Pāli Dictionary

bahuvidha

bahuprefixvidhasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

nānatta

general

  • manifold; of various kinds; multiform

  • Thag 19.1

    kadā nu'haṃ bhayajananiṃ dukh'āvahaṃ, taṇhālataṃ bahuvidha-anuvattaniṃ, paññāmayaṃ tikhiṇam'asiṃ gahetvā, chetvā vase tam'pi kadā bhavissati.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

bahūvidhā
  1. bahūbahu

    many; much; abundant; (as noun) a large quantity, many people; (as adverb) greatly, very much

  2. vidhā

    conceit; discriminatory self-comparison (esp. the three vidhā: thinking oneself better, equal, or worse than others)

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