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Bhūmi Bheda
to the 4 Paṭisambhidā, as sekha — bhūmi & asekha — bhūmi), it is as widespread as the earth; Dhs 16; DhA iii.421; same
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517 (paññā° — niddesa). Usually — °: indriya° Nett 192; expl at DhsA 148); J vi.415.
dassana° plane of insight Nett 8, 14, 50; sukha° ground for
Bhūsana (nt.) [fr. bhūṣ] ornament, decoration Vism 10 (yatino
happiness Dhs 984 (cp. DhsA 214). — bhūmi-ttaya the
— sīla — bhūsana — bhūsitā contrasted to rājāno muttāmaṇi
3 stages, viz. kāmâvacara, rūpâvacara, lokuttara Vism 493. — vibhūsitā).
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— pl. bhūmiyo Ps ii.205=Vism 384 (appl to the 4 jhānas);
Bhūsā (f.) [fr. bhūṣ] ornament, decoration, only in cpd. bhūsa —
purisa° (aṭṭha p. bh. eight stages of the individual; viz. manda 2
(read bhūsā — )dassaneyya beautiful as an ornament Pv iii.3 .
— bhūmi, khiḍḍā°, vīmaṁsana°, ujugata°, sekha°, samaṇa°,
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jina°, panna°, or as trsl by Rh. D. in Dial. i.72, under Bhūseti [Caus. of bhūṣ, to be busy; in meaning "to adorn" etc.
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"eight stages of a prophet's existence"; babyhood, playtime, Expl at Dhtp. 315, 623 by "alankāra"] to adorn, embellish,
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trial time, erect time, learning time, ascetic time, prophet time beautify. Only in pp. bhūsita adorned with (—°) Pv ii.9 ,
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& prostrate time. Cp. the 10 decades of man's life, as given 12 ; iii.3 ; J vi.53. Cp. vi°.
by Bdhgh at Vism 619). — Bdhgh, when defining the 2 mean- Bheka [cp. Vedic bheka, onomat.] a frog Th 1, 310; J iii.430;
ings of bhūmi as "mahā — paṭhavī" and as "cittuppāda" (rise iv.247; vi.208.
of thought) had in view the distinction between its literal &
Bhecchati is fut. of bhindati (q. v.).
figurative meaning. But this def. (at DhsA 214) is vague &
only popular. — An old loc. of bhūmi is bhumyā, e. g. J Bhejja (adj.) [grd. of bhindati] to be split, only in neg. form
i.507; v.84. Another form of bhūmi at end of cpds. is bhūma abhejja not to be split or sundered Sn 255; J i.263; iii.318;
(q. v.). Pug 30; Miln 160, 199.
-kampa shaking of the ground, earthquake Miln 178.
Bhejjanaka (adj.) [fr. bhejja] breakable; like bhejja only in neg.
-gata "gone into the soil," i. e. hiding, stored away J i.375.
form abhejjanaka indestructible J i.393.
-ghana thick soil SnA 149, cp. paṭhavi — ghana ibid. 146.
Bheṇḍi [perhaps identical with & only wrong spelling for
-tala ground ( — surface) PvA 186. -padesa place or region 2
bheṇḍu=kaṇḍu ] a kind of missile used as a weapon, arrow
upon the earth J vi.95. -pappaṭaka outgrowths in the soil D d n
Vin iii.77 (where enum with asi, satti & laguḷa in expl of
iii.87=Vism 418. -pothana beating the ground DhA i.171.
upanikkhipana).
-bhāga division of the earth, district J i.109; v.200; VvA 125;
PvA 29, 154. -laddh'(uppanna) acquired on a certain stage Bheṇḍu [with v. l. geṇḍu, of uncertain reading & meaning. Pis-
of existence SnA 4. -saya lying or sleeping on the ground chel, Prk. Gr. § 107 gives giṇḍu & remarks that this cannot
DhA ii.61. be derived fr. kaṇḍuka (although kaṇḍu may be considered
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Bhūri (f.) [cp. late Sk. bhūr] the earth; given as name for the as gloss of bheṇḍu at Th 1, 164: see kaṇḍu ), but belongs
with Prk. geṇḍui play & P. geṇḍuka and the originally Sk.
