bhariyaṁ

feminine a wife (lit. one who is supported) DN.iii.190; Iti.36; Ja.iii.511; Dhp-a.i.329.

fr. bhṛ; Vedic bhāryā

adjective

1. heavy, weighty, grave serious; always fig. with ref. to a serious offence, either as bhāriyaṃ pāpaṃ a terrible sin Pv-a.195, or bh kammaṃ a grave deed, a sin Dhp-a.i.298, Dhp-a.i.329; Dhp-a.ii.56 Dhp-a.iii.120; Vv-a.68; or bhāriyaṃ alone (as nt.), something grave, a sin Dhp-a.i.64. Similarly with ati˚; as atibhāriyaṃ kammaṃ a very grave deed Dhp-a.i.70, or atibhāriyaṃ id. Dhp-a.i.186.
2. bhāriyā (= bhārikā, f. of bhāraka) carrying, fetching, bringing Ja.vi.563 (phala˚).

fr. bhāra Vedic bhārya to be nourished or supported; bhāryā wife