Pāli Dictionary

bherava1

bhīrurootṇasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Synonyms

bhaya, bhīta, santāsa, utrāsa, uttāsa, bhīru

general

  • ကြောက်ရွံ့ထိတ်လန့်ခြင်း

  • fear; terror

  • Snp 4.16

    ucc'āvacesu sayanesu, kīvanto bheravā, yehi bhikkhu na vedheyya, nigghose sayan'āsane.

bherava2

bhīrootavasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

bhī1ကြောက်ရွံ့ခြင်း

general

  • ကြောက်မက်ဖွယ်ကောင်းသော

  • frightful; terrifying; dreadful

  • Thag 2.35

    devo ca vassati devo ca gaḷagaḷāyati, ekako c'āhaṃ bherave bile viharāmi, tassa mayhaṃ ekakassa bherave bile viharato, n'atthi bhayaṃ vā chambhitattaṃ vā lomahaṃso vā.

  • Snp 4.14

    phassena yadā phuṭṭhassa, paridevaṃ bhikkhu na kareyya kuhiñci, bhavañ'ca n'ābhijappeyya, bheravesu ca na sampavedheyya.

bherava3

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

kāḷasīha

general

  • (အဋ္ဌကထာ)ကြောက်မက်ဖွယ် တိရစ္ဆာန်တစ်မျိုး

  • (commentarial) a fearsome animal, glossed as black lion (also jackal in some sources)

  • MN 63

    so evaṃ vadeyya, na tāv'āhaṃ imaṃ sallaṃ āharissāmi yāva na taṃ kaṇḍaṃ jānāmi yen'amhi viddho, yassa nhārunā parikkhittaṃ yadi vā gavassa yadi vā mahiṃsassa yadi vā bheravassa adi vā semhārassā'ti

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