– B – Concise Pali-english Dictionary

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baka : [m.] a crane; heron.

bakkhituṃ : [inf. of bhakkhati] to eat; to feed upon.

bajjhati : [pass. of bandhati] is bound or captivated; is caught (in a trap etc.).

battiṃsati : [f.] thirty-two.

badara : [nt.] jujube fruit.

badaramissa : [adj.] mixed with jujube.

badarī : [f.] the jujube tree.

badālatā : [f.] a creeper of sweet taste.

baddha : [pp. of bandhati] bound; trapped; fastened; combined; put together.

baddhañjalika : [adj.] keeping the hands reverently extended.

baddharāva : [m.] the cry of the trapped or caught.

baddhavera : [nt.] contracted enmity. (adj.), having such enmity.

badhira : [adj.] deaf; a person who is deaf.

bandha : [m.] bound; fetter; attachment; imprisonment.

bandhati : [bandh + a] binds; combines; unites; ties on; captures; composes.

bandhana : [nt.] bound; fetter; attachment; imprisonment; binding; bondage; something to bind with.

bandhanāgāra : [nt.] a prison.

bandhanāgārika : [m.] a prisoner; prison-keeper.

bandhanīya : [pt.p. of bandhati] should be combined; should be united.

bandhanta : [pr.p. of bandhati] combining; capturing.

bandhava : [m.] kinsman; relative; relation.

bandhāpita : [pp. of bandhāpeti] caused to be bound or fettered.

bandhāpeti : [caus. of bandhati] causes to be bound or fettered.

bandhāpesi : [aor. of bandhāpeti] caused to be bound or fettered.

bandhi : [aor. of bandhati] combined; united.

bandhitabba : [pt.p. of bandhati] should be combined; should be united.

bandhituṃ : [inf. of bandhati] to combine; to unite; to capture.

bandhitvā : [abs. of bandhati] having combined; having united.

bandhiya : [abs. of bandhati] having combined; having united.

bandhu : [m.] kinsman; relative; relation.

bandhujīvaka : [m.] the China-rose plant.

bandhumantu : [adj.] having relatives; rich in kinsmen.

babbaja : [nt.] the fragrant root of the Andropogon Muricatus.

babbu : [m.] a cat.

babbuka : [m.] a cat.

baraṇaseyyaka : [adj.] made in or coming from Benares.

barihisa : [nt.] Kusa-grass.

bala : [nt.] strength; power; force; an army; military force. || bāla (adj.) young in years; ignorant; foolish. (m.) a child; a fool. bālā (f.) a girl.

balakāya : [m.] an army.

balakoṭṭhaka : [nt.] a stronghold; fortress.

balakkāra : [m.] violence; application of force.

balattha : [m.] a soldier; member of an army. || balaṭṭha (m.) a soldier; member of an army.

balada : [adj.] strength-giving; bestowal of power.

baladāna : [nt.] bestowal of power.

balappatta : [adj.] come into power; grown strong.

balamattā : [f.] a little strength.

balavantu : [adj.] powerful.

balavāhana : [nt.] the soldiers and vehicles.

balākayoni : [f.] a species of crane.

balākā : [f.] a brown crane. || bālaka (m.) a child.

bali : [m.] religious offering; revenue; tax. || balī (adj.) powerful; strong.

balikamma : an oblation.

balikā : [f.] a girl.

balipaṭiggāhaka : [adj.] receiving oblations or revenues.

balipuṭṭha : [m.] a crow.

balivadda : [m.] an ox.

baliharaṇa : [nt.] collecting of taxes.

bavhābādha : [adj.] full of sickness.

bahala : [adj.] thick; dense.

bahalatta : [nt.] thickness.

bahi : [ind.] outer; external; outside.

bahigata : [adj.] gone outside.

bahijana : [m.] outside people.

bahiddhā : [ind.] outside; outer.

bahinagara : [nt.] the outer city or outside the city.

bahinikkhamana : [nt.] going out.

bahu : [adj.] much; many; plenty; abundant. (plu.) many persons. || bāhu (m.) the arm.

bahualīkamma : [nt.] continuous practice; zealous exercise.

bahuka : [adj.] many.

bahukaraṇīya : [adj.] having much to do; busy.

bahukāra : [adj.] of great service; very useful.

bahukicca : [adj.] having much to do; busy.

