The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Bhara*a
Bhara*a (nt.) [fr. bh%, Epic Sk. bhara*a] bearing, sup- porting, maintenance Dhtm 346 (in expln of bh%);
Abhp 1053.
Bharat!
Bharat! (f.) [abstr. fr. bhara] only in cpd. dub˚ difficulty to support, state of being hard to maintain,
synonymous with kosajja at A iv.280, and kuhan! at A v.159, 161. -- opp. subharat! A iv.280.
Bharati
Bharati [bh%, cp. Lat. fero, Gr. fe/rw, Av. baraiti, Oir. berim, Goth. bairan= to bear, Ger. geb!ren. Dhtm
expls simply by "bharena"] to bear, support, feed, maintain J v.260 (mama bharatha, aha' bhatt! bhav!mi
vo; C. explns as "ma' icchatha"). -- pp. bhata. See also bha&a, bhara, bharita, and Der. fr. bh!r˚. A curious
Passive form is anu -- bh"ram!na (ppr.) M iii.123 (chatta: a parasol being spread out), on which see Geiger,
P.Gr. § 52, 5; 175 n. 3, 191.
Bharita
Bharita (adj.) [lit. made to bear, i. e. heavy with etc. Cp. formations bh!r˚, fr. bharati] filled with ( -- ˚) J i.2
(suva**a -- rajata˚ gabbha); iv.489 (udaka˚); v.275 (kimi˚); SnA 494 (v!ta˚); ThA 283 (ku*apa˚).
Bhariy!
Bhariy! (f.) [fr. bh%, Vedic bh!ry!] a wife (lit. one who is supported) D iii.190; It 36; J iii.511; DhA i.329.
Bharu
Bharu [a dial. (inscription) word, cp. Kern, Toev. s. v.] sea, in two names for a town and a kingdom viz.
Bharukaccha Nd1 155; J ii.188; iv.137, and Bharu -- ra&&ha J ii.169 sq., a kingdom which is said to have
been swallowed up by the sea. -- Also in N. of the King of that country Bharu -- r!j! J ii.171 (v. l. Kuru˚). -
- Der. Bh!rukacchaka an inhabitant of Bharukaccha DhsA 305 (so read at Expos. ii.401).
Bhallaka
Bhallaka [lit. from the Bhalla people] a kind of copper, enumd under the eight pis!ca -- loh!ni, or copper
coming from the Pi$!ca country VbhA 63 (is reading correct?). It is doubtful whether we should not read
mallaka, cp. malla.
Bhall!&aka
Bhall!&aka [cp. Epic Sk. bhall!taka] the marking nut plant Semicarpus anacardium J vi.578.
Bhava
Bhava [cp. Sk. bhava, as philosophical term late, but as N. of a deity Vedic; of bh(, see bhavati]
"becoming," (form of) rebirth, (state of) existence, a "life." There are 3 states of existence conventionally
enumd as k!ma˚, r(pa˚, ar(pa˚ or sensual existence, deva -- corporeal, & formless existence (cp. r(pa) D
ii.57; iii.216; S ii.3; iv.258; A ii.223; iii.444; Nd1 48; Nd2 s. v. dh!tu B.; Vism 210=DA i.34; Vism 529;
VbhA 204. -- Another view is represented by the division of bhava into kamma˚ and upapatti˚ (uppatti˚), or
the active functioning of a life in relation to the fruitional, or resultant way of the next life (cp. Cpd. 43)