The corpus record — Pali

Bhijjati

to be broken, to be destroyed; to break (instr.); pres. bhijjati Dhp.148 , ppr. bhijjamāna: see phrase abhijjamāne udake under abhijj˚, with which cp. phrase abhejjantyā pathavyā Ja.vi.508 , which is difficult to explain (not breaking? for abhijjantī after abhejja & abhedi, and *abhijjanto for abhij

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Where it lives

Dhammapada 1 · 1.9/10k

What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary

to be broken, to be destroyed; to break (instr.); pres. bhijjati Dhp.148, ppr. bhijjamāna: see phrase abhijjamāne udake under abhijj˚, with which cp. phrase abhejjantyā pathavyā Ja.vi.508, which is difficult to explain (not breaking? for abhijjantī after abhejja & abhedi, and *abhijjanto for abhijjamāna, intrs.?). imper. bhijjatu Thag.312
■ praet. 2^nd pl. bhijjittha Ja.i.468 aor. abhedi Ud.93 (abhedi kāyo)
fut bhijjhissati DN-a.i.266; grd. bhijjitabba Ja.iii.56; on grd. ˚bhijja see pabhindati; grd. bhejja in abhejja not to be broken (q.v.).

Pass. of bhindati, cp. Sk. bhidyate

In the wild

Bhijjati Dhammapada 148 (dhp148:3)

Pali text and translations from SuttaCentral (Bilara), dedicated to the public domain (CC0). PTS Pali–English Dictionary entries, public domain.