ; DhA 1.33 ; iv.176; PvA 55,
61, 64. Freq. in comb" brahmani paja this generation
A 11. -!3 (see paja).
of brahmanas, e. g. D 1.249 : i.jbo ;
-jbbha Brahmins & Vaisyas J VI.J28 sq. -kumarika
a brahmin young girl
J in. 93. -kula a br. clan or
family J 11.85, 394. 4iii 111.147. 352; PvA 21, Oi.
-gahapatika priests & laymen (".clerk & yeoman
Rh. D. in S.B.E. xi.258) D 11.178 ; 111.148, 153, ijo sq. ;
S 1.59, 184; A I. no; Vin 1.35; J 1.83. -gama a br.
village Vin 1.197 ; D 1.87, 127 ; S i.i 1 1 ; J 11.368 ; 111.293 ;
IV. 2 76. -dhamma duty of a br. ; see on contrast between
Brahmanic & Buddhist view J iv.30i sq., cp.
also SnA 312-325 (br.-dhammika-suta) & Pick. 1. c. 124.
-putta son of a br. PvA 62. -bhojana giving food
(alms) to brahmans Vin 1.44. -manava a young brahmin
J IV. 391. -rijpa (in) form of a br. i'vA 03. -vaddhaki
a br. carpenter J iv.207. -vannin having the appearance
of a brahmin Cp x.io. -vacanaka a br. disputation,
some sort of elocution show J 1.318; iv.391.
-vataka circle of brahmins DhA iv.177 (v. 1. °vadaka).
-vanija a br. merchant PvA 113. -sacca a brahmanic
(i. e. standard, holy) truth A 11.176 (where the Buddha
sets forth 4 such br. -saccani, diff. from the usual 4
ariyasaccani).
Brahmana' (nt.) [for brahmanna] state of a true brahman,
" holiness supreme " Th i, 631.
Bruti [bru, Sk. bravUi, Med. brute ;
cp. Geiger, P.Gr.
§ 141^- Expl'' by Dhtp 366 as " vacane," by Dhtm
593 as " vacayar), viyattiyai) "] to say, tell, call ; show,
explain D 1.95 ; Sn 308 sq. ; Dh vi.8 ; Miln
3S3 sq. ; Cp.
314, 327. — Constructed with double ace. or with dat.
of person & ace. of thing said (cp. Miln 233). — Forms :
Pres. P' sg. brumi It a. 40 ; S 1033, 1042 sq. (expl"" as
acikkhami desemi pannapemi etc. by Nd.); Pv 1.2'
(=kathemi PvA 1 ; 1) Th i, 214 ; 2"
1032, 1081 ; J 11.48; Th 2. 58; 3"^
» sg. brusi Sn 457,
sg. bruti Sn 122 ;
imper. briihi Th i. 1266; Sn 10 18, 1034, 1043 ; Miln
318. — pret. abravi Sn 981; Th i.
1275; J VI. 269;
abruvi J 111.62, and
Pv II. 9** (v. 1. abruvi) ; PvA 264 ;
bravi J v. 204 y^ sg. med. bravittha Vv 53'° ; ( = kathesi
VvA 240) ; i" sg. also abravig Cp. 11. 6'; 3"* pi. abravug
J V.112.
Brumeti [possible Cans. fr. bruti, but as Geiger, P.Gr.
141 -, rightly remarks "not critically sound"] to say
D 1.95 (expl"! as " brumetu ti vadatu " DA 1.265).
Bruhana (nt.) Ifr. bruheti] expansion, increasing, spreading;
cultivation, development (trs. & intrs.) Miln 313
(Kern, Toev. s. v. " amusement ") ; DhsA 332 ; VvA 20
(sukha^). Cp. upa°.
one who practises, is
in phrase bruheta sufifjagaranag frequenter
up to solitary meditation M
Bruhetar [n. ag. of bruheti] increaser ;
devoted to ;
of solitary places ; given
1-33. 213-
346
Bruheti [cp. Sk brghayati ; fr. brh^ to increase ; Dhtp
& Dhtm : 505 vuddhiyar). Cp. brahant] to cause to
grow, increase ; hence : to promote, develop, practise, to
put or devote oneself to ; to look after, to foster, make
enjoy; practically syn. with sevati; S 1. 198 (saddhai))
Sn 324 (kammani) ; Dh 285 (imper. bruhaya = vaddhaya
DhA III. 429) ; Ud 72; J 1.289; Miln 313 (saddena
sotag br.) ; PvA 16S (vaddheti-1- , for abhaveti). — Cp.
anu°, pari".