Bhāsin Bhāsin (adj.) (-˚) [cp. Epic Sk. bhāṣin] speaking A i.102 (dubbhāsita-bhāsin).

   Bhāsura Bhāsura (adj.) [cp. Epic Sk. bhāsura fr. bhas] bright, shining, resplendent ThA 139, 212; VvA 12.

   Bhiŋsa Bhiŋsa (adj.) [=Vedic bhīṣma, of which there are 4 P. forms, viz. the metathetic bhiŋsa, the shortened bhisma, the lengthened bhesma, and the contracted bhīsa (see bhīsana). Cp. also Sk.-P. bhīma; all of bhī] terrible; only in cpd. ˚rūpa (nt. & adj.) an awful sight; (of) terrific appearance, terrible, awful J iii.242, 339; iv.271, 494.

   Bhiŋsana & ˚ka Bhiŋsana & ˚ka (adj.) [the form with ˚ka is the canonic form, whereas bhiŋsana is younger. See bhiŋsa on connections] horrible, dreadful, awe-inspiring, causing fear. (a) bhiŋsanaka (usually combd with lomahaŋsa) D ii.106=A iv.311; D ii.157; Vin iii.8; PvA 22; ThA 242 (˚sabhāva=bhīmarūpa); J v.43. — (b) bhiŋsana Pv iv.35 (+lomahaŋsa).

   Bhiŋsā Bhiŋsā (f.) [fr. bhiŋsa] terror, fright; mahā-bhiŋsa (adj.) inspiring great terror D ii.259. Cp. bhismā.

   Bhiŋsikā Bhiŋsikā (f.) [fr. bhiŋsa] frightful thing, terror, terrifying omen Mhvs 12, 12 (vividhā bhiŋsikā kari he brought divers terrors to pass).

   Bhikkhaka Bhikkhaka [fr. bhikkhu, Cp. Epic Sk. bhikṣuka & f. bhikṣukī] a beggar, mendicant S i.182 (bh. brāhmaṇa); J vi.59 (v. l. BB. ˚uka); VbhA 327.

   Bhikkhati Bhikkhati [cp. Vedic bhikṣate, old desid. to bhaj; def. Dhtp 13 "yācane"] to beg alms, to beg, to ask for S i.176, 182 (so read for T. bhikkhavo); Dh 266; VbhA 327. — ppr. med. bhikkhamāna Th 2, 123.

   Bhikkhā Bhikkhā (f.) [cp. Epic & Class. Sk. bhaikṣa of bhikṣ, adj. & nt.] begged food, alms, alms-begging; food Vin iv.94; Cp i.14; Vv 704 (ekāhā bh. food for one day); Miln 16; PvA 3, 75, 131 (kaṭacchu˚); bhikkhāya carati to go out begging food [cp. Sk. bhaikṣaŋ carati] J iii.82; v.75; PvA 51 & passim. —subhikkha (nt.) abundance of food D i.11. dubbhikkha (nt.) (& ˚ā f.) scantiness of alms, famine, scarcity of food, adj. famine-stricken (cp. Sk. durbhikṣaŋ) Vin ii.175; iii.87 (adj.); iv.23 (adj.); S iv.323, 324 (dvīhitikaŋ); A i.160; iii.41; J ii.149, 367; v.193; vi.487; Cp i.33 (adj.); Vism 415 (˚pīḷita), 512 (f. in simile); KhA 218; DhA i.169; ii.153 (f.); iii.437 (˚bhaya).
    -āhāra food received by a mendicant J i.237 (=bhikkhu-āhāra?). -cariyā going about for alms, begging round Sn 700; PvA 146. -cāra=˚cariyā Mhbv 28. -paññatti declaration of alms, announcement that food is to be given to the Sangha, a dedication of food Vin i.309.