earth (paṭhavi) at Ps ii.197; see also def. at DhsA 147. Besides
words genduka, ginduka, geṇḍu, geṇḍuka to a root gid, giḍ,
these only in 2 doubtful cpds., both resting on demonology,
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viz. bhūrikamma D i.12, expl as "practices to be observed Prk. giṇḍai to play. Morris, J.P.T.S. 1884, 90 says: "I am in-
clined to read geṇḍu in all cases & to compare it with geḍuka &
by one living in a bhūrighara or earth — house" (?) DA i.97,
geṇḍuka a ball"] a ball, bead; also a ball — shaped ornament
but cp. Vedic bhūri — karman "much effecting"; and bhūriv- 2
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ijjā D i.9, expl as "knowledge of charms to be pronounced by or turret, cupola Th 1, 164 (see kaṇḍu ) J i.386 (also °maya
ball — shaped); iii.184 (v. l. geṇḍu).
one living in an earth — house" (?) DA i.93. See Dial. i.18,
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25. The meaning of the terms is obscure; there may have been Bheṇḍuka [in all probability misreading for geṇḍuka. The v. l.
(as Kern rightly suggests: see Toev. s. v.) quite a diff. popular is found at all passages. Besides this occur the vv. ll. keṇḍuka
practice behind them, which was unknown to the later Com- (=kaṇḍuka?) & kuṇḍika] a ball for playing J iv.30, 256; v.196;
mentator. Kern suggests that bhūri-vijjā might be a secret sci- vi.471; DhsA 116. See also geṇḍuka.
ence to find gold (digging for it: science of hidden treasures), 2 1
Bheṇḍuka [fr. bheṇḍu, identical with bheṇḍuka ] a knob,
and °kamma might be "making gold" (alchemistic science).
cupola, round tower J i.2 (mahā — bh° — pamāṇa).
Perhaps the term bhumma-jāla is to be connected with these
Bhettar [n. ag. fr. bhid] a breaker, divider A v.283.
two.
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Bhūri (adj.) [cp. Vedic bhūri] wide, extensive, much, abundant, Bheda [fr. bhid, cp. Ved. & Class. Sk. bheda in same meanings]
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DhsA 147 (in def. of the term bhūri , i. e. earth); otherwise 1. breaking, rending, breach, disunion, dissension Vism 64 sq.
(contrasted with ānisaṁsa), 572 sq. (with ref. to upādāna &
only in cpds.: °pañña (adj.) of extensive wisdom, very wise S
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iv.205; Sn 346, 792, 1097, 1143; Pv iii.5 ; Ps ii.197 ("paṭhavī bhava); VbhA 185 (id.); Sdhp 66, 457, 463. — mithu° break-
ing of alliance D ii.76; J iv.184; Kvu 314. — vacī° breaking
— samāya vitthatāya vipulāya paññāya samannāgato ti bhūri-
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pañño," with other definitions); Nd 95 (same expl as under of [the rule as to] speech Miln 231. — sangha° disunion in the
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Ps ii.197); Nd 415 C. (id.). °paññāṇa (adj.) same as °pañña Sangha Vin ii.203. — sīla° breach of morality J v.163. — abl.
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Sn 1136 ≈ (cp. Nd 480). °medhasa (adj.) very intelligent bhedā after the destruction or dissolution in phrase kāyassa
bhedā param maraṇā, i. e. after the breaking up of the body
S i.42, 174; iii.143; A iv.449; Sn 1131, 1136; Th 1, 1266; Pv
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iii.7 . & after death: see kāya I. e. & cp. D iii.52, 146 sq., 258; Dh
140; Pug 51. — 2. (—°) sort, kind, as adj. consisting of, like
Bhūrī (f.) [is it original? Cp. BSk. bhūri in same sense at Lal. V. J ii.438; vi.3 (kaṭuk' ādi°); DhA iii.14 (kāya — sucarit' — ādi°
444, 541; MVastu iii.332] knowledge, understanding, intelli- — bhadra — kammāni); SnA 290 (Avīci — ādi — ° niraya).
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gence Dh 282, quoted at DhsA 76 (expl as termed so because
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