Pāli Dictionary

bhuñjatī

Part of speech

noun · feminine

cosmology

  • Bhuñjatī; name of a female deity; wife of Vessavaṇa and attendant of the Buddha.

  • DN 21

    tena kho pana, bhante, samayena bhagavā aññatarena samādhinā nisinno hoti, bhuñjatī ca nāma vessavaṇassa mahārājassa paricārikā bhagavantaṃ paccupaṭṭhitā hoti, pañjalikā namassamānā tiṭṭhati.

bhuñjati

approximate

bhuñjastemtisuffix

Part of speech

verb

Synonyms

āharati, paribhuñjati, paricarati, āhāreti, nisevati

general

  • eats; consumes

  • MN 65

    etha, tumhe'pi, bhikkhave, ek'āsanabhojanaṃ bhuñjatha. ek'āsanabhojanaṃ kho, bhikkhave, tumhe'pi bhuñjamānā app'ābādhatañ'ca sañjānissatha app'ātaṅkatañ'ca lah'uṭṭhānañ'ca balañ'ca phāsuvihārañ'cā'ti.

  • Snp 1.4

    ahaṃ kho, samaṇa, kasāmi ca vapāmi ca. kasitvā ca vapitvā ca bhuñjāmi. tvam'pi, samaṇa, kasassu ca vapassu ca. kasitvā ca vapitvā ca bhuñjassū'ti.

  • uses; enjoys; partakes of sensual objects

  • Thag 7.1

    yuvā'si tvaṃ pabbajito, tiṭṭhāhi mama sāsane, bhuñja mānusake kāme, ahaṃ vittaṃ dadāmi te, saccaṃ te paṭijānāmi, aggiṃ vā te harām'ahaṃ.

  • MN 54

    tam'enaṃ jano disvā evaṃ vadeyya, bhogī vata, bho, puriso, evaṃ kira bhogino bhogāni bhuñjantī'ti. tam'enaṃ sāmikā yattha yatth'eva passeyyuṃ tattha tatth'eva sāni hareyyuṃ. taṃ kiṃ maññasi, gahapati, alaṃ nu kho tassa purisassa aññathattāyā'ti?

  • receives revenue from; lives at the expense of

  • MN 98

    yo hi koci manussesu, gāmaṃ raṭṭhañ'ca bhuñjati, evaṃ vāseṭṭha jānāhi, rājā eso na brāhmaṇo.

bhuñjanta

bhuñjastemntasuffix

via inflected form bhuñjatī · nominative singular · plural / accusative plural / vocative singular · plural

Part of speech

adjective

Root

bhuj2use; eat; enjoy

Synonyms

bhogī, āsaka

general

  • eating; consuming

  • MN 105

    sappāyāni c'eva bhojanāni bhuñjeyyāsi, mā te asappāyāni bhojanāni bhuñjato vaṇo assāvī assa.

  • enjoying; experiencing; using

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

bhuñjaiti
  1. bhuñjabhuñjati

    eats; consumes

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

bhuñjāiti
  1. bhuñjābhuñjanta

    eating; consuming

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

Encyclopedia

Bhuñjatī
Person

  • Wife of Vessavaṇa and a devout follower of the Buddha who, when Sakka came to visit the meditating Buddha, was found attending on him with clasped hands and asked to convey Sakka’s greeting once he awoke.

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