bahulā

bahula

masc nom pl of bahula (adj); fem nom sg of bahula (adj); fem nom pl of bahula (adj); nt nom pl of bahula (adj); …

abundant; full of; lit. lots of
general; usual; frequent; lit. lots of

Etymology. From Sanskrit bahula, related to √bṛh 'to grow, increase' (English 'bright', 'berth', Sanskrit bṛhant 'large'). The sense moved from 'swollen, grown' to 'plentiful'. No direct European cognate, but the root family includes words for growth and expansion across Indo-European.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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