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Bhiyyo

(Bhīyo, Bhīyyo) (adj.) more Snp.61 (dukkham ettha bhiyyo), Snp.584 (id.), Snp.306 (bh. taṇhā pavaḍḍhatha); Dhp.313 (bh. rajan ākirate), Dhp.349 (bh. taṇhā pavaḍḍhati). (adv.) in a higher degree, more, repeatedly, further SN.i.108 (appaṃ vā bhīyo less or more); Snp.434 (bh. cittaṃ pasīdati) Dhp.18 (b

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Where it lives

Dhammapada 4 · 7.62/10k
Sutta Nipata 8 · 3.97/10k
Digha Nikaya 31 · 2.15/10k

What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary

(Bhīyo, Bhīyyo)

(adj.) more Snp.61 (dukkham ettha bhiyyo), Snp.584 (id.), Snp.306 (bh. taṇhā pavaḍḍhatha); Dhp.313 (bh. rajan ākirate), Dhp.349 (bh. taṇhā pavaḍḍhati).
(adv.) in a higher degree, more, repeatedly, further SN.i.108 (appaṃ vā bhīyo less or more); Snp.434 (bh. cittaṃ pasīdati) Dhp.18 (bh. nandati = ativiya n. C.); Mil.40
■ See also bhiyyoso, yebhuyyena.

-kamyatā desire for more, greed Vin.ii.214.
-bhāva getting more, increase, multiplication DN.iii.221; Vin.iii.45; SN.v.9, SN.v.198, SN.v.244; AN.i.98; AN.v.70; Vb-a.289.

Vedic bhūyas, compar. form fr. bhū, functioning as compar. to bhūri. On relation Sk bhūyaḥ: P. bhiyyo cp. Sk. jugupsate: P. jigucchati

In the wild

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