bahukkhattuṃ : [adv.] many times.

bahujana : [m.] a mass of people.

bahujāgara : [adj.] very wakeful.

bahutara : [adj.] much; more.

bahutta : [nt.] manifoldness; multiplicity.

bahudhana : [adj.] with many riches.

bahudhā : [adv.] in many ways.

bahuppada : [adj.] many-footed; giving much.

bahubbīhi : the Relative Compound.

bahubhaṇda : [adj.] having an abundance of goods.

bahubhāṇī : [adj.] one who speaks much.

bahubhāva : [m.] abundance.

bahumata : [adj.] much esteemed; accepted by many.

bahumāna : [m.] respect; esteem; veneration.

bahumānana : [nt.] respect; esteem; veneration.

bahumānita : [adj.] much esteemed.

bahula : [adj.] abundant; frequent.

bahulaṃ : [adv.] mostly; frequently.

bahulatā : [f.] abundance.

bahulatta : [nt.] abundance.

bahulīkata : [pp. of bahulīkaroti] took up seriously; increased. (adj.), practised frequently.

bahulīkamma : [nt.] continuous practice; zealous exercise.

bahulīkaraṇa : [nt.] continuous practice; zealous exercise.

bahulīkari : [aor. of bahulīkaroti] took up seriously; increased.

bahulīkaroti : [bahula + ī + kar + o] takes up seriously; increases.

bahulīkāra : [m.] continuous practice; zealous exercise.

bahullya : [nt.] abundance; luxurious living.

bahuvacana : [nt.] the plural number.

bahuvidha : [adj.] manifold; multiform.

bahuso : [adv.] mostly; frequently; repeatedly.

bahussuta : [adj.] very learned.

bahūpakāra : [adj.] very helpful.

bāṇa : [m.] an arrow.

bāṇadhi : [m.] a quiver.

bādhaka : [adj.] preventing; harassing; obstructing.

bādhakatta : [nt.] the fact of being obstructive.

bādhati : [bādh + a] hinders; obstructs; afflicts; ensnares.

bādhana : [nt.] hindrance; affliction; snaring; catching.

bādhā : [f.] hindrance; prevention.

bādhi : [aor. of bādhati] hindered; obstructed; afflicted; ensnared.

bādhita : [pp. of bādhati] hindered; obstructed; afflicted; ensnared. (pp. of bādheti), oppressed; afflicted; harassed; ensnared; prevented.

bādhitvā : [abs. of bādhati] having hindered; having obstructed; having afflicted; having ensnared.

bādheti : [badh + e] oppresses; afflicts; harasses; ensnares; prevents.

bādhetvā : [abs. of bādheti] having harrassed; having ensnared.

bādhenta : [pr.p. of bādheti] oppressing; afflicting.

bādhesi : [aor. of bādheti] oppressed; afflicted; harassed; ensnared; prevented.

bārasa : [adj.] twelve.

bārāṇasī : [f.] the city of Benares.

bārāṇasīṇaseyyaka : [adj.] made in or coming from Benares.

bālatā : [f.] foolishness.

bālisika : [m.] a fisherman.

bālya : [nt.] childhood; folly.

bāḷha : [adj.] strong; much; excessive.

bāḷhaṃ : [adv.] strongly; excessively; very much.

bāvīsati : [f.] twenty-two.

bāhā : [f.] the arm; a post; a handle.

bāhābala : [nt.] power of the arm, i.e. manual labour.

bāhita : [pp. of bāheti] kept away; warded off; removed.

bāhira : [adj.] external; outer; foreign. (nt.), outside.

bāhiraka : [adj.] of another faith; outsider.

bāhirakapabbajjā : [f.] the ascetic life other than that of Buddhist monks.

bāhiratta : [nt.] eternality.

bāhujañña : [adj.] belonging to the public.

bāhulika : [adj.] living in abundance.

bāhulla : [nt.] abundance; luxurious living.

bāhullaya : [nt.] abundance; luxurious living.

bāhusacca : [nt.] great learning.

bāheti : [vah + e] keeps away; wards off; removes.

bāhetvā : [abs. of bāheti] having kept away; having warded off; having removed.

bāhesi : [aor. of bāheti] kept away; warded off; removed.

bidala : [nt.] a split pea or bamboo; a lath.

bindu : [nt.] a drop; a dot; a trifle.

bindumatta : [adj.] as much as a drop.

