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Byasana Brahma & Brahmā

Byasana see vyasana. (kacavaraṁ). — 3. a (blind) alley, cul — de — sac Vin iv.271
(byūhan nāma yen' eva pavisanti ten' eva nikkhamanti).
Byā (indecl.) [distorted fr. iva=eva, with metathesis & diaeresis
*veyya>*veyyā>*vyā>byā] intensive particle: "just so, cer- Byūhati [Denom. fr. byūha] to stand in array (like a troop) VvA
tainly, indeed" only in phrase "evaṁ byā kho" Vin ii.26; 104 (byūhanto, v. l. brahmanto).
iv.134=DA i.27; M i.130 (evaṁ vyā kho ti evaṁ viya kho C.), 2
Brahant (adj.) [cp. Vedic bṛhant, of bṛh to increase, to be
257.
great or strong; paribṛdha solid (cp. brūha, paribrahaṇa &
Byādhi [cp. Sk. vyādhi; lit. "upset" fr. vy+ā+dhā] sickness, paribrūhana), Av. bǤrǤǤat high; Arm. barjr high; Oir. brī,
disease A i.146; Kvu ii.457; Miln 351. Cymr. bre mountain; Goth. baurgs "borough," Ohg. etc. burg
"burgh," i. e. fortress; Ger. berg mountain. — The funda-
Byādhita [pp. fr. byādheti] afflicted with disease Th 1, 73; Miln
mental notion is that of an increase above normal or the or-
168. ns
dinary: vuddhi (of vṛdh) is used in expl of the term; thus
Byādheti [Caus. fr. byādhi] to cause to waver, unsettle, agitate,
Dhtp 344 (Dhtm 506) baha braha brūha=vuddhiyaṁ; VvA 278
trouble S i.120; Th 1, 46, 1211. Pass. byādhiyati Kvu ii.457
brahā=vuddhā. Its use is almost entirely restricted to poetry]
(aor. byādhiyiṁsu). — pp. byādhita.
very great, vast, high, lofty, gigantic; nom. sg. brahā Sn 410,
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Byāpajjha [fr. vy — ā — pad] 1. trouble, opp. a° relief M i.10. 550; Th 1, 31; J iii.117 (=dīgha C.); iv.111 (su°); 64 ; Pv iv.3 10
— 2. malevolence; neg. a° benevolence Vin i.3; M i.38; cp. (of a huge tree), acc. sg. brahantaṁ A iii.346; VvA 182;
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avyāpajjha S iv.296, 371. nom. pl. also brahantā Vv 52 (=mahantā VvA 224; of the
Yama — dūtā or Death's giant messengers). — f. brahatl J
Byāpanna [fr. vyāpajjati] malevolent Sdhp 70; otherwise vy°, e.
v.215 (=uḷārā C.); also given as N. of a plant Abhp 588. —
g. S ii.168 (°citta).
Superl. brahaṭṭha (=Sk. barhiṣṭha; on inversion bar>bra cp.
Byāpāda [fr. vy+ā+pad] ill — will, malevolence, one of the 5 Sk. paribarhanā>P. paribrahaṇa) in °puppha a large or fully
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"obstructions" (āvaraṇāni, see e. g. S v.94; Nd 379); and of developed blossom J v.416.
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the 4 "bonds" (kāya — ganthā see e. g. Nd 98). — M i.434; -arañña woodlands, vast forest A i.187. -vana the
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S i.99; It 119; Ps i.31; ii.12; Nd 149, 207, 386. 3
wild wood, immense forest A i.152; iii.44; Vv 63 ; J v.215.
-vitakka a malevolent or angry thought M i.11; S i.203; -sukha ( — vihāra — jjhāna — jhāyin) (a thinker enjoying his
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ii.151; iii.93; v.417; Nd 501; Kvu 113.
meditations in) immense happiness Miln 226 (in characterisa-
Byābādha [vy+ā+bādh] evil, wrong, hurt; usually referred to as tion of the term "brāhmaṇa").
