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bhāsa

Bhāsa

- sakuṇa a bird of prey, a vulture [Abhp. 645, 1049] ; as one of the lucky omens enumerated (under the so-called mangala-kathā) at Kp-a.118 (with variant reading SS. cāta˚ & vāca˚, BB cāba˚) = Mnd.87 (on Snp.790 ) (T. reads vāta˚; variant reading SS vāpa˚, BB chapa˚). cp. Epic Sk. bhāsa

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Distribution

Sutta Nipata 1 · 0.5/10k

Senses

1. Bhāsa

-sakuṇa a bird of prey, a vulture [Abhp. 645, 1049]; as one of the lucky omens enumerated (under the so-called mangala-kathā) at Kp-a.118 (with variant reading SS. cāta˚ & vāca˚, BB cāba˚) = Mnd.87 (on Snp.790) (T. reads vāta˚; variant reading SS vāpa˚, BB chapa˚).

cp. Epic Sk. bhāsa

2. Bhāsā

feminine speech, language, esp. vernacular, dialect Ja.iv.279 (manussa˚ human speech), Ja.iv.392 (caṇḍāla˚); Kp-a.101 (saka-saka˚-anurūpa); Snp-a.397 (Milakkha˚); DN-a.i.176 (Kirātā-Yavanâdi-Millakkhānaṃ bhāsā); MN-a.i.1 (Sīhaḷa˚); Vb-a.388 (18 dialects of which 5 are mentioned; besides the Māgadhabhāsā).

cp. Epic Sk. bhāṣā

Attestations

bhāsa Sutta Nipata 2.12 (snp2.12:5.3)

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