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Bhūkuṭi Bhūmi

(v. l. bhakuṭi & bhā°); J v.296. also at SnA 359 (Bhagavā kuṇāla — rājā bhūtapubbo). — (b)
as adv. (bhūtapubbaṁ) meaning: before all happening, before
Bhūja [cp. late Sk. bhūrja, with which related Lat. fraxinus ash,
creation, at a very remote stage of the world, in old times, for-
Ags. beorc=E. birch, Ger. birke] the Bhūrja tree, i. e. a kind
merly Vin ii.201; D i.92; ii.167, 285, 337; M i.253; iii.176; S
of willow J v.195, 405 (in both places=ābhujī), 420.
i.216, 222, 227; iv.201; v.447; A iv.136=Vism 237; A iv.432;
Bhūta [pp. of bhavati, Vedic etc. bhūta] grown, become; born,
J i.394; DhA i.56. -bhavya past and future D i.18. -bhāva
produced; nature as the result of becoming. — The (exegeti-
truthful character, neg. a° PvA 14. -vacana statement of re-
cal) definition by Bdhgh of the word bhūta is interesting. He
ality or of the truth SnA 336. -vādin truthful, speaking the
(at MA i.31) distinguishes the foll. 7 meanings of the term:
truth M i.180; D iii.175; Pug 58; a° untruthful Dh 306; J ii.416.
(1) animate Nature as principle, or the vital aggregates (the 5
-vikāra a natural blemish, fault of growth, deformity SnA 189
Khandhas), with ref. M i.260; (2) ghosts (amanussā) Sn 222;
(opp. nibbikāra). -vijjā knowledge of demons, exorcism D
(3) inanimate Nature as principle, or the Elements (the 4 dhā-
i.9; Dh i.93, cp. Dial. i.17). -vejja a healer of harm caused
tus) S iii.101 (mahābhūtā); (4) all that exists, physical exis-
by demons, an exorcist Vin iv.84; J ii.215; iii.511; Miln 23.
tence in general (vijjamānaṁ) Vin iv.25 (bhūtaṁ); (5) what we
Bhūtatta (nt.) [abstr. fr. bhūta] the fact of having grown, become
should call a simple predicative use, is exemplified by a typ-
or being created (i. e. being creatures or part of creation) Vism
ical dogmatic example, viz. "kālaghaso bhūto," where bhūta
is given as meaning khīṇāsava (Arahant) J ii.260; (6) all be- 310 (in def. of bhūtā); MA i.32 (id.).
ings or specified existence, animal kingdom (sattā) D ii.157; Bhūtanaka [cp. *Sk. bhūtṛna] a fragrant grass; Andropogon
(7) the vegetable kingdom, plants, vegetation (rukkh' ādayo) schoenanthus J vi.36 (=phanijjaka); Vism 543 (so v. l. for
Vin iv.34 (as bhūta — gāma). — Meanings: 1. bhūtā & T. bhūtinaka).
bhūtāni (pl.) beings, living beings, animate Nature Sn 35 Bhūtika (adj.) (—°) in cpd. cātummahā° belongs to the whole
d
2
(expl at Nd 479 as 2 kinds, viz. tasā & thāvarā, movable
expression, viz. composed of the 4 great elements M i.515.
& immovable; S. ii.47 (K.S. ii.36) mind and body as come —
n
Bhūnaha [difficult to expl ; is it an old misspelling for
to — be; Dh 131 (bhūtāni), 405; M i.2 sq. (paṭhavī, āpo etc.,
bhūta+gha? The latter of han?] a destroyer of beings Sn 664
bhūtā, devā, Pajāpatī etc.), 4; MA i.32. The pl. nt. bhūtāni d
(voc. bhūnahu, expl by SnA 479 as "bhūti — hanaka vud-
is used as pl. to meaning 2; viz. inanimate Nature, elements,
d
usually enum under term mahā — bhūtāni. — 2. (nt.) na- dhi — nāsaka"; vv. ll. bhūnahaṭa, bhūnahoṭa, bhūhata, all
showing the difficulty of the archaic word); J v.266 (pl. bhū-
ture, creation, world M i.2 (bhūte bhūtato sañjānāti recognises d
nahuno, expl by C. 272 as "isīnaṁ ativattāro attano vaḍḍhiyā
the beings from nature, i. e. from the fact of being nature);
hatattā bh."). Cp. M i.502 ("puritanical" suggested by Lord
DhsA 312 (°pasāda — lakkhaṇa, see Expos. 409). See cpds.
