Pāli Dictionary

bhaya

bhīrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

bhī1fear

Synonyms

visama, bhīta, sappaṭibhaya, bherava

Antonyms

abhaya, nibbhaya

general

  • fear; fright; dread

  • danger; peril; calamity; a cause of fear

  • (as adjective) dangerous; perilous; frightening

  • Dhp 123

    vāṇijo'va bhayaṃ maggaṃ, appasattho mahaddhano, visaṃ jīvitu'kāmo'va, pāpāni parivajjaye.

bhāyati

approximate

via inflected form bhāya · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Synonyms

tasati

mind

  • is afraid; fears; is frightened of

  • Dhp 129

    sabbe tasanti daṇḍassa, sabbe bhāyanti maccuno, attānaṃ upamaṃ katvā, na haneyya na ghātaye.

  • MN 36

    tassa mayhaṃ, aggivessana, etadahosi, kiṃ nu kho ahaṃ tassa sukhassa bhāyāmi, yaṃ taṃ sukhaṃ aññatr'eva kāmehi aññatra akusalehi dhammehī'ti?

  • fears for; is concerned for; worries about someone’s safety

  • SN 9.7

    bhāyāmi nāgadattaṃ suppagabbhaṃ, kulesu vinibaddhaṃ, mā h'eva maccurañño balavato, antakassa vasaṃ upesī'ti.

bhā1

approximate

via inflected form bhāya · instrumental singular / dative singular / ablative singular / genitive singular / locative singular

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • light; splendour, radiance

bhā2

approximate

via inflected form bhāya · instrumental singular / dative singular / ablative singular / genitive singular / locative singular

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • the brow; the eyebrow

  • MN 21

    atha kho, bhikkhave, vedehikā gahapatānī kāḷiṃ dāsiṃ etadavoca, he je kāḷī'ti. kiṃ, ayye'ti? kiṃ, je, divā uṭṭhāsī'ti? na khv'ayye, kiñcī'ti. no vata re kiñci, pāpi dāsi, divā uṭṭhāsī'ti kupitā anattamanā bhākuṭiṃ akāsi.

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