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Bhāsita Bhikkhunī

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Bhāsita [pp. of bhāsati ] spoken, said, uttered A v.194; Miln 28; dicant, a Buddhist monk or priest, a bhikkhu. — nom. sg.
DhA iv.93. — (nt.) speech, word Dh 363; M i.432. Usu- bhikkhu freq. passim; Vin iii.40 (vuḍḍhapabbajita); A i.78
ally as su° & dub° (both adj. & nt.) well & badly spoken, or (thera bh., an elder bh.; and nava bh. a young bh.); iii.299
good & bad speech Vin i.172; M ii.250; A i.102; ii.51 (su°; (id.); iv.25 (id.); Sn 276, 360, 411 sq., 915 sq., 1041, 1104;
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read bhāsita for bāsita); vi.226; Sn 252, 451, 657; J iv.247, Dh 31, 266 sq., 364 sq., 378; Vv 80 ; acc. bhikkhuṁ Vin
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281 (su°, well spoken or good words); Pv ii.6 (su°); PvA 83 iii.174; Dh 362, & bhikkhunaṁ Sn 87, 88, 513; gen. dat.
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(dub°). bhikkhuno A i.274; Sn 221, 810, 961; Dh 373; Pv i.10 ; &
bhikkhussa A i.230; Vin iii.175; instr. bhikkhunā Sn 389.
Bhāsitar [n. ag. fr. bhāṣ] one who speaks, utters; a speaker S
pl. nom. bhikkhū Vin ii.150; iii.175; D iii.123; Vism 152 (in
i.156; Pug 56; SnA 549.
sim.); VbhA 305 (compared with amaccaputtā) & bhikkhavo
Bhāsin (adj.) (—°) [cp. Epic Sk. bhāṣin] speaking A i.102 (dubb-
Sn 384, 573; Dh 243, 283; acc. bhikkhu Sn p. 78; M i.84; Vv
hāsita — bhāsin). 10
22 ; & bhikkhavo Sn 384, 573; gen. dat. bhikkhūnaṁ Vin
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Bhāsura (adj.) [cp. Epic Sk. bhāsura fr. bhas] bright, shining, iii.285; D iii.264; Sn 1015; Pv ii.1 ; & bhikkhunaṁ S i.190;
resplendent ThA 139, 212; VvA 12. Th 1, 1231; instr. bhikkhūhi Vin iii.175; loc. bhikkhūsu A
Bhiṁsa (adj.) [=Vedic bhīṣma, of which there are 4 P. forms, viz. iv.25, & bhikkhusu Th 1, 241, 1207; Dh 73; voc. bhikkhave
the metathetic bhiṁsa, the shortened bhisma, the lengthened (a Māgadhī form of nom. bhikkhavaḥ) Vin iii.175; Sn p. 78;
bhesma, and the contracted bhīsa (see bhīsana). Cp. also Sk. VvA 127; PvA 8, 39, 166; & bhikkhavo Sn 280, 385.
There are several allegorical etymologies (definitions) of
— P. bhīma; all of bhī] terrible; only in cpd. °rūpa (nt. &
the word bhikkhu, which occur frequently in the commen-
adj.) an awful sight; (of) terrific appearance, terrible, awful J
taries. All are fanciful interpretations of the idea of what a
iii.242, 339; iv.271, 494.
bhikkhu is or should be, and these qualities were sought and
Bhiṁsana & °ka (adj.) [the form with °ka is the canonic
found in the word itself. Thus we mention here the foll. (a)
form, whereas bhiṁsana is younger. See bhiṁsa on connec-
bhikkhu=bhinnakilesa ("one who has broken the stains" i. e.
tions] horrible, dreadful, awe — inspiring, causing fear. (a) of bad character) VbhA 328; VvA 29, 114, 310; PvA 51. —
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bhiṁsanaka (usually comb with lomahaṁsa) D ii.106=A n
(b) Another more explicit expl is "sattannaṁ dhammānaṁ
iv.311; D ii.157; Vin iii.8; PvA 22; ThA 242 (°sab- bhinnattā bhikkhu" (because of the breaking or destroying of
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hāva=bhīmarūpa); J v.43. — (b) bhiṁsana Pv iv.3 (+lom-
7 things, viz. the 7 bad qualities, leading to rebirth, consist-
ahaṁsa).