bindumattaṃ : [adv.] only a drop.

bimba : [nt.] an image; figure; the disk (of the sun or moon). || bimbā (f.) name of the Prince Siddharth’s wife.

bimbikā : [f.] the creeper brayonia grandis, which produces red oval fruits.

bimbī : [f.] the creeper brayonia grandis, which produces red oval fruits.

bila : [nt.] a den; a hole; a portion.

bilaṅga : [m.] vinegar.

bilaṅgathālikā : [f.] a kind of torture.

bilaso : [adv.] in portions or heaps.

billa : [m.] the marmelos tree.

biḷāra : [m.] a cat.

biḷārabhastā : [f.] the bellows.

biḷālī : [f.] a she cat; a kind of bulbous plant.

bīja : [nt.] seed; germ; generating element.

bījakosa : [m.] the capsule or seed vessel of flowers; the scrotum.

bījagāma : [m.] seed-kingdom.

bījajāta : [nt.] species of seed.

bījabīja : [nt.] plants propagated by seeds.

bībhacca : [adj.] awful; horrible.

bīraṇa : [nt.] the grass andropogon muricatus, which produces fragrant roots.

bīraṇatthambha : [m.] a bush of the above said grass.

bujjhati : [budh + ya] knows; understands; perceives; is awake.

bujjhana : [nt.] awakening; attaining knowledge.

bujjhanaka : [adj.] intelligent; prudent.

bujjhanta : [pr.p. of bujjhati] knowing; understanding.

bujjhamāna : [pr.p. of bhujjhati] perceiving.

bujjhi : [aor. of bujjhati] knew; understood; perceived.

bujjhitu : [m.] one who awakes or becomes enlightened.

bujjhitvā : [abs. of bujjhati] having known; having understood; having perceived.

buḍḍhatara : [adj.] older.

buddha : [pp. of bujjhati] known; understood; perceived. (m.), one who has attained enlightenment; the Enlightened One. || buḍḍha (adj.) aged; old.

buddhañāṇa : [nt.] the boundless knowledge.

buddhakārakadhamma : [m.] the practices bringing about Buddhahood.

buddhakāla : [m.] the time when a Buddha appears.

buddhakolāhala : [m.] the announcement about coming of a Buddha.

buddhakkhetta : [nt.] the sphere where a Buddha’s power exists.

buddhaguṇa : [m.] virtues of a Buddha.

buddhaṅkura : [m.] one who is destined to be a Buddha.

buddhacakkhu : [nt.] the faculty of complete intuition.

buddhatta : [nt.] the state of a Buddha.

buddhantara : [nt.] the interval between the appearance of one Buddha and next.

buddhaputta : [m.] a disciple of a Buddha.

buddhabala : [nt.] the force of a Buddha.

buddhabhāva : [m.] the Buddhahood.

buddhabhūta : [pp.] become enlightened.

buddhabhūmi : [f.] the ground of Buddhahood.

buddhamāmaka : [adj.] devoted or attached to the Buddha.

buddharaṃsi : [f.] rays from the person of the Buddha.

buddharasmi : [f.] rays from the person of the Buddha.

buddhalīḷhā : [f.] grace of a Buddha.

buddhavacana : [nt.] the teaching of the Buddha.

buddhavisaya : [m.] the scope of a Buddha.

buddhaveneyya : [adj.] to be converted by a Buddha.

buddhasāsana : [nt.] the teaching of the Buddha.

buddhānubhāva : [m.] the majestic power of the Buddha.

buddhānussati : [(buddha + anussati), f.] mindfulness upon the Buddha’s virtues.

buddhārammaṇa : [adj.] having its foundation in the Buddha.

buddhālambana : [adj.] having its foundation in the Buddha.

buddhi : [f.] a wisdom; intelligence.

buddhimantu : [adj.] wise; intelligent.

buddhisampanna : [adj.] wise; intelligent.

buddhopaṭṭhāka : [(buddha + upaṭṭhāka) adj.] attending the Buddha.

buddhoppāda : [(buddha + uppāda) m.] the age in which a Buddha is born.

budha : [m.] a wise man; the planet mercury.

budhavāra : [m.] Wednesday.

bubbula : [nt.] a bubble.

bubbulaka : [nt.] a bubble.

bubhukkhati : [bhuj + kha; bhu is doubled, the first bh is changed to b and j to k] wishes to eat.

