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enum & discussed at Vism 678 sq. and mentioned at many "throne"), on which the Buddha was seated at the time of at-
other passages of the Abhidhamma, e. g. Vbh 244, 249; taining highest enlightenment. The term is only found in very
Nett 31, 197, 240, 261; and in the Commentaries, e. g. J late canonical and post — canonical literature. Bu ii.65, 183;
i.275; iii.290; v.483; DhA i.230. When they are increased to Vism 203; J iv.228, 232; Mhbv 79; SnA 2, 30, 225, 258, 281,
43 they include the above with the addition of aniccasaññā; 340, 391, 441; DhA i.86; ii.69; iv.72; ThA 2. Cp. BSk. bod-
dukkha°, anatta°, pahāna°, virāga°, nirodhasaññā, thus at Nett himaṇḍa Divy 392. -maha feast in honour of the Bo tree J
112, 237. In the older texts we do not find any numbered lists iv.229. -mūla the root or foot of the Bo tree SnA 32, 391; cp.
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of the b. — p. — dhammā. At A iii.70 only indriyesu gut- Bodhiyā mūle Nd 172, 458=Ps i.174. -rukkha the Bodhi
tadvāratā, bhojane mattaññutā and jāgariy' ânuyoga are men- tree Vin i.1.
tioned in connection with bodhipakkhikā dhammā in general. 1
Bodhetar [n. ag. fr. bodheti] awakener, enlightener Nd 457; Ps
At S v.227, 239 sq. (so read in Vbh preface xiv. for 327,
i.174; Vism 209.
337!) the term is applied to the 5 indriyas: saddh' indriyaṁ,
Bodheti [Caus. of bujjhati] 1. to awaken to the truth, to enlighten
viriy°, sati°, samādhi°, paññ°. A more detailed discussion of
S i.170; Bu ii.195. aor. bodhesi Vism 209, abodhayi Bu
the bodhi — p — dhammā and their mention in the Piṭakas
ii.196 & bodhayi Bu v.31; xxv.6 inf. bodhuṁ: see bujjhati,
is found in Mrs. Rh. D.'s preface to the Vbh edition, pp.
& bodhetuṁ J iv.393. grd. bodhabba D ii.246; A iv.136. —
xiv. — xvi. Of BSk. passage may be mentioned Divy 350
2. to make aware (of), to make known J vi.412; SnA 444.
(saptatriṁśad — bodhi — pakṣān dharmān amukhī — kṛtya
pratyekāṁ bodhiṁ sākṣātkṛtavantah) & 616 (bodhipakṣāṁs Bondi [etym. doubtful, one proposed by Morris, J.P.T.S. 1889,
tān dharmān Bhagavān saṁprakāśayati sma). -paripāka the 207 derives it fr. bandh=bundh to bind, which is an erroneous
maturing of enlightenment Vism 116. -pācana ripening of comparison; on his hint "probably cognate with E. body" cp.
knowledge (of a Buddha); adj. leading to enlightenment Bu Walde, Lat. Wtb. under fidelia. The orig. meaning may have
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ii. 121 sq.; Cp i.1 (cp. J i.22). It is a late term. The b. been, as Morris suggests, "trunk." It certainly is a dial. word]
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dhammā are the 10 perfections (pāramiyo), i. e. dāna°, sīla°, body Pv iv.3 ; J i.503; ii.160; iii.117; PvA 254.
nekkhamma°, paññā°, viriya°, khanti°, sacca°, adhiṭṭhāna°,
Bya° etc. (byā°, byu°) words not found under these initials are to
mettā°, upekhā°. -satta (1) a "bodhi — being," i. e. a be-
be looked up under vya° etc.
ing destined to attain fullest enlightenment or Buddhaship. A rd
Byagā 3 sg. aor. of vi+gam, to depart, to be lost, perish Th 1,
Bodhisatta passes through many existences & many stages of
170.
progress before the last birth in which he fulfils his great des-
tiny. The "amhākaṁ Bodhisatto," or "our Bodhisatta" of the Byaggha [cp. Sk. vyāghra] a tiger J ii.110; Sdhp 388. f. byaggh-
Buddhist Texts (e. g. Vism 419 (imasmiṁ kappe ayam eva inī Miln 67.
