The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Bhiyyo
Bhiyyo (Bh"yo, Bh"yyo) [Vedic bh(yas, compar. form fr. bh(, functioning as compar. to bh(ri. On relation
Sk. bh(ya1: P. bhiyyo cp. Sk. jugupsate: P. jigucchati] 1. (adj.) more Sn 61 (dukkham ettha bhiyyo), 584
(id.), 306 (bh. ta*h! pava..hatha); Dh 313 (bh. rajan !kirate), 349 (bh. ta*h! pava..hati). -- 2. (adv.) in a
higher degree, more, repeatedly, further S i.108 (appa' v! bh"yo less or more); Sn 434 (bh. citta' pas"dati);
Dh 18 (bh. nandati=ativiya n. C.); Miln 40. -- See also bhiyyoso, yebhuyyena. -- kamyat! desire for more,
greed Vin ii.214. -- bh!va getting more, increase, multiplication D iii.221; Vin iii.45; S v.9, 198, 244; A
i.98; v.70; VbhA 289.
Bhiyyoso
Bhiyyoso (adv.) [abl. formation fr. bhiyyo 1] still more, more and more, only in cpd. ˚matt!ya [cp. BSk.
bh(yasy! m!tr!ya MVastu ii.345; Divy 263 & passim] exceedingly, abundantly A i.124=Pug 30 (expld at
PugA 212 by "bhiyyoso -- matt!ya uddhum!yana -- bh!vo da&&habbo"); J i.61; PvA 50.
Bhisa
Bhisa (nt.) [cp. Vedic bisa, with bh for b: see Geiger, P.Gr. § 40 1a] the sprout (fr. the root) of a lotus, the
lotus fibres, lotus plant S i.204; ii.268; J i.100; iv.308. -- puppha the lotus flower Sn 2 (=paduma -- puppha
SnA 16). -- mu)!la fibres & stalk of the lotus J v.39; Vism 361.
Bhisakka
Bhisakka [cp. Vedic bhi+aj physician, P. bhesajja medicine & see Geiger, P.Gr. § 631] a physician M i.429;
A iii.238; iv.340; It 101; Miln 169, 215, 229, 247 sq., 302; Vism 598 (in simile); DA i.67, 255.
Bhisi
Bhisi1 (f.) [cp. Epic Sk. b%+" & b%s", with bh for b, as in Prk. bhis", cp. Pischel, Prk. Gr. § 209] a bolster,
cushion, pad, roll Vin i.287 sq. (c"vara˚ a robe rolled up); ii.150, 170; iii.90; iv.279. Five kinds are allowed
in a Vih!ra, viz. u**a -- bhisi, cola˚, v!ka˚, ti*u˚, pa**a˚, i. e. bolsters stuffed with wool, cotton -- cloth,
bark, grass, or talipot leaves, Vin ii.150=VbhA 365 (ti*a˚). -- bimbohana bolster & pillow Vin i.47; ii.208;
DhA i.416; VbhA 365.
Bhisi
Bhisi2 [etym.?] a raft Sn 21. -- Andersen, Pali Reader, Glossary s. v. identifies it with bhisi1 and asks:
"Could it also mean a sort of cushion, made of twisted grass, used instead of a swimming girdle?"
Bhisik!
Bhisik! (f.) [fr. bhisi1] a small bolster Vin ii.148 (v!ta- p!na˚ a roll to keep out draughts); KhA 50 (t!pasa˚,
v. l. Kk kapala -- bhitti, see Appendix to Indexes on Sutta Nip!ta & Pj.).
Bhism!
Bhism! (f.) [=bhi's!] terror, fright D ii.261 (˚k!ya adj. terrific).
Bh"ta