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 Bha´ilika, p., and skt., a merchant.—42.

Bharadva'ja, p. and skt., name of a Brahman, 139, 141, 194.

Bhā´vana, p. and skt., meditation. There are five principal meditations: metta-bhāvanā, on love; karunā-bhāvanā, on pity; muditā-bhāvanā, on joy; asubha-bhāvanā, on impurity; and upekhā-bhāvanā, on serenity. [See Rhys Davids's Buddhism', pp. 170–171.]–174, 175.

Bhi´kkhu, p., bhíkshu, skt., mendicant, monk, friar; the five bhikkhus, 34, 35, 47, 49, 55, 56, 88, 90, 91, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97,98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 108, 120, 170, 171, 171, 177, 183, 109, 234; bhikkhus doffed their robes, 95; bhikkhus rebuked, 109; bhikkhus prospered, 221; the sick bhikkhu, 213.

Bhi´kkhunī, p., bhi´kshuniī, skt., nun.—93, 95, 96.

Bimbisā´ra, p. and skt., the king of Magadha; often honored with the cognomen "Sai´nya," skt., or "Se´niya," p., i. e. "the warlike or military."—25, 26, 65, 69, 90, 98, 110, 11, 219.

Bo´dhi, p. and skt., knowledge, wisdom, enlightenment.—151.

Bodhi-a´nga or Bojjha´nga, or Sátta Bojjha´nga, p., meditation on the seven kinds of wisdom, which are:—energy, recollection, contemplation, investigation of scripture, joy, repose, and serenity.—97.

Bodhisa´tta, p., Bodhisa´ttva, skt., he whose essence (sattva) is becoming enlightenment (bodhi). The term denotes (i) one who is about to become a Buddha, but has not as yet attained Nirvana; (2) a class of saints who have only once more to be born again to enter into Nirvāna; (3) in later Buddhism any preacher or religious teacher.—9, 21, 25, 86, 118, 192, 194, 214–216; appearance of, 15; Bodhisattas, 130.

Bodhi-tree, the tree at Buddha-Gaya, species ficus religiosa.—36.

Bra´hmā, Anglicised form of skt. stem-form Brahman (nom. s, Brahmā). The chief God of Brahmanism, the world-soul. See also Sahempati.—43, 44, 45, 87, 141; Brahmā, a union with, 139; Brahmā, face to face, 140; Brahmā's mind, 141.

Brahmada´tta, p. and skt. (etym. given by Brahma) name of a mythical king of Kâshî, skt. or Kāsī, p. 104–108, 192, 199, 200, 215.

Bra´hman, the priestly caste of the Indians. Anglicised form of Brahmana (p. and skt.). Priests were selected from the Brahman caste, but Brahmans were not necessarily priests; they were farmers, merchants, and often high officials in the service of kings. Brahmans, the two—139.

Buddha, p. and skt. the Awakened One, the Enlightened One—. Buddha is also called Sakyamuni (the Sakya sage), Sakyasimha (the Sakya Lion), Sugata (the Happy One), Satthar, nom. Satthâ, p.; Shāstar, skt'. (the Teacher), Jina (the Conqueror), Bhagavat (the Blessed One), Lokanātha (the Lord of the World), Sarvajña (the Omniscient One), Dharma- 274