3 fold: atta°, para°, ubhaya°, or against oneself, against others,
Brahma & Brahmā [fr. bṛh, see brahant. Perhaps less with re-
& both — M i.416; S iv.159 (vyā°), 339.
gard to the greatness of the divine principle, than with ref. to
Byābādheti [Denom. fr. byābādha] to injure, hurt, oppress S the greatness or power of prayer or the ecstatic mind (i. e.
v.393 (na kiñci byābādhemi tasaṁ vā thāvaraṁ vā). holy enthusiasm). On etym. see Osthoff, "Bezzenberger's
Byābhangī (f.) [vy+ā+bhañj] 1. a pole for carrying burdens Th Beiträge" xxiv.142 sq. (=Mir. bricht charm, spell: Oicel.
1, 623. — 2. a flail S iv.201. bragr poetry)] — I. Brahman (nt.) [cp. Vedic bráhman nt.
prayer; nom. sg. bráhma] 1. the supreme good; as a buddhis-
Byāma [cp. Vedic & P. vyāma cp. Śatap. Br. i.2, 5, 14 a fathom,
tic term used in a sense different from the brahmanic (save in
measured by both hands being extended to their full length,
controversy with Brahmans); a state like that of Brahmā (or
only in phrase °ppabhā a halo extending for a fathom around
Brahman) A ii.184 (brahmappatta). In cpds. brahma°. — 2.
the Buddha J i.12, 90; Bu i.45; Miln 75; VvA 213.
Vedic text, mystic formula, prayer DA i.244 (brahmaṁ aṇatī
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Byāruddha [pp. of vy+ā+rundh; reading by° in Nd ; vy° in Sn & ti brāhmaṇo).
SnA; v. l. BB] obstructed, opposed, hindered Sn 936 (aññam II. Brahmā [cp. Vedic brahmán, m., one who prays or
— aññehi b. in enmity with each other; =paṭiviruddha Nd 1 chants hymns, nom. sg. Brahmā] 1. the god Brahmā chief
408), 938 (412 id.; SnA 566=āhata — citta). of the gods, often represented as the creator of the Universe
(vasavattī issaro kattā nimmātā) D i.18; iii.30, also called
Byāvaṭa [vy+ā+vṛ] covered, adorned with VvA 213 (rūpakāya
Mahābrahmā (D i.235 sq., 244 sq.; iii.30; It 15; Vism 578;
byāvaṭa jana; v. l. byāgata).
DhA ii.60); and Sahampati (Vin i.5; D ii.157; S i.136 sq.;
the meaning (wrongly given as "adorned") is to be deleted.
Vism 201; KhA 171; SnA 56) and Sanaṁkumāra (D ii.226;
The reading at VvA 213 is doubtful. It may be kāyavyāvaṭa,
iii.97). The duration of his life is given as being 1 kalpa (see
but dassana-vyāvaṭa is to be preferred (see under vyāvaṭa).
Kvu 207, 208). — nom. Brahmā Vin i.5; D ii.46; J vi.486;
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Byāsatta [pp. of vy+ā+sañj, cp. āsatta ] attached to, clinging to,
Miln 224; Vism 2 (brahmānaṁ atibrahmā, Ep. of Buddha Bha-
in cpd. °mānasa possessed with longing Dh 47 (=sampatte
gavā); SnA 229 (B. mahānubhāvo); gen. abl. Brahmano D
vā asampatte vā lagga — mānasa DhA i.361), 287 (cp. DhA
ii.209; Vism 205; SnA 177; instr. Brahmanā D i.252; ii.239;
iii.433; lagganatāya sattamānasa).
Dh 105, 230; Vism 48, 405; DhA ii.60; acc. Brahmānaṁ D
Byūha [cp. Sk. & P. vyūha fr. vi+vah] 1. the array or arrange- ii.37; voc. Brahme S i.138. — 2. a brahma god, a happy &
ment of troops in particular positions, order of parade or bat- blameless celestial being, an inhabitant of the higher heavens
tle DA i.85. Three formations of troops are mentioned at J (brahma — loka; in which to be reborn is a reward of great
ii.404 & 406, viz. paduma — vyūha (lotus formation), cakka° merit); nom. sg. brahmā S i.142 (Baka br.); M i.327 (id.); A
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(wheel form ), sakaṭa° (cart form ). — 2. a heap, collection, iv.83; PvA 138 (°devatā for brahma°?); gen. abl. brahmuno
in byūhaṁ karoti to put into a (well — arranged) heap Miln 2 S i.142, 155; instr. brahmunā D iii.147, 150 & brahmanā
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