bubhukkhi : [aor. of bubhukkhati] wished to eat.

bubhukkhita : [pp. of bubhukkhati] wished to eat.

beluva : [m.] the tree Aegle Marmelos.

beluvapakka : [nt.] a ripe fruit of Marmelos.

beluvalaṭṭhi : [f.] a young Marmelos tree.

beluvasalāṭuka : [nt.] unripe fruit of Marmelos.

bojjhaṅga : [nt.] a factor of knowledge or wisdom.

bodha : [m.] enlightenment; knowledge.

bodhana : [nt.] enlightenment; knowledge.

bodhanīya : [adj.] capable of being enlightened.

bodhaneyya : [adj.] capable of being enlightened.

bodhi : [f.] supreme knowledge; the tree of wisdom.

bodhiṅgaṇa : [(bodhi + aṅgaṇa) nt.] the courtyard in which a Bo-tree stands.

bodhita : [pp. of bodheti] awakened; enlightened.

bodhipakkhika : [adj.] belonging to enlightenment.

bodhipakkhiya : [adj.] belonging to enlightenment.

bodhipādapa : [m.] the Bo-tree; the Ficus Religiosia.

bodhipūjā : [f.] offerings to a Bo-tree.

bodhimaṇḍa : [m.] the ground under the Bo-tree, where the Buddha sat at the time of His enlightenment.

bodhimaha : [m.] offerings to a Bo-tree.

bodhimūla : [nt.] the foot of the Bo-tree.

bodhirukkha : [m.] the Bo-tree; the Ficus Religiosia.

bodheti : [budh + e] awakens; enlightens.

bodhetu : [m.] one who awakens or enlightens.

bodhetvā : [abs. of bodheti] having awakened; having enlightened.

bodhenta : [pr.p. of bodheti] awakening.

bodhesi : [aor. of bodheti] awakened; enlightened.

bondi : [m.] the body.

byañjana : [nt.] a syllable; a consonant; a sign or mark; curry.

byaggha : [m.] a tiger.

byāpāda : [m.] malevolence.

byāma : [m.] a fathom.

byāmappabhā : [f.] the halo extending around the Buddha.

byūha : [m.] an array of troops; a mass or collection.

bravitu : [v.] let him say.

brahanta : [adj.] vast; lofty; gigantic; immense. (in cpds. it takes the form brahā, just like mahā from mahanta).

brahma : [m.] the Brahma; the Creator.

brahmañña : [nt.] brahmanhood; pure life.

brahmaññatā : [f.] brahmanhood; pure life.

brahmakāyika : [adj.] belonging to the company of Brahmas.

brahmaghosa : [adj.] having a sound similar to that of Brahma.

brahmacariyā : [f.] religious life; complete chastity.

brahmacārī : leading a chaste life.

brahmajacca : [adj.] belonging to the brahman caste.

brahmaṇakaññā : [f.; adj.] Brahman maiden.

brahmadaṇḍa : [m.] a (kind of) punishment by stopping all conversation and communication with one.

brahmadeyya : [nt.] a royal gift.

brahmappatta : [adj.] arrived at the highest state.

brahmabandhu : [m.] a relative of the brahma, i.e. a brahman.

brahmabhūta : [adj.] most excellent.

brahmaloka : [m.] the brahma world.

brahmalokūpaga : [adj.] taking birth in the Brahma-world.

brahmavimāna : [nt.] mansion of a brahma god.

brahmavihāra : [m.] divine state of mind; a name collectively given to mettā, karuṇā, muditā, and upekkhā.

brāhmaṇa : [m.] a man of the Brahman caste.

brāhmaṇavācanaka : [nt.] recitation of Vedas by brahmans.

brāhmaṇavāṭaka : [m.] a place where brahmans assemble.

bruvanta : [pr.p. of brūti] saying; speaking.

bruvitvā : [abs. of brūti] having sayed; having spoken.

brūti : [brū + e] says; speaks.

brūhana : [nt.] development; increment.

brūhita : [pp. of brūheti] increased; developed.

brūheti : [bruk + e] increases; develops.

brūhetu : [m.] one who increase.

brūhetvā : [abs. of brūheti] having increased; having developed.

brūhenta : [pr.p. of brūheti] increasing; developing.

brūhesi : [aor. of brūheti] increased; developed.