Bhaveti, Bhāveti: 2 definitions

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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

bhāveti : (bhū+ e) increases; cultivates; develops.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Bhāveti, (Caus. of bhū, bhavati) to beget, produce, increase, cultivate, develop (by means of thought & meditation), The Buddhist equivalent for mind-work as creative in idea, M. I, 293; cp. B. Psy p. 132.—D. II, 79; M. II, 11 (cattāro sammappadhāne & iddhipāde); S. I, 188 (cittaṃ ekaggaṃ), Th. 1, 83, 166 (ppr. bhāvayanto); Sn. 341 (cittaṃ ekaggaṃ), 507 (ppr. bhāvayaṃ), 558 (grd. bhāvetabba), 1130 (ppr. bhāvento=āsevanto bahulī-karonto Nd2 476); Dh. 87, 350, 370; J. I, 264 (mettaṃ), 415, II. 22; Nd2 s. v. kāmaguṇā (p. 121) (where grd. in sequence “sevitabba, bhajitabba, bhāvetabba, bahulī-kātabba”); Pug. 15, DhA. III, 171; Sdhp. 48, 495.—Pass. ppr. bhāviyamāna A. II, 140; KhA 148.—pp. bhāvita. (Page 503)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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