Chalmers).
°gāma, °pubba (?). — 3. (nt. adj.) that which is, i. e. nat-
ural, genuine, true; nt. truth; neg. abhūta falsehood, lie Sn Bhūma (—°) [=bhūmi] 1. (lit.) ground, country, district S iii.5
397; PvA 34. See cpds. °bhāva, °vacana, °vāda. — 4. a su- (pacchā° the western district). — 2. (fig.) ground, reason for,
pernatural being, ghost, demon, Yakkha; pl. bhūtā guardian occasion; stage, step Sn 896 (avivāda° ground of harmony;
genii (of a city) J iv.245. See cpds. °vijja, °vejja. — 5. (—°) according to SnA 557 Ep. of Nibbāna).
pp. in predicative use (cp. on this meaning Bdhgh's meaning Bhūmaka (& °ika) (adj.) (only — °) [from bhūma, or bhūmi]
No. 5, above): (a) what has been or happened; viz. mātu —
1. having floors or stories (of buildings) as dve° pāsāda DhA
bhūtā having been his mother PvA 78; abhūtapubbaṁ bhūtaṁ
i.414; pañca° pāsāda a palace with 5 stories J i.58, 89; satta°
what has never happened before happened (now) DA i.43 (in with 7 stories (pāsāda) DhA ii.1, 260. The form °ika at DhA
n
expl of abbhuta); — (b) having become such & such, being
i.182 (dve° geha). — 2. belonging to a place or district, as
like, acting as, being, quâsi (as it were), consisting of, e. g.
jāti° from the land of (their) birth M i.147; pacchā° from the
andha° blind, as it were J vi.139; aru° consisting of wounds
western country S iv.312 (brāhmaṇā). — 3. being on a certain
DhA iii.109; udapāna° being a well, a well so to speak PvA
plane or in a certain state, as paritta° & mahā° Vbh 340 te°
78; opāna° acting as a spring A iv.185; hetu° as reason, be-
in 3 planes SnA 4 (of the 5 Khandhas), 510 (°vaṭṭa); DhA i.36
ing the reason PvA 58; cp. cakkhu° having become an eye
(kusala), 305 (°vaṭṭa); iv.69 (tebhūmaka — vaṭṭa — sankhā-
of wisdom. Sometimes bhūta in this use hardly needs to be
taṁ Māra — bandhanaṁ), 72 (dhammā); catu° in 4 planes
translated at all.
DhsA 296 (kusala); DhA i.35 (citta). The form °ika at DhA
-kāya body of truth DhA i.11. — gāma vegetation, as
i.288 (with ref. to citta).
trees, plants, grass, etc. Under bhūtagāma Bdhgh understands
Bhūmi (f.) [cp. Vedic bhūmi, Av. būmiš soil, ground, to bhū, as
the 5 bīja — jātāni (5 groups of plants springing from a germi-
in bhavati, cp. Gr. ϕύσις etc. See bhavati] 1. (lit.) ground,
native power: see bīja), viz. mūla — bījaṁ, khandha°, phala°, 14
soil, earth Vin ii.175; Sn 418 (yāna° carriage road); Pv i.10 ≈;
agga°, bīja°. Thus in C. on Vin iv.34 (the so — called bhū-
SnA 353 (heṭṭhā — bhūmiyaṁ under the earth); DhA i.414
tagāma — sikkhāpada, quoted at DhA iii.302 & SnA 3); cp.
(id., opp. upari — bhūmiyaṁ). — 2. place, quarter, district,
M iii.34; J v.46; Miln 3, 244. -gāha possession by a de-
region M i.145 (jāti° district of one's birth); Sn 830 (vighāta°);
mon Miln 168 (cp. Divy 235). -ṭṭhāna place of a ghost KhA
2
Nd 475 (danta°); DhA i.213 (āpāna°); PvA 80 (susāna°). —
170. -pati (a) lord of beings J v.113 (of Inda); vi.362 (id.); Vv 19 9
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64 (id.). (b) lord of ghosts, or Yakkhas J vi.269 (of Kuvera). uyyāna° garden ( — place or locality) Vv 64 ; Pv ii.12 ; J
i.58. — 3. (fig.) ground, plane, stage, level; state of con-
-pubba (a) as adj. (—°) having formerly been so & so, as mātā
sciousness, Vin. i.17; Vbh 322 sq.; Vism 126, 442 (with ref.
bhūtapubbo satto, pitā etc., in untraced quotation at Vism 305;
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