Bherava: 5 definitions
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Bherava means something in Buddhism, Pali, Jainism, Prakrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Pali-English dictionary
bherava : (adj.) frightful.
Bherava, (adj.) (fr. bhīru, cp. Epic Sk. bhairava) fearful, terrible, frightful Th. 1, 189; Sn. 959, 965, 984; Nd1 370, 467; J. VI, 520; Dpvs 17, 100; Pgdp 26, 31.—bahu° very terrible A. III, 52; stricken with terror J. VI, 587.—(n) terror, combined with bhaya fear & dismay M. I, 17; A. IV, 291; V, 132; Th. 1, 367, 1059.—pahīna-bhayabherava having left behind (i.e. free from) fear & terror S. III, 83.
—rāva cry of terror Miln. 254. (Page 509)
1) bherava (ဘေရဝ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[bherava+ṇa．bhe+rha+ṇa．bheravayuttatāya bheravo ]]bhe]]iti ravatīti vā bheravo．,ṭī．615．]
[ဘေရဝ+ဏ။ ဘေ+ရှ+ဏ။ ဘေရဝယုတ္တတာယ ဘေရဝေါ ''ဘေ''ဣတိ ရဝတီတိ ဝါ ဘေရဝေါ။ ဓာန်၊ ဋီ။ ၆၁၅။]
2) bherava (ဘေရဝ) [(na) (န)]—
[bhīru+ṇa．bhīruno idaṃ bheravaṃ,ṇo．,ṭī．167．]
[ဘီရု+ဏ။ ဘီရုနော ဣဒံ ဘေရဝံ၊ ဏော။ ဓာန်၊ ဋီ။ ၁၆၇။]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) bherava—
(Burmese text): (၁) ကြောက်ရွံ့-ထိတ်လန့်-ခြင်း။ (တိ) (၂) ကြောက်ရွံ့ခြင်းကို ဖြစ်စေတတ်သော၊ ကြောက်ဖွယ်ကောင်းသော (အဆင်းအသံစသည်)။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Fear - Terror. (2) Something that can cause fear, frightening (e.g., sounds).
2) bherava—
(Burmese text): (၁) မြေခွေး။ (၂) ဝက်ဝံနက်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Toad. (2) Dark pig.
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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
Bherava (भेरव) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Bhairava.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
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Partial matches: Bherava, Bhiru, Na.
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