Bhagavā Bodhisatta — bhūto); DA i.259) refers to Gotama,
Byañjana (nt.) [cp. Sk. vyañjana] 1. sign, mark: see vyañjana.
whose previous existences are related in the Jātaka collection. — 2. the letter, as compared with attha, the spirit or meaning;
These tales illustrate the wisdom & goodness of the future thus in phrase atthato byañjanato ca according to the mean-
Buddha, whether as an animal, a god, or a human being. In his ing & the letter Miln 18, 345; Nett 23. As vyañjana is the
last existence before attaining Buddhahood he is a man. Ref- more usual (& classical) form, other refs. will be found under
erence is made to a Bodhisatta or the B. at very many places vyañjana.
throughout the Canon. See e. g. M i.17, 163, 240; S ii.5;
Byatta (adj.) [cp. P. vyatta; Sk. vyakta] experienced, learned
iii.27; iv.233; v.263, 281, 317; A ii.130; iii.240; iv.302, 439;
Miln 21.
Vism 15, 116, 499; SnA 52 (pacceka°), 67, 72. — (2) N. of
the author of a Pali grammar, used by Kaccāyana (not extant): Byattatā (f.) [fr. byatta] experience, learning Miln 349. See also
th
see Windisch, Proceedings of XIV Or. Congress, Vol. i.290. pari°.
-sambhāra (pl.) conditions (lit. materials) necessary for the
Byanti° in °bhavati, bhāva etc. see vyanti°.
attainment of bodhi J i.1; vi.595; Mbvs 12.
Byapagata [=vy — apa — gata] departed, dispelled Miln 225.
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Bodhi [=bodhi ] the tree of wisdom, the sacred Bo tree, the fig
Byappatha [so for byappattha; according to Kern, Toev. s. v.
tree (Assattha, Ficus religiosa) under which Gotama Buddha
the word is a distortion fr. *vyāpṛta (for which usually P.
arrived at perfect knowledge. The tree is near the spot where 3
vyāvaṭa) of vy+ā+pṛ , pṛṇoti to be busy or active] busy, ac-
Buddhagāya is now, about 60 miles fr. Patna. It is regarded by n
tive. Thus Kern, but the trsl is not satisfactory. It occurs only
pilgrims as the centre of the world (cp. pathavī — nābhi mahā d
at 2 passages; Vin iv.2, where comb with vācā, girā, vacīb-
— bodhimaṇḍo Mbvs 79). It is also spoken of as Mahābodhi
heda, and meaning "mode of speech," and at Sn 961, where it
(e. g. J iv.228; Vism 403). — Vism 72, 299, 342; DhA i.105;
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has the same meaning & is referred by Nd 472 to a mode of
ThA 62; VbhA 473.
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speech & expl by SnA 572 by vacana. Thus the derivation
-angaṇa the courtyard in which the Bo tree stands DA
fr. pṛ with vyā° can hardly be claimed to be correct for Bd-
i.191; Vism 188 (°vatta); VbhA 349. -tala "Bodhifounda-
hgh's conception of the word; to him it sounded more likely
tion," i. e. the place or ground of the B. tree, otherwise bodhi
like vy+ā+patha (cp. cpds. vacana — patha & vāda — patha),
— maṇḍa J i.105; Mhbv 9; DhA i.117. -pakka fruit of the Bo
thus "way of speaking."
tree J iv.229. -pādapa the Bodhi tree Mbhv 1. -pūjā ven-
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eration of, or offerings to the Bo tree Mhbv 81. -maṇḍa (for Byamha [cp. vyamha] a celestial mansion, a Vimāna Vv 52 . As
°maṇḍala) the ground under the Bodhi tree, hence the spot (or vyamha at J iv.464.
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