The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Bhagga
Bhagga2 (nt.) [fr. bhaga; cp. Sk. & P. bh!gya] fortune, good luck, welfare, happiness Vism 210 (ak!si ˚' ti
gar( ti Bh!gyav! etc.).
Bhaggava
Bhaggava [cp. Sk. *bh!rgava, a der. fr. bh%gu, & bharga1, of same root as Lat. fulgur lightning; Gr. flo/c
light; Ger. blitzen, blank; Ags. blanca white horse, all of the idea of "shining, bright, radiant." -- How the
meaning "potter" is connected with this meaning, is still a problem, perhaps we have to take the word
merely as an Epithet at the one passage where it occurs, which happens to be in the Kumbhak!ra -- j!taka,
v. 6, 7. i. e. the "J!taka of the potter"] potter (?) J iii.381, 382, in voc. bhaggava (m.) & bhaggav" (f.). The
terms are not expld in C., evidently because somewhat obscure. According to Kern, Toev. s. v. the Sk. form
in this meaning occurs at MBh. i.190, 47; Saddhp. 191 sq., MVastu iii.347.
Bhaggavant
Bhaggavant (adj. n.) [fr. bhagga2, cp. Sk. & P. bh!gya- vant] having good luck or auspices, fortunate; in
def. of "Bhagav!" at Vism 210=DA i.34 ("bh!gyav! bhaggav! yutto"); with ref. to the 4 qualities implied in
the word "bhagav!," which passage is alluded to at VvA 231 by remark "bh!gyavantat' !d"hi cat(hi
k!ra*ehi Bhagav!."
Bhanga
Bhanga1 (nt.) [cp. Sk. bhanga, which occurs already Atharva -- veda xi. 6. 15 (see Zimmer. Altind. Leben
68), also Av. ba'ha, Polish pienka hemp. On its possible etym. connection with Vedic $a*a (Ath. Veda ii.
4. 5) =P. sa*a & s!*a hemp (=Gr. ka/nnabis, Ger. hanf, E. hemp) see Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v. cannabis]
hemp; coarse hempen cloth Vin i.58 (where combd with s!*a).
Bhanga
Bhanga2 (nt.) [cp. Class. Sk. bhanga, fr. bhañj: see bhañ- jati] 1. (lit.) breaking, breaking off, in s!kh!˚ a
layer of broken -- off branches J iii.407. -- 2. (fig.) breaking up, dissolution, disruption (see on form Cpd.
25, 66) Ps i.57 sq. (˚ânupassan! insight into disruption), quoted & expld at Vism 640 sq.; VbhA 27
(˚kha*a); Sdhp 48, 78 (!s!˚). Cp. vi˚.
Bhangana & Bhangaloka
Bhangana & Bhangaloka [to bhanga1?] are vv. ll. of Npl. at Nd1 155 for Ganga*a & Anga*eka
respectively. With misspelling bh>g, cp. bhe*.aka>ge*.aka.
Bhacca
Bhacca (adj.) [grd. fr. bh%, cp. Sk. bh%tya] to be carried, kept or sustained A iii.46 (=a dependant) J iv.301
(C. bharitabba). As Kern. Toev. s. v. bhacca points out this g!th! "bhacc! m!t! pit! bandh(, yena j!to sa
yeva so" is a distortion of MBh i.74, 110, where it runs "bhastr! m!t!, pitu1 putro, yena j!to sa eva sa1" (or
is it bhrast!?).
Bhajati
Bhajati [bhaj to divide, partake etc.: see Caus. bh!jeti & cp. vi˚] to associate with (acc.), keep
companionship with, follow, resort to; to be attached to (acc.), to love. Freq. syn. of sevati. The Dhtp &