Concise Pali-English Dictionary
A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera
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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.