Pāli Dictionary

bhaggā

bhaggastemāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

bhañj1break, destroy

general

  • the Bhaggans; the people/country of Bhagga (a small clan associated with Susumāragira)

  • AN 7.61

    evaṃ me sutaṃ, ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā bhaggesu viharati susumāragire bhesakaḷāvane migadāye. tena kho pana samayena āyasmā mahāmoggallāno magadhesu kallavāḷaputtagāme pacalāyamāno nisinno hoti.

  • MN 15

    evaṃ me sutaṃ, ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā mahāmoggallāno bhaggesu viharati susumāragire bhesakaḷāvane migadāye.

bhagga1

approximate

bhañjroottasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

bhañj1break, destroy

Synonyms

upacchinna, khaṇḍita, pabhinna, bhañjita, vināmita

general

  • broken; shattered; fractured

  • Dhp 154

    gahakāraka diṭṭho'si, puna gehaṃ na kāhasi, sabbā te phāsukā bhaggā, gahakūṭaṃ visaṅkhataṃ, visaṅkhāragataṃ cittaṃ, taṇhānaṃ khayam'ajjhagā.

  • (of a neck) bent, bowed; ruined, devastated

  • Thig 13.1

    saṇhakambu'r'iva suppamajjitā, sobhate su gīvā pure mama, sā jarāya bhaggā vināmitā, saccavādivacanaṃ anaññathā.

mind

  • destroyed; ended (e.g. of defilements)

bhagga2

approximate

bhagarootyasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

bhaj1divide; share; resort to

general

  • fortune; good luck; welfare, happiness

Encyclopedia

Bhaggā
Place

  • A clan and country whose capital was Suṃsumāragiri, visited several times by the Buddha, where Mahā-Moggallāna was once attacked by Māra.

SN 22.1AN 4.55AN 6.16AN 7.61AN 8.30

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