   Bhikkhu Bhikkhu [cp. later Sk. bhikṣu, fr. bhikṣ] an almsman, a mendicant, a Buddhist monk or priest, a bhikkhu. — nom. sg. bhikkhu freq. passim; Vin iii.40 (vuḍḍhapabbajita); A i.78 (thera bh., an elder bh.; and nava bh. a young bh.); iii.299 (id.); iv.25 (id.); Sn 276, 360, 411 sq., 915 sq., 1041, 1104; Dh 31, 266 sq., 364 sq., 378; Vv 801; acc. bhikkhuŋ Vin iii.174; Dh 362, & bhikkhunaŋ Sn 87, 88, 513; gen. dat. bhikkhuno A i.274; Sn 221, 810, 961; Dh 373; Pv i.1010; & bhikkhussa A i.230; Vin iii.175; instr. bhikkhunā Sn 389. pl. nom. bhikkhū Vin ii.150; iii.175; D iii.123; Vism 152 (in sim.); VbhA 305 (compared with amaccaputtā) & bhikkhavo Sn 384, 573; Dh 243, 283; acc. bhikkhu Sn p. 78; M i.84; Vv 2210; & bhikkhavo Sn 384, 573; gen. dat. bhikkhūnaŋ Vin iii.285; D iii.264; Sn 1015; Pv ii.17; & bhikkhunaŋ S i.190; Th 1, 1231; instr. bhikkhūhi Vin iii.175; loc. bhikkhūsu A iv.25, & bhikkhusu Th 1, 241, 1207; Dh 73; voc. bhikkhave (a Māgadhī form of nom. bhikkhavaḥ) Vin iii.175; Sn p. 78; VvA 127; PvA 8, 39, 166; & bhikkhavo Sn 280, 385.
  There are several allegorical etymologies (definitions) of the word bhikkhu, which occur frequently in the commentaries. All are fanciful interpretations of the idea of what a bhikkhu is or should be, and these qualities were sought and found in the word itself. Thus we mention here the foll. (a) bhikkhu=bhinnakilesa ("one who has broken the stains" i. e. of bad character) VbhA 328; VvA 29, 114, 310; PvA 51. — (b) Another more explicit expln is "sattannaŋ dhammānaŋ bhinnattā bhikkhu" (because of the breaking or destroying of 7 things, viz. the 7 bad qualities, leading to rebirth, consisting of sakkāyadiṭṭhi, vicikicchā, sīlabbata-parāmāsa, rāga, dosa, moha, māna). This def. at Nd1 70=Nd2 477a. — (c) Whereas in a & b the first syllable bhi(-kkhu) is referred to bhid, in this def. it is referred to bhī (to fear), with the further reference of (bh-) ikkh(u) to īkṣ (to see), and bhikkhu defined as "saŋsāre bhayaŋ ikkhati ti bh." Vism 3, 16 (saŋsāre bhayaŋ ikkhaṇatāya vā bhinna-paṭa-dharaditāya vā). — A very comprehensive def. of the term is found at Vbh 245-246, where bhikkhu-ship is established on the ground of 18 qualities (beginning with samaññāya bhikkhu, paṭiññāya bh., bhikkhatī ti bh., bhikkhako ti bh., bhikkhācariyaŋ ajjhupagato ti bh., bhinna-paṭa-dharo ti bh., bhindati pāpake dhamme ti bh., bhinnattā pāpakānaŋ dhammānan ti bh. etc. etc.). — This passage is expld in detail at VbhA 327, 328. — Two kinds of bhikkhus are distinguished at Ps i.176; Nd1 465=Nd2 477b, viz. kalyāṇa[-ka-]puthujjana (a layman of good character) and sekkha (one in training), for which latter the term paṭilīnacara (one who lives in elimination, i. e. in keeping away from the dangers of worldly life) is given at Nd1 130 (on Sn 810).
    -gatika a person who associates with the bhikkhus (in the Vihāra) Vin i.148. -bhāva state of being a monk, monkhood, bhikkhuship D i.176; Sn p. 102; -sangha the community of bhikkhus, the Order of friars D iii.208; Sn 403, 1015; Sn p. 101, 102; Miln 209; PvA 19 sq. & passim.

   Bhikkhuka Bhikkhuka (-˚) (adj.) [fr. bhikkhu] belonging to a Buddhist mendicant, a bhikkhu-, a monk's, or of monks, in sa˚ with monks, inhabited by bhikkhus Vin iv.307, 308; opp. a˚ without bhikkhus, ibid.

   Bhikkhunī Bhikkhunī (f.) [fr. bhikkhu, cp. BSk. bhiksuṇī, but classical Sk. bhikṣukī] an almswoman, a female mendicant, a Buddhist nun D iii.123 sq., 148, 168 sq., 264; Vin iv.224 sq., 258 sq. (˚sangha); S i.128; ii.215 sq., iv.159 sq.; A i.88, 113, 279; ii.132 (˚parisā), 144; iii.109; iv.75; Miln 28; VbhA 498 (dahara˚, story of); VvA 77.

   Bhinka Bhinka [cp. Vedic bhṛnga large bee] the young of an animal, esp. of an elephant, in its property of being dirty (cp. pigs) Vin ii.201=S ii.269 (bhinka-cchāpa); J v.418 (with ref. to young cats: "mahā-biḷārā nelamaṇḍalaŋ vuccati taruṇā bhinka-cchāpa-maṇḍalaŋ," T. ˚cchāca˚, vv. ll. bhiñjaka-cchāca; taruṇa-bhiga -- cchāpa; bhinga-cchāja).

   Bhinkāra Bhinkāra1 (& ˚gāra) [cp. late Sk. bhṛngāra] a water jar, a (nearly always golden) vase, ceremonial vessel (in donations) Vin i.39 (sovaṇṇa-maya); D ii.172; A iv.210=214 (T. ˚gāra, v. l. ˚kāra); Cp. i.35; J i.85, 93; ii.371; iii.10 (suvaṇṇa˚); Dpvs xi.32; PvA 75; KhA 175 (suvaṇṇa˚; v. l. BB ˚gāra), Sdhp 513 (soṇṇa˚).

   Bhinkāra Bhinkāra2 [?] cheers, cries of delight (?) Bu i.35 (+sādhu kāra).

   Bhinkāra Bhinkāra3 [cp. Sk. bhṛnga bee, bhṛngaka & bhṛnga-rājā] a bird: Lanius caerulescens J v.416.