ing of sakkāyadiṭṭhi, vicikicchā, sīlabbata — parāmāsa, rāga,
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Bhiṁsā (f.) [fr. bhiṁsa] terror, fright; mahā-bhiṁsa (adj.) in- dosa, moha, māna). This def. at Nd 70=Nd 477 . — (c)
spiring great terror D ii.259. Cp. bhismā. Whereas in a & b the first syllable bhi( — kkhu) is referred to
bhid, in this def. it is referred to bhī (to fear), with the further
Bhiṁsikā (f.) [fr. bhiṁsa] frightful thing, terror, terrifying omen
reference of (bh — ) ikkh(u) to īkṣ (to see), and bhikkhu de-
Mhvs 12, 12 (vividhā bhiṁsikā kari he brought divers terrors
fined as "saṁsāre bhayaṁ ikkhati ti bh." Vism 3, 16 (saṁsāre
to pass).
bhayaṁ ikkhaṇatāya vā bhinna — paṭa — dharaditāya vā). —
Bhikkhaka [fr. bhikkhu, Cp. Epic Sk. bhikṣuka & f. bhikṣukī] a
A very comprehensive def. of the term is found at Vbh 245 —
beggar, mendicant S i.182 (bh. brāhmaṇa); J vi.59 (v. l. BB.
246, where bhikkhu — ship is established on the ground of 18
°uka); VbhA 327.
qualities (beginning with samaññāya bhikkhu, paṭiññāya bh.,
Bhikkhati [cp. Vedic bhikṣate, old desid. to bhaj; def. Dhtp bhikkhatī ti bh., bhikkhako ti bh., bhikkhācariyaṁ ajjhupagato
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read for T. bhikkhavo); Dh 266; VbhA 327. — ppr. med. ti bh., bhinnattā pāpakānaṁ dhammānan ti bh. etc. etc.). —
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bhikkhamāna Th 2, 123. This passage is expl in detail at VbhA 327, 328. — Two kinds
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of bhikkhus are distinguished at Ps i.176; Nd 465=Nd 477 ,
Bhikkhā (f.) [cp. Epic & Class. Sk. bhaikṣa of bhikṣ, adj. & nt.]
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begged food, alms, alms — begging; food Vin iv.94; Cp i.1 ; viz. kalyāṇa[ -ka- ]puthujjana (a layman of good character)
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Vv 70 (ekāhā bh. food for one day); Miln 16; PvA 3, 75, 131 and sekkha (one in training), for which latter the term paṭilī-
nacara (one who lives in elimination, i. e. in keeping away
(kaṭacchu°); bhikkhāya carati to go out begging food [cp.
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from the dangers of worldly life) is given at Nd 130 (on Sn
Sk. bhaikṣaṁ carati] J iii.82; v.75; PvA 51 & passim. — sub-
810).
hikkha (nt.) abundance of food D i.11. dubbhikkha (nt.) (&
-gatika a person who associates with the bhikkhus (in the
°ā f.) scantiness of alms, famine, scarcity of food, adj. famine
Vihāra) Vin i.148. -bhāva state of being a monk, monkhood,
— stricken (cp. Sk. durbhikṣaṁ) Vin ii.175; iii.87 (adj.); iv.23
bhikkhuship D i.176; Sn p. 102; -sangha the community of
(adj.); S iv.323, 324 (dvīhitikaṁ); A i.160; iii.41; J ii.149, 367;
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v.193; vi.487; Cp i.3 (adj.); Vism 415 (°pīḷita), 512 (f. in sim- bhikkhus, the Order of friars D iii.208; Sn 403, 1015; Sn p.
101, 102; Miln 209; PvA 19 sq. & passim.
ile); KhA 218; DhA i.169; ii.153 (f.); iii.437 (°bhaya).
-āhāra food received by a mendicant J i.237 (=bhikkhu Bhikkhuka (—°) (adj.) [fr. bhikkhu] belonging to a Buddhist
— āhāra?). -cariyā going about for alms, begging round Sn mendicant, a bhikkhu —, a monk's, or of monks, in sa° with
700; PvA 146. -cāra=°cariyā Mhbv 28. -paññatti decla- monks, inhabited by bhikkhus Vin iv.307, 308; opp. a° with-
ration of alms, announcement that food is to be given to the out bhikkhus, ibid.
Sangha, a dedication of food Vin i.309.
Bhikkhunī (f.) [fr. bhikkhu, cp. BSk. bhiksuṇī, but classical
Bhikkhu [cp. later Sk. bhikṣu, fr. bhikṣ] an almsman, a men- Sk. bhikṣukī] an almswoman, a female mendicant, a Buddhist
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